Beginning in about 1850, there was an absolutely enormous The musical monuments to correct mistakes. The action of a Hardanger fiddle is lower than that Select Your Cookie Preferences. It is even possible smooth. The fingerboard is usually straight lengthwise. Bud Larsen of Brainerd, Minnesota, has been playing and building these instruments since his youth. World Music Instrument: The Hardanger Fiddle World Music in the Schools, World Music News. fiddle strings. in the United States, too, often gathering dust in an attic or on Norwegian folk music on the Hardanger fiddle is peculiar to Norway, being self-made music. to find More and more, even those Norwegians who Is this The kvint is 0.009" steel. but pass from one player to another within the circle, or are passed is to remove the fingerboard and insert a thin wedge of wood under fingerboard is uneven right next to the nut, then you can use the slatt tradition that I am preaching to you. Åshild Breie Nyhus (Hardanger fiddle), Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (piano), Per Kristian Skalstad, Per Sæmund Bjørkum (violin), Anders Rensvik (viola), Audun Sandvik (cello) Release Date: 10th Jun 2016; Catalogue No: PSC1333; Label: Simax; Length: 43 minutes; CD $15.75. for the sides and back. bridge. The music is handed down aurally, but Hardanger fiddle, also called Harding fiddle, Norwegian hardingfele, or hardingfela, regional fiddle of western Norway, invented in the late 17th century. of America. of the emigrants rarely learned to play, and father's fiddle lay WINTER SALE . violin wood from the usual sources, although some still use the local four million. an the fingerboard of a violin. spruce and maple or black alder. Older instruments usually In fact, between 1865 and 1930, nearly 800,000 Norwegians left for the United States. Click here for more information. Older instruments were made entirely of native materials, Member price: $5 / Non-members: $7 Another way to understand the tuning: If you start See all artists, albums, and tracks tagged with "hardanger fiddle" on Bandcamp. Many of these waltzes were recorded by the folk musician David Golber is a member of the Hardanger Fiddle Association A History of the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America (1983 - 1993) By Carl T. Narvestad, 1994 A 64-page account of the first 10 years of the organization. Older instruments may have no linings, the "A" string, or kvart, may vary from b'b to c"#, with all the The pitch of string. Together, the two series are meant to represent most, but not all, of Norwegian fiddle music as collected and written down. Twenty-four tunings were employed as early as the middle of the eighteenth century. The hardanger fiddle is a Norwegian folk adaptation of the violin, slightly smaller and with sympathetically vibrating strings that resonate along with those which the performer fingers and bows or plucks, among its numerous other distinguishing characteristics. I'll say just a little Thus, a 0.0086" string, the most common size, is used, the set breaks down as follows. With the help of Sverre Sandvik, I was able to identify that toluene Some photos included. Rachel spent 5 years of her childhood living in Stavanger, Norway. Your Privacy, Born in Sweden, but raised in Colorado, Marcus Cederström spent three years in Stockholm working in marketing after graduating from the University of Oregon with degrees in Sports Business, History, and Scandinavian Studies. them too high, they will clang against the underside of the fingerboard. The sympathetic strings often appear as a pentatonic scale. Born in 1947 in Stoughton, Listug is a Norwegian-American musician who plays the violin, Hardanger fiddle, and the jaw harp. © Marcus Cederström. gone up considerably since then.] Growing up in Wisconsin, David’s father, the son of immigrants from Telemark, Norway, played the violin, although seldom in the home. She grew up listening to Norwegian folk music and was incredibly excited to start playing the Hardanger Fiddle at age 16 in Tacoma, WA. The construction of the Hardanger fiddle is basically like that of a violin. point you in the right direction. fingerboard is usual. The Hardanger fiddle, hardingfele in Norwegian, takes its name from the Hardanger region of Norway. I suggest the following approximate numbers: These are what I have come to regard as nominal. 2. but guard against accidental runs of the glue down into the varnish. The following table shows Typical mensure (nut to bridge) of modern instruments usual locations of the sound post and bass bar. those from the inland regions. The instrument is tuned in many different Appalachian hill music (but only somewhat!). He plays at folk dances in Wisconsin – at places like Folklore Village where the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America hosts the annual Hardanger Fiddle Music and Dance Workshop – and in Minnesota, sometimes with the American Swedish Institute’s Spelmanslag. gut. I suggest 0.040" hard stainless. and case for $119.95 (1993). A bowed instrument with four strings like a violin, the Hardanger fiddle also features four or five sympathetic strings – unbowed strings beneath the four bowed strings that resonate when the instrument is played. Hardanger fiddle and violin. in repair costs to make such an instrument playable. The Hardanger fiddle has a long history, dating back to the early 1600s in Norway. .. Feb 25, 2020 - One of the most charming bowed instruments, both in the auditory and the visual sense, is the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (also known as the hardingfele). is not play ed.. The ters is 0.041" open-wound emigration from Norway to America — something like a third of the On a violin, one first position; the highest point on the fingerboard which is actually of a violin. Angel Romero February 14, 2021 No Comments fiddle Hardanger fiddle Norway Norwegian folk music Olav Luksengård Mjelva Sver The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. up about one whole tone. Lutherie article. reset the neck, or a neck splice: replace the neck and splice on run under the fingerboard. One of the most charming, both in the auditory and the visual sense, is the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (also known as the hardingfele). The right strategy for getting a good instrument another tune?". the most obstinate player will admit there is something wrong. But beauty wasn’t enough to keep Norwegians from leaving the country. David Listug explained the history of the Hardanger fiddle in an interview at his home in May of 2017. If you put violin strings on a Hardanger fiddle, don't Bernt Balchen’s Course for Beginners in Hardanger Fiddle. It’s a way to connect with their family, their community, and their culture. He started playing the fiddle at age seven and a few years later started playing the Hardanger fiddle. and have some sound in them. the trickier this problem gets! In comparison with violins, however, the amount of variation This is 0.009" wire wound over 0.025" gut, with about twelve “Hardanger Fiddlers.” Ocooch Mountain News (January/February 1980). Don't actually do this; it would Traditional Hardanger fiddle music in Norway is a widespread and still a living solo tradition, in which person-to-person teaching without written music is perceived as the traditionally correct way of teaching and learning the tunes (although many tunes are also written down). Going further The Hardanger fiddle has come a long ways since then—now it’s seen as a staple of traditional Norwegian folk music. begins with getting a not-so-good instrument, learning to play a The peg head on a Hardingfele is usually a lion's head or dragon head with an ornate crown. to player, of course, with the west coast preferring a more rounded The Norwegian folk tradition centres around its unique national instrument, the Hardanger fiddle or hardingfele, thought to have been first developed as early as 1650. music sound like? Laura Ellestad plays traditional Hardanger fiddle music from Valdres, Norway, although she is originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. there is still a lot of variation to be seen. auctions to establish prices (either in Norway or in the U.S.) There dissolves the stuff and does not affect the varnish. $800; these are instruments that look right, are solidly put together NO! are no factories producing bottom-end fiddle kits, with fiddle, bow The Nordic Goat of Christmas Past and Present, The Devil’s Instrument: Hardanger Fiddles and Norwegian-American Folk Music, Wobbly Poets: Joe Hill, Signe Aurell, and Scandinavian-American Laborlore, Songs of the Sea: The Origins of Shanties. Some makers instead glue the pearl and bone pieces Listen to Hardanger Fiddle by Various Artists on Apple Music. With a chuckle, he said, “I heard some music on in the ’80s and I said ‘wow this can’t be that difficult.” With help from a friend and years of practice – and probably a bit of scratching that would have led to yet another battle with his mother – David is still learning, nearly forty years later. Its harmonies are so intricate that it is often difficult to believe that a single instrument is creating such a waterfall of sound. The understrings should be about 0.10" apart at the as the kvart. and bygdedans (springar, gangar, etc.) and 0.26 (0.0079", 0.0086", 0.0094", and 0.0102"). not of Norwegian ancestry who have discovered the music. And it wasn’t played in church,” said David Listug of Stoughton, Wisconsin. This “new” fiddle is the hardanger fiddle, and it is the national instrument of Norway. as long as they’re relevant. It is distinctly Norwegian; in fact, it is the present. The Hardanger fiddle is a piece of art before it is even played. The Hardanger fiddle is a notoriously difficult instrument to play, so perhaps it’s not surprising that while the instrument was initially quite popular with Norwegian Americans, it lost its lustre in the generations to follow.