They actually used the Hardanger fiddle in the Rohan theme (Rohirrim) in Lord of the Rings. That's cool !

So many new comments and I have been too lazy to respond to them all, sorry... Thanks for the nice words, and I'll get around to responding better another time. The instrument I'm playing here is a "Setesdalsfele", and it was made in Norway by Leif Salve Håkedal. He regularly ships new instruments to other countries, including the US. My other instrument is a hardingfele, also made by Salve. Maybe one day I'll get around to making a video about them.

Great playing! Please upload more! You played so well that my girlfriend and me just danced in the kitchen to your playing ;)

It is very nice. I hadn't heard this tune before. I love the fiddle. I grew up thinking of its music being American mountain music, which I love. I'm half Norwegian & I must say that I love knowing this music is part of my heritage.

@johningeolsen40

7 жыл бұрын

im norwerian...and i play this instrument :-) i have family in US and they love listening to me playing when they are viseting ;-) hopefully you have been in norway to experience a real "hallingdans" or a big festival like a "kappleik"

Fantastic tune

Usually, a fiddle is tuned aproximately one whole note higher than regular violin tuning, and there very rarely exists any sheet music for it so far as I know. I play myself (though I'm only a beginner), and the most used method of learning is teacher to student during lessons, and the tunes are all remembered by heart. I can of course not tell wether the fiddler in this video learned to play by ear or if he was taught, but it could possibly be a bit of both. Hope that answers your questions ^^

@johningeolsen40

7 жыл бұрын

this truly depends what song your going to play..i play fiddle so i better know XD

Wonderful!

Love your rhythm

Hah! Bor ikke så veldig langt vekk fra Setesdalen jeg! xD Fin sang foressten (: *fav + love* ^^

Loved it!

beautiful!

Your song always cheers me up.

Beautiful!

Awesome! I hope you upload more videos of your playing, I really enjoyed this.

As advertised, it is very nice!

awesome

Hahaha, "humlekuk"?

Superb. This is how it was meant to be. Gorgeous tune, fine fiddle, well played. More from Setesdal, please. Screw tradition, ink and inlay, make these fiddles just to play!

Dude! More tunes! More uploads! This is awesome, keep it coming!

Very fine! Alan

det var vakkert!!! så godt^^ takk

Beautifull thanks!, i didnt know one could hold the fiddle like that, it seems more comfortable.

Reminds me a bit in parts of Irish folk music

really nice one ;) love it

Great!

Faenitullen. The devils tune. Well played sir

...smiling smiling, all the way through...

You are playing good to have that song as the first to learn :)

that was really nice, makes me want to learn it on my normal fiddle!

super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

molto bravo!

woooooooooooooooooooooooooow I LOVE IT

Thank you :)

Nice!

Great job :-D

@Vitisaurio On a real hardingfele, yes. This is a modified violin - it has a shorter neck and understrings, just like a hardingfele, otherwise it's a violin. One of these days I'll make a new video with my other fiddle ;)

this is a good, rhythmic tune on a great instrument. A lot of Hardanger fiddle music is slow and mournful, so I much prefer this tune--thanks!

On my other fiddle ;)

i figured it out, but thanks alot

cooool

Are the five other fiddlers behind the camera? Holy hell, what an instrument!

@tomrogerlilleby2890

4 жыл бұрын

The secret about the Norwegian Harding fiddle is that it's got additional underlaing drone strings that are not played, but vibrates and make the fiddle sound louder and gives a more richer sound as if there are several fiddles playing simultaneously. One of our most famous violinists, Ole Bull, toured a lot all over the world - and people that wasn't familiar with this instrument suspected that he had additional musicians playing behind the curtain when he was on stage and played the "Hardingfele."

@BBKoVI

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomrogerlilleby2890 Even still, this tune is polyphonic, meaning in this case much of it is two strings being bowed (and fingered) at a time, unlike a basic fiddle/violin tune with a one-line melody.

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Jækla bra 😄

Very cool. I have a transcription of this tune, if anyone is interested.

Can you make an easy Nordic folk violin tutorial please? I’m driven to play the music from Norway

Det var veldig tøft=) Selv spiller jeg fele, men har dessverre ikke vært særlig mye borti hardingfela..

Meir! Last opp fleire snuttar. Kva med Reisaren eller Skorsvikjen? Noko fantaspel?

Great ,i like this sound ! (and too the percussion with feet !) where do you find such a music instrument ?

@ErikSvansbo

4 жыл бұрын

www.fiolinmaker.no/en/instrumenter/setesdalsfele.php

Amazing piece of music. Is it in standard violin tuning? Do you have sheet music for this, or did you learn it by ear?

it sounds beautiful

ferfet

i got a fiddle like that from my dad, but i don't know how to tune it. can anybody help me?

Nice nick btw...

@humlekuk Question: shouldn't the F carved in a different way than the violin F's??

@ManBlackCap

4 жыл бұрын

Not on setesdalefeles -- these are the more violin-like versions of a hardingfele, with far less adornment but retaining the sympathetic strings. Some suggest that musicians in the Setesdal region either could not afford or perhaps did not want a typical hardingfele, and converted violins to a hardingfele-type instrument. Now these less-adorned versions of the hardingfele are known as setesdalfeles.

That's very Meiti.

ايش تقول

Why do you hold the fiddle against your chest instead of under your chin? I've heard that some traditional fiddlers play that way, but I've never actually seen it done. It looks kind of awkward, and it seems like it would be harder to reach the strings! Were you taught that way, or did you just decide it worked better for you?

@tomrogerlilleby2890

6 жыл бұрын

hummingfrog - Many Norwegian fiddlers prefere it this way. It is probably no other reason than this is the way that comes natural to them. This is dance music - so the fiddlers would sit down all evening playing. This music was not meant for a man standing upright in a concert hall playing for an audience. He was more like a discjocky at a dance gathering - or a wedding - or a feast of some kind.

@martinh1277

5 жыл бұрын

@@tomrogerlilleby2890 This is the old style of keeping a violin. Violin exists since 1543, Arcangelo Corelli was the first to hold it on the shoulder, this was shortly before 1600. You are a living dinosaur. ;-)

@AleXzorZ

4 жыл бұрын

On hardingfiddle you always play in first position, so there is no need for a shoulder rest to hold the violin tight when reaching for high notes(above first position) and vibrato etc, as you would on a classical violin. It's the traditional way of playing hardingfiddle, and personally I find it much more comfortable than using a shoulder rest, which I find awkward and not very ergonomic for hardingfiddle style of playing. It's easier to reach the strings, not harder, and allows the bow hand to be in a much more ergonomic position when playing

That looks like a violin

Anyone know how the fiddle is tuned?

@melvinklassen

10 жыл бұрын

One tunes the fiddle by slightly turning the pegs. Note that there are 8 pegs -- 4 strings are bowed, and 4 strings (under the fingerboard) are "sympathetic" -- they just resonate when the other 4 strings are bowed. I've seen hardingfele players retune their instrument, just to make it easier to finger a specific tune, i.e., tuning a string or two up/down by a tone or semi-tone.

@josesallamanca4503

9 жыл бұрын

Melvin Klassen pretty sure they mean what tuning is it in?

@alexandersrnes4272

9 жыл бұрын

Probably A-D-A-E. I found this, supposed to be notation of this tune Fanten: app.uio.no/hf/imv/feleverk/note.php?id=1947

@Kamissick He is not American.

@Kamissick Fail.

Hi there, I'm writing from the Museum of International Folk Art - we are opening an exhibition on Scandinavian dress and looking to license music from Setesdal - hoping to speak with you about contracting your work. Please get in touch if you can!

Wonderful!