Scottish Fiddling

[MichelleSeven]

it's a norweigan fiddle right? =D

[ihearmorevoices]

So pretty :)

[Jenchicky79]

I see 8 tuning pegs... ????

[hypicsiamascarosi]

i see 7 pegs, ?

[gltmeredith]

Great girl!!! I am of scotts Irish and anglo saxon herititage. I fiddle on a good violin. Lovely to see you play. I enjoy you sweetie!!

[segano1]

Scots = Picts by majority!

Scientific genetic research proves this.

[ScottishFiddleLesson]

not a bad effort

[08campbeldavi]

much better than a lot of the crap played in scotland today. great playing :-D

[SweetSoundOfGrace]

that's so cool, it's a norwegian fiddle, is it not?

very special, and good playing too!

[Lisnageeragh]

@SweetSoundOfGrace Lovely job .. think you are correct about fiddle  ..Caoimhin O'Raghaille uses one for Irish trad also to great effect.

[akikowolf]

I want a hardengele really bad. (so that's how you spell it) they sound so cool. Ever since I was little my dad would play this music with a fiddle that sounded awesome and he told me it's a hardangele. Aren't hardangeles Norwegian? So am I...a little bit.

[luderlarsson]

@akikowolf yup it is a norwegian instrument and i realy doubt that this a scottish tune. probably norwigian. btw its called Hardingfele :)

[wlwak]

There are islands in Scotland which are closer to Norway than the Scottish mainland so it isn't surprising that there is some connection between the Highlands and Islands music and Norwegian music. Even the most northerly place in mainland Scotland is called Sutherland! Now who do you think gave it a name like that? Well it was those who came from even further north, yes you've guessed, the Norwegians.

[ScotsmanRS]

@wlwak Actually, Sutherland is south of me, and I'm on the mainland. If you go one up from Sutherland, you'll find yourself in Caithness. Wick, in Caithness, takes its name from when the Vikings were here, so the connection with Norway's still there, just a bit further north than you thought. :)

[barstuards1]

@wlwak

Northern Scotland and Scandinavia have a lot more in common than people realize. There were plenty of non-violent Viking population invasions throughout the years that homogenized the northern lands with both DNA and culture.

[BlueFire573]

@barstuards1 Well I live in Shetland, you know those tiny islands... so we're still quite scandinavian up here, the dialect and cultures quite norweigan and those norweigan fiddles are quite popular... so yeah your right (:

[mojopin70]

@barstuards1 except scottish gaelic has nothing to do with the norweigan language.

[lilsquirt1995]

I love the sound of the fiddle. This is beautiful.

[JackyRowe]

i want one of those!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NSResponder]

Lovely!

-jcr

[JuanKyThaKiLLeR]

GOOD JOOBBBB!!!!! I Love Itt.... *Love Amd Hugs<3*

[DJFozter]

She taught me some really cool tunes at Folkworks Summer School this summer :-)

[bertwindon]

Great intro for the reel that never arrived !!

Can anyone tell us more about this "Hardangele ?" violin - and what makes them say that that is what the girl is playing ?

[Wafflebob]

You can tell by looking at the instrument. A traditional fiddle has 4 strings. A Hardangele has 4 strings and then 5 resonant or sympathetic strings. If you look at the screws at the top of the neck there are 4 pegs on the top and 5 on the bottom. Plus hardangele's are traditionally very heavily decorated

[bertwindon]

@Wafflebob So it is !. Now I can see the crowd of pegs where there aughta be just 4. Far too complicated. Thanks, All yours !

[uglybuckling]

@bertwindon Well, technically although you do have to tune all 9 strings, you only have to play on 4 of them, so this isn't a whole lot more complicated than a standard fiddle or violin. The other four or five strings are actually _underneath_ the fingerboard, and are just resonant (that is to say, they vibrate and make noise when certain notes are played on the played strings (Sorta like feedback on an electric guitar)). The tuning is also slightly different from a traditional violin.

[mactcampbell]

Really nice sound and playing. I find it odd that this instrument hasn't became more popular universally. It's virtually unheard of here in Eastern Canada.

[ritzb80]

Wow that is amazing.

[gusthelesswise]

WAAA! Hardingfele! I'm marrying you, sorry you have no choice. Ok, some questions

1. Do you have to tune the sympathetic strings every time?

2. Is it the same finger spacing as a regular fiddle?

3. Where do you live so I can steal it?

[concertmaster100]

OMgosh that was wounderful!!!

[chirritutiplen]

So beautiful!

[anniemcna]

freaky! Just on here checking out videos and came across this one. I play fiddle too and the freaky thing is that girl is my exact look alike! Freaky!!!!!

[xxrachyj]

OMG thats my fiddle teacher!!!!

shes ded good im gonna tel her i saw that on saturday!!

[greeneyedsteamengine]

Great!

[vicktrickly72]

WTF THAT THING HAS 8 PEGS!!!

[zatrus]

Its a norwegian Fiddle...

called ''hardingfele''

[sheilamaclean]

Sarah Jane, I heard you play at this year's Mod in Falkirk, Scotland - I was competing in the choirs' section - was blown away by your playing..hauntingly beautiful. I must have that CD.

[Clawhammerinfool]

very beautiful!!!!

[aoiumi34]

It's so beautiful!

I like it^^

[canddyislush]

What is this song called ... ?

[Boasian]

"Da Lounge Bar"--it's in the "Happy Hardanger" set on Sarah-Jane's c.d. Nesta (which is, btw, very good).

[futless1]

So is this Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy"...which movement? I thought maybe the 3rd...but my uneducated/unrefined ears have trouble hearing it quite.

[shawnyboie]

i really like ur scottish fiddlin

i think i bet i know u wrote that tune or someone u know did soudns liek a D tune

[MrPitAdVitam]

It sure sounds really well in that Hardanger Fiddle, the echoing sounds of the sympathitic strings reminds the Pipes. Very good.

[kennethb03]

beautiful tune, really well played. i got lost in that bigtime!!!!!! encore!!!!!!!

[robbcusack]

First I've seen of an 8 string fiddle. Really sounds full.

[TheChiefEngineer]

ive been playing the violin for 15 years and this is the first ive seen of it lol

[dfxr808]

Isn't it a hardanger fiddle?

[pjtuloup]

I play (classical) violin and I like very much the Irish and Scottish fiddle music. Whee can I have more infomations about the instrument that Mrs Sarah Jane is playing in this video ?

[sdfiddler]

Beautiful tune on a Hardanger Fiddle :-)

[Dogaradodia]

Thanks for the Scottish music! I realy enjoyed it. First time to hear a fiddle sounding like a bagpipe. Btw, I love Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy."

[orbpupil]

Beautiful playing keep up the great work.

[CelticAccordionTony]

Below, That's a six string fiddle, I have only ever seen a 4 string! I never heard of a eight string violin before. This is the first time i have ever seen a six string violin! It must be custom made,and has a lot of decorative work that gives it the appearance of eight strings.Not to be a critic! Sounds great though!!!

[DicedBalmoral]

If you're referring to what Sarah-Jane is playing, that's a hardanger fiddle! Check out some of the other great hardanger videos on YouTube.  Very cool instrument.

[MirthTones36]

Mine's got nine strings ;)

[onieltheperfect]

wow never seen a violin with 8 strings before only 6

[JimmyBoggart]

Rockin'. Really enjoyed this. Also, the Fribo album is ace.

[Silversnapdragon]

This is a wonderful song!! You are very talented and very inspirational!!! Keep up the wonderful work... and make several more posts ;)

[eyknow]

SJ: the world lost a great musician when you were not born twins. (If you are a twin, substitute triplet; triplet, quadruplet, and so on.) Yummy.

[cremona32]

stunning music Sarah Jane,beautifuly performed,im inspired now to take up playing the Hardanger fiddle now,might even make one myself when ive found out the measurements.the sound of the instrument played as well as you do really gets to the soul,it must be the drone of the sympathetic strings.

[DicedBalmoral]

Ok--I'll try this again. The tune is "Da Lounge Bar" by Annlaug Borsheim, here played by Sarah-Jane Summers. As well as teaching, Sarah-Jane plays with Fribo, which is a sort of Scottish-Norwegian fusion band. Check them out!

[BradW59]

Awesome. Great job Lass. A tribute to the nation of Scotland.

[felare]

Great performance

[frenchingermany]

who is she? absolutely brilliant.

[coollityou]

What is the name of that tune? Lovely.

[bluis54]

The only thing I didn't like about this video... was it came to an end. Stunning play. Beautiful Tune. I could listen to you all day.

[itchymac]

Sarah Jane

Untouchable

Thanx

Will

[daviemcf]

lovely music Sarah Jane,playing from the heart!!

[burleighbeachbum]

Wish I could play an instrument like that! A pity the micro phone was in the way....would have been nice to see your face.

[newfiefiddler]

What a beautiful piece - you do the instrument and melody justice :)

[Jygri]

I love being from Norway, having such a beautiful instrument as our traditional...

Theres just a so much better sound in a "harding-fele". Nice playing, nice tune :)

[andelh]

Yes this is a hardanger fiddle. The hardanger fiddle is norwegian by the way, it's the norwegian national instrument. Hardanger lies in the south-west of norway. Nice playing.

[Fergus1970]

The fiddle has 8 pegs. Is this a Hardanger swedish fiddle?

Nice sound.

[plainrainman]

Beautiful playing and great tune. I've been going to Jink and Diddle for the last several years and just love the music. Do you know Dr. John Turner who plays in Williamsburg and started the Scottish Fiddle school I mentioned above?

Tim Carpenter