I like the sound hole design! I'm 1/4 Finnish and just discovered Finnish music just a couple weeks ago. Glad to see you take an interest in your culture at an earlier age. It's been a couple years since you posted, so I agree. It's time to post again and show us what you've learned, etc.
OK, we're waiting for a new video. I'd like to see what you've learned since doing this one. Picking, struming eh?
The only reason I can think of for putting a sound hole on the bottom is to have a place to clip a microphone. Having no bridge, there's not a good place on top to put the mic.
Yeah, it has a great sound, but your playing it with a completely wrong technique (no offence intended). But if you like the sound of Kantele, check out a folk/black metal band Häive, since they use Kanteles in their music (I Raina is a perfect example).
Wow, that has an awesome sound for being home-built, spur of the moment. I'm impressed. I'm thinking of building one myself... What kind of strings are on it?
i used a few different gauged strings that would be used like on a 12 string guitar. i think i have the packing for them some were still ill have to dig those out and get back to you.
i was born in America. my grandparents on my father's side were born in Finland and my great grand parents on my mother side were born in Finland. as far back as i can track in my family history im 100% Finnish.
I see, I've read some article about Finnish-Americans who mainly populated Michigan (so therefore my guess), i have a realative who was about to buy himself a house in Michigan aswell as many other Finns, but he got his call of duty to the Finnish-Russian Winterwar at the time, Well I'm kinda OT now but good to see you're proud of your heritage, sadly many Europeans have lost thier touch with thier cultures and ancient practices.
It's hard to completely trust what you read. Most Norwegian-Americans are supposed to live in Minnesota, but my great great grandfather from Norway settled in Montana.
Ah, you might be right about that. But what I meant was among Finnish-Americans, the highest frequence of Finnish-Americans live in Minnesota, but perhaps not that the majority of people who live in Minnesota are Finnish Americans. Are you following me? I saw it got quite messy there :S (My description that is)
If you want to hear kantele music, I suggest you find something recorded by Martti Pokela. He's the grand master when it comes to kantele music, you wouldn't believe how much emotion he could pour into his music. He also wrote many sings for kantele and made the instrument a respected part of the Finnish cultural heritage, too bad he's dead nowadays.
BTW, in the old days kantele was often accompanied by an instrument called "jouhikko" (bowed harp).
first of all... soften the k, then say "KAHN-teh-leh."
second, there aren't any six string kantele instruments anywhere, ever. you're probably the first :-P usually it goes 5 string, 10 string, 20, 50, 100, etc.
thirdly, it's traditional to pluck the strings, not strum like a guitar. (i mean you can strum, but it's not the "tradition".) by plucking you get a muuuch softer sound and the notes sustain longer. and you can still do cool chords and stuff. try playing what you did again but plucking instead.
however, it looks BEAUTIFUL!!!! Very good job, it's gorgeous, and the scrollwork is quite nice. you sound like a good guitar player too!
Nice work! What type and guage strings did you use? -I have a 13 string Latvian equivalent called the Kokle ("KWOK'le")nobody seems to know for sure about the strings.
Your kantele is awsome and it has a perfect sound, but im intrested how did you get an idea of building kantele are you intrested of finnish mytology?
The word kantele has three syllables: kan-te-le. Stress is on the first syllable. K is pronounced hard, like c in "cat". A is pronounced like in "father", but short, and N like normally in English. The second syllable is pronounced like "ten", but without the n, The third one has L like in love and a short E like in wedding. With international phonetic alphabet it's written [ˈkɑntele].
you should pronounce the K of kantele more like a G but not a strong G. I remember I was going to talk about the kantele postcards and the newsletter came out that I was doing gondola postcards :) So not as strong as gondola.
Hey guy! Im in kantele list, too, and you saw my kokle´s video. Great work, nice aspect, good job. Very pretty soundhole design. Youre trully an artist. Congratulations
I like the sound hole design! I'm 1/4 Finnish and just discovered Finnish music just a couple weeks ago. Glad to see you take an interest in your culture at an earlier age. It's been a couple years since you posted, so I agree. It's time to post again and show us what you've learned, etc.
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Mites tuo on viritetty? Aivan upea soitin.
vinterfroest 1 year ago
Mites tuo on viritetty? Aivan upea soitin.
vinterfroest 1 year ago
@vinterfroest D C# B A G F#
trowawing99 1 year ago
Very nice, I just got the bug and am thinking of building a hollowed 10 string.
lunhil12 1 year ago
home depot wood !!! heheheheh
DUVOODUtattoo 1 year ago
@DUVOODUtattoo
i didn't use wood from home depot. i acturally used part of cherry tree that my dad and i cut down. but you could use wood from homedepot.
trowawing99 1 year ago
Niin kaunis.
llamaswithattitude 1 year ago
OK, we're waiting for a new video. I'd like to see what you've learned since doing this one. Picking, struming eh?
The only reason I can think of for putting a sound hole on the bottom is to have a place to clip a microphone. Having no bridge, there's not a good place on top to put the mic.
a0e0roberts 2 years ago
Yeah, it has a great sound, but your playing it with a completely wrong technique (no offence intended). But if you like the sound of Kantele, check out a folk/black metal band Häive, since they use Kanteles in their music (I Raina is a perfect example).
BioHazard1Fin1 2 years ago
i completely understand. but also this video is also 2 years old i still have to fix it and work on playing properly.
trowawing99 2 years ago
Wow, that has an awesome sound for being home-built, spur of the moment. I'm impressed. I'm thinking of building one myself... What kind of strings are on it?
FrozenSilence 2 years ago 4
i used a few different gauged strings that would be used like on a 12 string guitar. i think i have the packing for them some were still ill have to dig those out and get back to you.
trowawing99 2 years ago
man, you made that kantele and you don't know how many strings you put on it?
valefrit 3 years ago
Kaunis
laihof 3 years ago 7
thank you
trowawing99 3 years ago
ihan kiva
Suomiapina 3 years ago 2
I think you shouldn't play it like guitar.
multipena2 3 years ago
Wait, you're Finnish?
You mean you have Finnish relatives or..? :P
Kriselia 3 years ago
Im guessing he is "Finnish-American" you know he's an american with Finnish heritage.
OthalWarrior 3 years ago
i was born in America. my grandparents on my father's side were born in Finland and my great grand parents on my mother side were born in Finland. as far back as i can track in my family history im 100% Finnish.
trowawing99 3 years ago
Okey, I myself am partly Finnish (as almost half of Sweden's population is it feels :)) Then I'm guessing you live in Michingan?
OthalWarrior 3 years ago
close, I live in Massachusetts.
trowawing99 3 years ago
I see, I've read some article about Finnish-Americans who mainly populated Michigan (so therefore my guess), i have a realative who was about to buy himself a house in Michigan aswell as many other Finns, but he got his call of duty to the Finnish-Russian Winterwar at the time, Well I'm kinda OT now but good to see you're proud of your heritage, sadly many Europeans have lost thier touch with thier cultures and ancient practices.
OthalWarrior 3 years ago
I agree completely. One should honor their heritage, or at least make an effort to trace it.
I myself am Australian, but my heritage traces back to Europe...eastern and northern mostly:-)
adil2552 2 years ago
It's hard to completely trust what you read. Most Norwegian-Americans are supposed to live in Minnesota, but my great great grandfather from Norway settled in Montana.
The1TheyCallJake 2 years ago
Ah, you might be right about that. But what I meant was among Finnish-Americans, the highest frequence of Finnish-Americans live in Minnesota, but perhaps not that the majority of people who live in Minnesota are Finnish Americans. Are you following me? I saw it got quite messy there :S (My description that is)
OthalWarrior 2 years ago
I do understand. It seems we agree. I was only trying to say that statistics are not 100% accurate.
The1TheyCallJake 2 years ago
That's a beautiful kantele. :)
If you want to hear kantele music, I suggest you find something recorded by Martti Pokela. He's the grand master when it comes to kantele music, you wouldn't believe how much emotion he could pour into his music. He also wrote many sings for kantele and made the instrument a respected part of the Finnish cultural heritage, too bad he's dead nowadays.
BTW, in the old days kantele was often accompanied by an instrument called "jouhikko" (bowed harp).
BeekillerJohanna 3 years ago
Oops, typo. I meant to write songs, not sings... I guess I shouldn't type in the dark.
BeekillerJohanna 3 years ago
im going to fix this one and most likely make a lighter one. now that i have a better idea of what im doing for building one.
trowawing99 3 years ago
Awesome, too bad it broke, use the same sound-hole scribe! it owns!
BaBaBaBlazin 3 years ago
nice! I have a 11-string Kantele that i´ve built in Haparanda (Sweden, att the Swedish/Finish border)
berseliusberselius 4 years ago
first of all... soften the k, then say "KAHN-teh-leh."
second, there aren't any six string kantele instruments anywhere, ever. you're probably the first :-P usually it goes 5 string, 10 string, 20, 50, 100, etc.
blueberrybagel 4 years ago
thirdly, it's traditional to pluck the strings, not strum like a guitar. (i mean you can strum, but it's not the "tradition".) by plucking you get a muuuch softer sound and the notes sustain longer. and you can still do cool chords and stuff. try playing what you did again but plucking instead.
however, it looks BEAUTIFUL!!!! Very good job, it's gorgeous, and the scrollwork is quite nice. you sound like a good guitar player too!
blueberrybagel 4 years ago 3
Your "finnish-American" ?
Seroster 4 years ago
Nice work! What type and guage strings did you use? -I have a 13 string Latvian equivalent called the Kokle ("KWOK'le")nobody seems to know for sure about the strings.
Markutbe 4 years ago
Fuck yeah! Now im proud of been finnish!
Your kantele is awsome and it has a perfect sound, but im intrested how did you get an idea of building kantele are you intrested of finnish mytology?
antt1r 4 years ago
Hey, your kantele looks and sounds pretty nice!
markustus 4 years ago
I like it. I build and play mountain dulcimers and slide guitars. I have never heard of this instrument. It sounds nice.
albinowolf2 4 years ago
i broke it a few days ago so i have to make a better design...:-(
trowawing99 4 years ago
Hey, nice work, man!
MrSammael 4 years ago
Cool, hope you learn to play good
coldherz 4 years ago
thanks. i need to learn more finnish. i get what you mean.
trowawing99 4 years ago
No, no, no, not like a g.
The word kantele has three syllables: kan-te-le. Stress is on the first syllable. K is pronounced hard, like c in "cat". A is pronounced like in "father", but short, and N like normally in English. The second syllable is pronounced like "ten", but without the n, The third one has L like in love and a short E like in wedding. With international phonetic alphabet it's written [ˈkɑntele].
However, the kantele looks really nice :)
OozoDesuNee 4 years ago 2
you should pronounce the K of kantele more like a G but not a strong G. I remember I was going to talk about the kantele postcards and the newsletter came out that I was doing gondola postcards :) So not as strong as gondola.
granskare 4 years ago
Hey guy! Im in kantele list, too, and you saw my kokle´s video. Great work, nice aspect, good job. Very pretty soundhole design. Youre trully an artist. Congratulations
Asmuk 4 years ago
Cool, dude! Loistavaa!
Keep up the good work, jatka samaa rataa!
henkkasdglkjads 5 years ago
thankyou, not only will the sound improve but the color of the wood, it has clear laquir on it so it has the natural color of the wood.
trowawing99 5 years ago
Beautiful instrument! I came here from the Yahoo Kantele list. That's a sweet little kantele and the sound will only improve with age. Congrats!
Berkeleyappho 5 years ago