CRWTH : SEDAYNE : HIBERNA DESIDERIUM

[aardvark227]

did anyone else just come here because they typed in "crwth" into youtube

[Blacksquareable]

Interesting. Sort of something between a psaltery and fiddle

[xy9izzy]

that was astonishingly beautiful. thank you

[celticbattleaxe]

CYMRU!!!!!!! Crwths rock!!!!! If you are Welsh, you have to have a fondness of such beauty in the crwth. Sounds like a cross between a viola and a Jouhikko. GREAT SOUND!!!!

BRAVO!!!!! Suona molto bene!! Meravigliosamente!!!

Sorry - I'm fluent in Italian as well - I'm a linguist... I cannot help it !

[st123722]

Rock on hardcore shit rite therre

[RSn0m3rcypk]

Where do I get lessons on playing that? it sounds awesome!

[L00per93]

whats this for a instrument in his mouth ??:O:O

can please somewonj tell me ????

[sabrinaeden]

See the info panel for details.

[ianandcharlesfoo]

@L00per93 a DOROMB or a jews harp

[skaterboy0077]

@L00per93 He was most likely tuning !!

[saopaulo450]

Nice....how is the name of that instrument that he plays at the begining...with the mouth...preety weird sound.

[Beezerjuice]

It is a jaw harp not a Jew's harp.

[sabrinaeden]

1584 is the first mention of Jew's Harp - Jaw Harp is a rather awkward but entirely modern corruption - Juice Harp likewise; Jew's Harp most Jew's Harpers use - or Jew's Trump, or just Trump.

[fcdog555]

same thing btw

[sabrinaeden]

Same thing; different names.

[3tangle3]

Isn't that a welsh adaption of the lyre?

[sabrinaeden]

Complicated one. In the middle ages bowed-lyres weren't uniquely Welsh, but they survived in Wales as a folk instrument until the 18th century. The one Sedayne plays here was made in 1988 by Tim Hobrough to a general Welsh pattern, but not using the flat bridge & string arrangement of a traditional Welsh crwth. So, more of a medieval bowed lyre-cum-fiddle than a Welsh Crwth as such.

[3tangle3]

aah so a welsh pattern......things tend to stick around in wales...like the national dress? Its english design just welsh too poor to keep u to fashion lol so it stuck .

[angrykermit]

this is so awesome! amazing, i must buy a crwth. he plays it kind of like a cello, cant they be played similarly to a violin as well?

[MrBField]

HA.

Love it when i find bits like this.

That rocks dude, heaps of 'feel'.

nice

[KamaKinky]

Holy Fucking Shit! Delicious!

[hayhoes]

go on houghall woods!

[pescadoyventanas]

hmmm

sounds like mix between a traditional griot's 1 stringed instrument (africa) and a sitar...

very mysterious sounding

[maddanana]

I need to learn to play that!

[nomadicjazz23]

cool

[KCclegg01]

What a fantastic instrument the crwth is ingenious footage!

[fnersch]

Thanks so much for posting a demo of this rare and obscure bardic instrument. A truly haunting experience!

[KCclegg01]

I love all this obscure music

[DieselBodine]

My name is Crothers = one who plays the crwth! I think I need to get one! Awesome!

[kazuya1230]

that's a cwth, isn't it?

[slyfusion]

crwth is a welsh instrument, but this musical style doesn't sound particular welsh to me...

[mydhe]

jews harp!

I love this music.

its like a bit strange and creepy.

This is paganfolk :D

[sabrinaeden]

Sedayne writes: "The music is 100% improvised albeit within certain modal & rhythmic parameters derived from certain ancient & traditional patterns though nothing obviously Celtic as such; that said the crwth itself is a Celtic bowed lyre. Durham is perhaps the most traditionally 'English' part of North East England; you pass by its 'mixed & massive piles' on the train from Kings Cross to Edinburgh - a favourite view of Jimi Hendrix apparently, to whom it seemed like fairy land."

[Klezfiddle1]

Fabulous!Is the music you're playing improvised?Tell me more about that amazing instrument!

[wyrewise]

Enchanting and a little bewildering too. What is this music? Is it from your part of the world? Durham, UK - that's Scotland right?? Doesn't sound too Scottish to me though - maybe some sort of ancient Celtic traditional music I've never come across before.