Some weird instrument in Oslo, Norway

[mrperrleo]

this is santuri or santur (as you like)

[almishti]

Nothing weird about them, they're common all over the world. In America they call them 'hammer dulcimers.' I wish people would do a minimum amount of research on things before they start showing how ignorant they are. It is really so simple, and we have the internet. Or you could try asking the person playing it. It is a beauty, this one! they also play versions of it in China, Iran, and Mongolia too. Nice video.

[hjiuhfhrehui]

ii love the cymbalom :D

[alspageddi]

i like the skateboard right next to their feet--just in case they have to jet real quick. of course, there goes their instrument...

[airsoftftw1234567]

i dont like it. lol

[jimamia77]

Norway or China. Too primitive to be from Europe!

[ebenasire]

Looks like a Cembalum to me.. There are several in Vienna.

[reinux]

search "Roby Lakatos Galaspektakel Gypsy Csardas" for an insane performance on this instrument

[Ericules555]

its like a harpsichord cut in half

[sacredsilence91]

she needs to be in a horror movie just the way she moves is kinda creepy

[mike04535]

There are many examples of this instrument around the world where they not only have different names but they come in all shapes and sizes and tunings. In the west, especially the UK and the USA their variation of the instrument is called a hammered dulcimer. Even there the instrument appears with extra bridges on some instruments to accommodate chromatic scales which the basic two bridge instrument does not have.

[777mackey777]

in Soviet Russia, weird instrument play you

[konkerlooby]

Is a hammered dulcimer

[MsMusicallytalented]

dulcimer? D:

whatever it is, my Grandpa has one in his livingroom XD

[wupeide]

Why "weird?"

[mycahman]

is that a hammered dulcimer?

[bestevilk]

this is instrument is a  cimbalom

[GrauenausderTiefe]

I think norwegians now that instruments as hakkebret. Hammered Dulcimers were widespread instruments and can be found in german(hackbrett), scandinavic(hakkebret), italian (salterio) folk music, in italian art music (jommelli wrote a piece for it) and is in other form also popular in music all over the world!

[mikedeliv]

@schizokinesis allo prama einai to kanonaki... to santouri paizetai me idikes bakentes pou dn thimame pos legontai , tokanonaki me Pena

[benterenten]

jankiel



[c1k4ml3kc3]

SHE'S OPENING A PORTAL TO THE FAIRY DIMENSION !

[nehceik]

that's a skilled musician

[instrodude94]

wow its amazing how she got that out there on nothing but a skateboard HAHA

[mekkler]

Thats a hammered dulcimer.

[skunky1991]

now thats how you play the spoons :)

[bbyrd009b]

Cimbalom? Sweet! Why so short?

[bebesbig]

i'm sure she or he(i'm not sure) is a romanian gipsy playing at,how romanians call it, "Tzambal" now dare to make fun of romanians...weird instrument in oslo normay pfff...get out off your caves...i wonder why didn't anyone asked what's that board with weels beside her/him :)))))))

[TheBlankDeck]

she skates?

[sleepingundrtree]

@TheBlankDeck more like, "is that a she?"

[TheBlankDeck]

@sleepingundrtree

lol tru tru

[guitarpunk91]

hammer dulcimer

[asda89]

Its a cimbalom. Its pretty common here in Hungary, and other countries of Central Europe.

[fingerboy18]

It's a hammered dulcimer on a stand.

[theguitarlol]

holy carp this is hardcore weird =D

[boludovos]

epic

[RCS782]

looks like a zylaphone

[tunglour]

Something like a hammered dulcimer

[polishpirate123]

I wonder if he skates

[bc71766]

its one of those chinese instruments

[paulflute]

isn't it a cymbalom..?

[pirategirl1492]

kinda like a hammered dulcimer

[mcjlina]

This Balkan instrument is the concert version of a Hungarian Cymbalom or Rumanian Tambal. There are also smaller portable versions. It´s the godfather of the piano.

[dzedakuzohl]

Here in greek islands of aegean sea we call it santouri. I dont think it is greek so it comes maybe from countries like armenia or even lower like iran or sth I dont realy know..I am just geussing...

[thejjoonnaass]

i saw him in Stavanger. He let me play on his instrument.

[MegaSkullCapable]

I saw this guy in Oslo and Kristiansand. He is awesome, and my buddy bought his CD!

[norseking]

It's a hammered dulcimer. Awesome :)

[jess0687x]

why is he in norway?

[tiganfascist]

the write name is tambal we have in romania this instrument

[silentrocker24]

I think Its a piano..

am i right?

[velderia]

No, it's a hammered dulcimer.

[LIGHTRONIX]

hahaha a piano.....

[Dragoonat]

a hammered dulcimer? maybe?

[nclartist]

hm. cimbalum or some form of harpsi chord thing?? either way sounds cool.

[1011010]

How do you get that thing moved around on just a skateboard?

[nicolaevermont]

In Romania it is called tambal (tzambal) and it is not Czech/Hungarian traditional instrument,it is used everywhere in the balcans,like

former Iugoslavia,Slovacia,Bulgaria,M­oldova eaven in Macedonia,Grece and Turkey.

The person that play`s is a gipsy (or rroma,they are the ones that usualy play this instrument in Romania) and please stop calling objects that needed hundreds of years to evolve weird,just because you have never meet one.

Look at the structure and ornaments,how old..just look...

[piropopircanitza21]

@nicolaevermont

Yes the gypsy's are very good tambal players. Also it is commonly seen in romanian weddings, or tradition parties.

[schizokinesis]

@nicolaevermont it is santouri in Greece,with a another relative triagonal (weird Greek word) instrument called kanonaki

[schizokinesis]

@schizokinesis kanonaki watch?v=sq4pbWmI8bE&feature=re­lated , santouri or santour in persian watch?v=b7D3kNFlwHI&feature=re­lated

[benjamin9047]

@nicolaevermont so you mean the romanian made the instrument in the first place???!!

[benjamin9047]

the very first people that came up with that instrument was babylonian and after that the persian upgraded that to a diffrent form, and after arabs attack on persia it brought to other places such as balkan.

[leandrusi]

@nicolaevermont ok if you find the therm "weird" rather offensive, you got to admit this is at least a bit "uncommon" to be found in a street.

[lurholm]

Yep, it's a cimbalom alright. Traditional Czech/Hungarian instrument, no connection to Norway...

[Jillusional]

piano.

[hectorsland]

is he a skate boarder? : )

[Anotherartist]

In Switzerland we call that "Hackbrett", it's a very traditional instrument of ours and appears as well in other cultures. You just hit the sites with soft hammers : )

[brushuk]

looks like a hammer dulcimer to me...

[6Nicad6emus6]

Looks just like the one I saw yesterday, only that's a little more, for lack of a better term, gussid up, or blinged out.

[magna55]

Another refuge ... Norway wheres your pride? Up your nordic arse!

[zappatone]

its a cimbalum

[ImASoloMother]

shes probs gonna go for a skate after haha

[shortywiccanxxx]

its a dulcimer i dunno what kind but thats what it looks like