Allsången

KLARSKINN på Teater Tre, Södermalm, Stockholm, 27 april 2007
Anders Åborg Pierre Bramstedt Fredrik Pettersson Rigmor Bådal Mats Bergqvist
The band is playing "Allsången", original song by group member Pierre Bramstedt, dealing with the tension between the very swedish sing-along phenomenon and the lonesome troubadour.
Also: www.myspace.com/klarskinn; www.klarskinn.com; anders.aborg@comhem.se

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folkmusik
• skillingtryck
• dragspel
• cittra
• tvättbräda
• allmogepunk
• Stockholm
• rustic
• folk
• music
• accordion
• zither
• washboard

[NickandJamie]

The lead singer is playing an instrument similar to what I have, which I think is a cittra, but I cannot find anything on the internet about this instrument! My great-aunt from Sweden left this to me after she died, and I want to learn to play it. Anyone know anything about this? I can take a pic of it.

[klarskinn]

The name in english is zither, closely related to the autoharp in sound. But it has no bridge with chord-buttons, and no chromatic progression for the strings. Instead it has 7 - 10 chords in groups with 9 strings each and is a bastard to keep tuned. Not so hard to play, though. Try the internet again with cittra - zither - autoharp. In swedish it is also called ackordcittra.

Anders Å

[atecjon]

Pierre Bramstedt... Du slutar aldrig förvåna mig.

MVH Mossberg