String Sisters/ Annbjørg Lien - Horsebell Tune

Annbjørg Lien playing a traditional Norwegian wedding tune (Bjølleslåtten) during String Sisters concert.

To hear more of Annbjørg's music:
http://www.myspace.com/annbjorglien

Category:

Music

Tags:

• annbjorg
• lien
• string
• sisters
• norwegian
• fiddle
• hardanger

[oeddi666]

What kind of instrument is this??! Never heard something like that. Great!

[morigue]

@oeddi666 It is a hardanger fiddle ('hardingfele' in Norwegian).

[honeyspur]

Nobody like Annbjorg!

[luseblus]

Wonderful video. She's amazing!

[Pixyonyxy]

very beautiful and mysterious

[keomut83]

beautiful! very strange for me because i dont know which instrument it is? But it sounds GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like the sound of the stream and the bell, maybe?

[oeddi666]

@morigue Thank you!

[pettymolly]

beautiful? i cringe

[Larsensrock]

Very beautiful playing. This is a traditional tune from the region of Voss and the fiddler would tune the fiddle to the bridle bells so that they ring a major triad. The hardanger fiddle is actually tuned A E A C# for this tune. There are also a score of versions of this tune - same general melody but with variation,

[okelydokely2]

I can't play, but I'm glad I can at least appreciate this breathtaking song as much as I do. Thank you so much for posting!

[aleksozolins]

more natural than anything equal tempered...

[multemusic]

This tune is a traditional Norwegian fiddle tune called "Bjølleslåtten" - The Bell Tune. It mimics the tinkling of the bells on a horse taking a bride to her wedding. It's not wandering. It's going exactly where it needs to go. :-)