"Skalder og Legender" Viking ballads LIVE from Norway

Rare songs and ballads from the medieval times i Norway (the Viking period). Song and played in a traditional way, live at the Viking marked in the small rural countryside-village of Hemnes in Akershus/Norway. The performance took place August 16. 2009. CD's and performance information are available at their Web: www.legende.no

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Norwegien Medieval songs
• Viking ballads
• Harald og Marie Foss
• Legende
• Miklagard
• Skald
• Norway
• Hemnes
• Tommy Ruud

[smedaas]

Thank you so much for this upload! Harald Foss live :o

[Voudan7]

Skald...



[Frak98]

@Metalguitaristable It looks like a custom octave mandolin, a cittern.

[dagibbons]

where would i get the music score for this?

[Metalguitaristable]

it's a homemade 12-string from the norweigan oak that came tumbling down the river one day

[Unker47]

One more reason to come in Norway for a holiday :'D

Awesome song :)

[Asatruwarriors]

Perfect !!!

[troelsringgaard]

so now im curious is says vikings ballads, but the guitar instrument isnt from the viking age.

im a guitarist myself and it would be awesome have one of these for the viking markets :)

[linuxwave]

And what's the second song they play called?

[linuxwave]

What's the guitar like instrument called?

It has double strings but is not a mandolin from what I can tell.