SET OF NORWEGIAN FIDDLE TUNES!

Two of my favourite Norwegian "Hallings", played on my very funky (but NOT a Hardanger!) fiddle. I apologise in advance for my "unpolished" performance, which is a consequence of my self-taught playing "technique"! I also wish I had invested in a digital tuner before uploading this video...my sincere apologies to the ENTIRE continent of Norway!!

The actual fiddle started off life, as a horrible "toffee apple" varnish-encrusted Stentor model I picked up for just £60!!!
The artwork painted on this amazing fiddle, is courtesy of Ken Thompson, of Hobgoblin Music, Manchester, & the amazing pearl-encrusted fingerboard is courtesy of Bruceweiart EBay store.

NB! My album "The Klezmer Fiddle" is now out on iTunes:
http://bit.ly/bfHLwG

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Hardingfele
• violin
• Norsk
• Norwegian
• Fjord
• Fjords
• Norway
• Hardanger
• Stavanger
• Narvik
• Harstad
• Bergen
• Oslo
• Scandinavian

[simonlovald]

It is a Hardanger fiddle. You can see that from the carvings on the fiddle. It is much more decorated than a regular fiddle. But it sounds much better live. Recordings of hardanger fiddles always sounds strange :P

[Klezfiddle1]

As I mentioned in the "About This Video" section, the fiddle I play here, is NOT a Hardanger...it started out life as a £60 Stentor piece of junk!! It had potentially good tone, so I had the hideous"toffee apple" varnish hacked off & replaced it with this wonderful artwork (courtesy of Ken Thompson, Hobgoblin Music, Manchester, UK!)...to hopefully compensate, for my crappy self-taught fiddle playing "technique"!! ;o)

[stupidonr1]

You should tune your fiddle..! and practice more.. this is not how good hardanger fiddle music sounds like.. sorry mate..

[Klezfiddle1]

Sincere apologies for my rusty "rustic" playing "technique"! I am but a humble unpolished, self-taught folk fiddler...(who on this occasion could have benefited greatly from a nice, new fangled chromatic digital tuner!!)

[jimgoodinmusic]

Frankly there's tremendous arrogance here criticizing what is clearly a passionate soul for his muse. Yes the performance is not perfect but doesn't matter, this fiddler has emotion and clearly love for the music and when those items are there nothing else matters. As it's said across the water from you, "more power to your elbow mate", keep fiddlin'

[Pladask]

Pah, it's not that bad at all. Kudos from me, keep playing man!

[chautauqua01]

The final tune is a Rorspols, which is well known in Minnesota and played by my band, Scandium. I think that your playing is wonderful!

[Hikikomori013]

If it makes you feel better, Norway is only a country.You play the drone strings well enough that it doesn't need the sympathetic strings. i thought you did a good job playing it; even if it is out of tune.

[new50holland40]

eg kan spella harding fela

[AleXzorZ]

@akikowolf

Well, you play it like a normal fiddle, in the sense that you stroke the strings with the bow etc, but the rythms and melodies of hardingfele tunes often varies from normal fiddle tunes.

You can find a couple of good hardingfele songs here on youtube, and then you can compare the playing style and melodies on those vids to videos with normal fiddle tunes.

Check out the user "Vikingskog" here on YT, he has uploaded quite a lot of different fiddle tunes etc ;)

[akikowolf]

Do you play a hardangele (however it's spelled) like a normal fiddle? Or...well I'm confused as to where the resonant strings are and stuff. I'll look it up online...

[Katjablonder]

Well, doesn't matter what it is, is what you do with it. And as far as I can see you enjoy playing it don't you? Then keep it up and bring pride to your country. :) Good luck! ^_^ Says hello from Puerto Rico, my name's Christopher. :D

[lablover959]

Don't listen to these mean comments! I liked it!

[alakaramba]

please tune your violin before playing;) thanks!

[bertwindon]

I never realised I had been playing Norwegian tunes the other night. Must have had too much to drink !