Old Icelandic Song on Icelandic Instrument

This gentleman has a museum of Icelandic history and here he is playing a traditional Icelandic instrument.

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Travel & Events

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• Iceland
• Music
• Icelandic
• Museum
• Instrument

[Strumelia]

Unfortunately the single drone string note is overpowering the melody string, which you can't really hear much at all.

[bzzshht]

I met this gentleman last month when I visited Iceland, he showed me how to spin horse hair, and played these songs. The museum is fantastic, thank you for this video!

[softy95]

schläft der kobold..:D:D:) this song is pretty amazing :) espacially in icelandic!

[FaithSama]

@BirdValiant lol!

[gyrrakavian]

I've actually heard these lyrics sung before!

I'm not certain where (probably a dream, long story).

[yarekhunt]

@IGOROZKARSKY Takk

[IGOROZKARSKY]

JEG HELD AÐ VANDAMÁLIÐ HJER SJE

AÐ STREINGIRNIR Á LANGSPILINU

ERU OF LÁGT STILLTIR, & ÞEGAR HANN

TEKUR OF FAST Í STREINGINA, ÞÁ

SVEIBLAZT ÞEIR OF MIKIÐ, & LANGSPILIÐ

HLJÓMAR EINS & AÐ ÞAÐ SJE FALST.

[IGOROZKARSKY]

I THINK THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT

THE STRINGS ON THE LANGSPIL ARE

TUNED TOO LOW, SO WHEN HE PLUCKS

THE STRINGS TOO HARD, THEY SWING

TOO MUCH & SOUND OUT OF TUNE.

[JonasA]

Actually two songs rolled into one. The second song as a trad "sånglek" in Scandinavia known in Sweden as Björnen sover (The Bear sleeps). In the 1790's swedish nationalpoet Carl Michael Bellman put new words to the music and turned it into a popular tavernsong known as Gubben Noach.

[AntiPsychopath]

one note LOL

[seaxwielder]

@irateofwatford Not as melodic as I had hoped.

[BirdValiant]

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