Old Icelandic Song on Icelandic Instrument
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schläft der kobold..:D:D:) this song is pretty amazing :) espacially in icelandic!
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@BirdValiant lol!
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I've actually heard these lyrics sung before!
I'm not certain where (probably a dream, long story).
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@IGOROZKARSKY Takk
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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.
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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.
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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.
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one note LOL
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@irateofwatford Not as melodic as I had hoped.
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Unfortunately the single drone string note is overpowering the melody string, which you can't really hear much at all.
Strumelia 2 years ago 10
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!
bzzshht 2 years ago 5