Hardanger Fiddle

This is a traditional Norwegian violin called the Hardanger Fiddle. The tune is called Fanitullen and is played in trollstemt tuning.
I just started playing and have not had the fiddle for very long so the tuning and playing need some work but I'm excited to continue to learn!

[generacela]

Great video with concise info about the hardanger. Thanks.

[katbot]

I just saw one of these fiddles in an older antiques roadshow. I had to hear it!! Thank you so much. Outstanding.

[eagledove]

I fell in love with this instrument when I watched a movie called 'The Polar Bear King, ' a beautiful movie with beautiful music. It's one of my favorite movies of all time, and it has the hardanger fiddle in many places.

[glennkemp]

That's a beautiful instrument, someone definitely put a lot of time and skill into it. And it has a very unique sound, I'd never heard of a fiddle like that. Thank you for the demonstration.

[bradleycampbellbeall]

Excellent video on a very unique instrument! Thank you very much!

[erlendgjerde]

Just one small correction: Although there might be Hardanger fiddles with ivory inlay, the vast majority have inlay made from mother of pearl, bone from a cow or other common animal in Norway and maybe abalone.

[lindashapanka]

The strings attach to the tailpiece at the bottom of the fiddle. The decorative dragon is the scroll

[Scovite]

Fabulous video, beautiful playing and very educational. Thanks so much.

[Lexicophage]

Your video was as beautiful as it was educational. I'm ready to travel to Norway and buy myself a hardanger fiddle. That was haunting, and enchanting.

[michaelbrand]

A very enjoyable & informative video! Thanks for making & posting it!

[trudysteinfeld]

This is a terrific lesson and performance, beautifully presented. Thank you!

[telemachia]

Thank you for this, it sounds amazing!

[stephenmichael]

Beautiful! Thank you, Ms. Johnson! This made my day. 🙂

[sotagoat]

sound and the look...jus awesome. Thx much for explaining all the strings....it solved alot of wonder I was havin😊

[UilleannOslo]

It is smart to learn the tune slowly. They say that if you cannot play it slowly, - you cannot play the tune fast either.

[elauadeinsf]

Very interesting to me, thank you for this introduction. I recommend Rydvall/Mjelva and the track 'Hjaltaren' perhaps. It blew me away when I heard it. I subscribed to your channel.

[jennykalahar]

I love these so much that I feature a Hardanger fiddle in one of my novels. He's a traveling tent musician who kept a diary in the late 1800s to early 1900s. (Wish I could have found a great HF photo to use for the cover!)

[allwinds]

This sound touches me somehow... My soul music.

[arnewhouse]

recently a young women from decorah IA played hardanger fiddle to a rapt audience on the viking mississipi when we were in a nearby port eden ehm studied at st olafs college north field MN which teaches hardanger fiddle .

[sigvardronnholm]

Quite a instrument, thanks for demo/.