#hardingfele

[daily-instruments]

Daily Instrument — Hardanger Fiddle

The hardanger fiddle, or hardingfele, is a Norwegian bowed string instrument. The hardanger fiddle has 4 playing strings and 4 sympathetic strings (strings that add to the richness of the sound). The instrument looks similar to a violin, with a similar sound box shape, as well as f holes and a fingerboard. However it is highly decorated with an inlay of bone and pearl, and its head is the shape of either an animal head (typically a dragon or lion) or a woman’s head. The strings of a hardanger fiddle's strings are much more flat than a violin, allowing easier playability of double stops

[dejablonde]

Hate when the music is so banging you just can't get it loud enough like just shove a subwoofer into my chest cavity please

[gigamuffin]

i must resist the temptation to let tom ask play the violin. its too obvious....

[marmotsomsierost]

Whenever i can't deal with digging out the python and hooking it up to top off our 33gal i use the pitcher we use to fill the dog water bowls, and i briefly turn into galadriel, and inevitably get the rohan theme stuck in my head.

[jiubilant]

for ravi: what's your take on Nordic music?

"You've no—got a light? Thank you, hla. You've no notion how much I miss having the knees for the high-stepping shit, pardon my Bretic, that distinguishes a Nordic country dance. You've got to dance to Nord music. You can't just sit and listen to a fellow with a hardingfele. Well, I do, but I've got to—I'm married to him."

[corruptedeclipse]

Buy the Bard sticker over here on Etsy!

This is an original Corrupted Eclipse design, inspired by the Bard class in Dungeons and Dragons. This sticker features a hardingfele/fancy violin on a bed of roses.

People might not take you seriously as a combat class, but they need to understand that when the bass drops, so do all your enemies.

[whywalkwhenyoucanride]

trying to learn hardingfele without prior violin experience. struggling but improving. slowly. lots of fun

[ifindus]

Skajekskslqs you like my dialect?? herregud thank youu that's literally the nicest compliment I've ever gotten no joke😭

also love that drawing you drew!! your artstyle is really nice to look at🥰 glad that we agree he would befriend fjøsnissa💀 and YES he would take fiddle lessons from fossegrimmen! that's such a cool concept though! Like he'd decide to learn how to play the hardingfele and just goes to fossegrimmen and bam, in a few weeks he's suddenly a world master at the fiddle. Austria would be like "how'd you get so good that quick??" and Nor would be like "hmm...practice i guess.....👀😏"

and as much as I despise Hima (and hate myself for 'liking' Hetalia), I am thankful that he made norway a mysterious guy who can communicate and see creatures😌 although now I think about it, you're right about the troll that accompanies Nor doesn't really make any sense. 'Cause like... Norwegain trolls aren't, y'know, the most friendly ones. What creatures do you think would be better as a replacement?

Thanks you 🥰🥰

Tbh I really think the fjøsnisse is the perfect companion. Especially with how much they still "exist" in lives still? When somthing go missing around the house my parents will say something like "oh, that nisse is at it again 🙄", and with how close to the humans they live. My parents have used to be a farm, and when I was younger we would put a bowl of porridge out on the barn for the nisse every 23rd of December 🥰

I remember reading books with nisses in them when I was young as well - there was this one where a boy lived with his grandfather and there was a nisse in the house the boy would see at night, going through their pantry etc. Cannot remember the plot or name of it though 🤔 Not to mention the Alvetegnet series with Gravbøygen våkner?? 😩👌 I loved those books

[cendrineartist]

Inspirational art: Hardanger Fiddle

Inspirational art: Hardanger Fiddle https://creativeramblings.com/inspirational-art/hardanger-fiddle/

Sharing the most inspirational art I can find on the web! Title: Hardanger Fiddle Date: 1786 Location: Norway Artist: unknown Type of art: fiddle; wood, mother-of-pearl, ebony, bone Source and information: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Note: Used mainly in southwest Norway, the Hardanger fiddle (‘hardingfele’ in Norwegian) has eight or nine strings, half of which are strung and played…

[jennylearns]

FANITULLEN

A Hardanger fiddle (or in Norwegian: hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument used originally to play the music of Norway. In modern designs, the instruments are very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as on a standard violin) and thinner wood. Four of the strings are strung and played like a violin, while the rest, aptly named understrings or sympathetic strings, resonate under the influence of the other four, providing a pleasant haunting, echo-like sound. In many folktales the devil is associated with the Hardingfele, in fact many good players were said to have been taught to play by the devil himself. Fanitullen is the name of one of the most famous norwegian folktunes. It means «The Devil’s Tune», and according to legend, Fanitullen was conceived on a farm in Hol in the valley of Hallingdal in 1724 during a violent and bloody wedding. When one of the participants went to get more mead he saw the Devil himself sit on the barrel playing this tune on his fiddle. During religious revivals in the 1800s many fiddles (regular and Hardanger) were destroyed or hidden both by fiddlers and laypeople who thought that it would be best for the soul that the fiddles be burned, as it was viewed as a sinful instrument that encouraged wild dances, drinking and fights.

[kaffilatte-moved]

dude i might be getting a hardingfele for christmas 👀👀👀 what should i learn how to play

[superduperfunfacts]

SUPER DUPER FUN FACT

The theme of Edvard Grieg's "Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt is built from the tuning pitches of the Hardanger fiddle, a Norwegian folk instrument that influenced other works by Grieg

[geoviced]

Norwegian translation of the 14th century Latin psalm Puer natus in Betlehem. Performed in the traditional Norwegian folk music style.

God Jul!

[trollfestofficial]

Six months have passed since we released "Norwegian Fairytales". What is YOUR favorite song? 🇳🇴🍺☝️#norwegianfairytales @trollfest_official #trollfest #trolls #norway #balkanmetal #folkmetal #folk #folklore #eventyr #askeladden #fjøsnissen #nøkken #fossegrimen #draugen #fanden #deildegast #violin #hardingfele #saxophone #accordion #norwegian #princess #beardedlady #king #kingdom (ved Oslo, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0D5odlI1fz/?igshid=180j4vryd4qz8

[retrofret]

Just arrived a c. 1919 Asmund Sandland Hardingfele or Hardanger fiddle! Made in Telemarken, Norway. The Hardanger fiddle was used in the motion picture soundtrack of The Lord of the Rings. ⠀ ⠀ #retrofret #retrofretvintageguitars #hardangerfiddle #hardingfele #folkfiddle #folkviolin #fiolin #violon #violino #skrzypce #fiol #geige #biola (at Retrofret Vintage Guitars) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsdmdc9gT8e/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1b5ykea6u8b0q

[ayaneshindo]

Emy Sakai  photo by Ayane Shindo