Sv: About East Norwegian Folk Rhythms

Heill Konrad,

Do you know the instrument "härjedalspipa"? I have a friend whose
father, Gunnar, builds this instrument. He is also a folk music
performer. His website:
http://hem.passagen.se/harjedalspipan/
Some sound samples of the instrument (from the album Härjedalspipan):
http://hem.passagen.se/harjedalspipan/ljud.html
A few other songs from the album Härjedalspipan:
http://www.drone.se/english/hpip.html
All samples are of the size 200-500K


/Sjurd





--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "konrad_oddsson"
<konrad_oddsson@...> wrote:

> Here is a brief continuation from the same CD notes about Norwegian
> folk rhythms:
>
> "Apart from the Marj (March), the oldest rhythms in Norwegian folk
> music tradition, as heard on this album, are:
>
> Gangar (walking-dance) in 6/8 meter
> Sprinar (running-dance) in 3/4 meter
> Halling (a man's acrobatic solo dance) in duple meter
>
> The pols, in 3/4 triple meter, has been described in the text above
> (see previous post).
>
> The Vals (waltz), also in 3/4 meter, has three distinct forms
> illustrated in this recording:
>
> Springvals (running-walz), in quick tempo;
> Nigvals (dip-walz), a particularly rollicking rhythm;
> Stegvals (stride-waltz), in relatively slow tempo and likely

related

> to a pre-polska rhythmic form.
>
> The Reinlender (Rheinlander), in double meter, the Norwegian equiv-
> alent of the schottische.
>
> Happy Nordic Journeys,
> Konrad.