--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "sjuler" <sjuler@...> wrote:
> Heill Konrad,
>
> Do you know the instrument "härjedalspipa"?
Yes, it is a very important and beautiful instrument, but I suspect
it comes from the devil.
I have a friend whose
> father, Gunnar, builds this instrument. He is also a folk music
> performer. His website:
> http://hem.passagen.se/harjedalspipan/
This is a very nice website. Thank you for steering me to it.
> 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
These tunes are very beautiful. I notice Ale Möller is in the band.
I know him to be a great wizard. As usual, one of the four tunes is
said to have been composed by the devil. I am beginning to suspect
two things about you mysterious inhabitants of Skadinaujô:
1) All your music comes from the devil.
2) You are trying to lure me north and nether on the path to Hel. ;)
Anyone with a serious interest in Nordic culture should have a look
at these pages and hear this music.
Treð ek trylldr
tónaveg Óma,
Konráð.
>
>
>
>
> --- 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.