Scandinavian Music: Old & New-
Traditional Scandinavian Musical Instruments:
(see also our
Viking History and Culture page
and the Folk Dance section at right
Nyckelharpa (below)
Scandinavian Accordian (below)
Hardanger & Swedish Fiddle (below)
Danish Traditional Instruments (below)
Finnish Traditional Instruments (below)
Icelandic Traditional Instruments (below)
Introductory Articles:
Traditional Nordic dance music - Wikipedia
Nordic folk music - WikiZero article
Nyckelharpa:
Två Konungabarn - Scandinavian folk music style (new) song on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur, 2017 Youtube
The Hedgehog by Griselda Sanderson on Nyckelharpa (new song) Youtube 2014
Tales of the Boatman:
Nyckelharpa - Angels and Ravens Part 1 - Composed, performed, and produced by Chris Rippey
Gammelkäring - Scandinavian folk music style (new) song on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur, 2017 Youtube
The Accordian in Scandinavia:
Accordian History in Norway
Traditional Swedish accordeon music - Emigrantwaltz and Wiggen polka - Youtube uploaded by Odd Arne Halaas 2006
Swedish Polka - Accordion Cover By Mike Shaine משה זוברמן
Skvis Accordion Trio from Norway performs at Nisswa-stämman 2017. (3 Dance-style songs)
Hardanger and Swedish Fiddle:
Basic differences between Hardanger Fiddle and violin - Youtube by Rachel Nesvig 2016
Hökpers Vals - Smörgåsklickarna (www.nyckelharpa.ch) play traditional swedish folk music.
This is a very popular waltz from Dalarna comp. by Lars Hökpers, Falun) . Youtube 2018 - recorded in Munich (Germany).
Hardanger fiddle - Wikipedia
What You Should Know About the Hardanger Fiddle - article by Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
Rachel Nesvig playing the Hardanger Fiddle - 2 songs - 2013 Youtube
Ragnhild Hemsing plays the Hardanger fiddle - "Valdresguten" - Halling dance
Hökpers vals & Carica polska - Swedish Fiddle Youtube 2015 -
Mia Marin playing "Hökpers vals" and her own composition "Carica polska" on her five string violin
Danish Traditional Instruments:
Folk group Lang Linken - Denmark Small concert on Old instruments - 2012 Youtube
Finnish Traditional Instruments:
Nuku Nuku - Ancient Finnish Lullaby - played by Merja Soria, Finnish Folk Musician, on a 5 string kantele (Finnish Folk Harp)
Per the Youtube 2015: "This is the lullaby I sang to my daughter when she went to sleep and my grandmother used to sing it to me.
I recorded this video last Christmas as a gift to my daughter. I wanted her to have something that would connect her to the
generations of strong Finnish women that came before us."
"When the first kantele (Finnish Folk Harp) was played for the first time, the sound was so beautiful that all living things started to cry and even the sun and the moon stood still to listen to this beautiful music."
Ida Elina - Evolution of Kantele (Finnish Harp) - 2020 Youtube
5 strings kantele "Itkevä tyttö" 嘆きの少女 - 2017 Youtube
5 strings kantele "Säkkijärven Polkka" - 2017 Youtube
"Kalevala Melody," traditional Finnish folk song played on Psaltery (kantele),
Finland, 19th century - Youtube uploaded by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2017
Kantele song - "This is my handmade kantele." - Youtube uploaded by Einherjer 2018
3 Finnish Folk Music Instruments (played with a modern slant) -
"3 beautiful, separate performances by Sibelius Academy musicians on a harmonium (harmooni),
peasant's kantele (talonpoikaiskantele), and a pair of mandolins, respectively."
Icelandic Traditional Instruments:
Stóðum Tvö í Túni" on Langspil - "Ryan Koons of the traditional Celtic and Nordic music ensemble Wherligig performs
the traditional Icelandic song "Stóðum tvö í túni" on the langspil, a type of zither from Iceland. Langspil built by Ken Koons." Youtube 2013
Two Icelandic lullabies on the langspil - Ian Summers
"This langspil is (very loosely) based on an unusual instrument with a two-part body which I saw in the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik.
This version has overall length 90 cm, with a hollow fingerboard and wire "staple" frets... I am sounding the strings by hitting them with a stick.
The two lullabies are "Sofðu unga ástin mín" and "Bíum bíum bambaló". Youtube 2014
Langspil.& icelandic fidla - Langspil.& icelandic fidla played by Jón Sig & Rakel Br.
Note: Compare these instruments to the Norwegian Viking Tagelharpa" played by Einar Selvig.
(See on our Viking and Pre-Viking Culture page.)
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