Benedicte Maurseth-1670 Hardanger Fiddle

Benedicte Maurseth sings plays a 1670 Hardanger Fiddle at the Festival Memoire et Racines, 2008. Beautiful traditional music from Norway.

[@mikehess4494]

Thank you

[@IndignantLemur]

A wonderful voice, and a wonderful piece of music!

[@mouldybear]

Her hardanger fiddle is great but her singing is outstanding and she's a beauty.

[@CheckDare]

Lovely stuff; I've never heard the Hardanger fiddle! Thank you for posting.

[@binzing]

Hardanger fiddle, yes :P

[@shounenbat510]

@stpauldandy Greetings from a fellow Minnesotan. I hope we can continue to preserve our Scandinavian culture.

[@Perkisound]

Love the sound of that thing!...where can I get one?

[@davidlinton2799]

Check out the HFAA's website and facebook page for info about it.

[@7horianfiddler]

great

[@SpidersTickleMePink]

Mmm fiddle

[@michaelsheridan6177]

The song she sings is beautiful. Do you know the name? I couldn't catch it in her intro.

[@typacsk]

Mmm fiddler too

[@Lucybpink]

Nice!! is that a hardanger fiddle?

[@eckpolmick5080]

From 1670? That is a contested dating

[@thiskidney]

how many sympathetic strings does this fiddle have? 2? or 4 or 5 like the modern ones?

[@thomasbrown3325]

I count eight tuning pegs, implying four drones.

[@bobgap]

Playing instruments keeps wood worm infestations down.

[@RockingJamboree]

And if it's not baroque, don't fix it!

[@PaulHirsh]

French people can't stop talking