Hallvard T. Bjørgum - Skjoldmøyslaget (hardingfele/hardanger fiddle)

1988. The title reads to most of us as meaning "The Shieldmaiden Battle", but a fiddler friend has told me that in this context, "slaget" means "(the) tune", hence "The Shieldmaiden Tune". The legendary shieldmaidens that the title refers to have given name to a mountain near Setesdal called Skjoldmøynuten, "where they often sat and played so beautifully. They rode over the heathland and blew upon their horns. Many know their tune still: it is called 'Skjoldmøyslaget', and it was so pretty that people cried when they heard it."
In this clip, Bjørgum plays "the tune of the tune", or the main melody, not the whole tune.
Quotation: Johannes Skaar (my translation)
www.setesdalswiki.no/wiki/Skj...

[@nord_anon4406]

I don't mean to boast, but I'm pretty sure we have the best fiddle music in the world.

[@Vingul]

I believe you are correct ;-)

[@vulpespersona]

Fidnats be 'wegian the juice.

[@Vingul]

@@vulpespersona Lol! Fidnats rise up.

[@folksurvival]

Ireland.

[@DGR233]

You 100% do

[@CosmosArchipelago]

Awesome.

[@JohannesGeworkianHellman]

Wow..!

[@eckpolmick5080]

And Hallvard is the master.

[@eckpolmick5080]

Ireland has great musicians but very different style.