Kongurei on Nyckelharpa (Tuva meets Sweden)

[@EmelieWaldken]

Four traditional versions that inspired me a lot : - by Batsükh Dorj & Johanni Curtet kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5aknKmXetl1j68si=8159ta0WLsX93QYy - by Imre Peemot kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5C8lZdnrtuUacksi=DAJ3OAaxM4QKoDbE - by Chodura Tumaat & Erwin Grafe kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWPRgGqcaNegd5osi=0bgxhauwHJXmmymw - By Huun Huur Tu kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZKVopyLf5qWqJYsi=HBDiaJtCEOpM7Tof

[@Never_Bland]

Thanks for this

[@strixaeluco]

"In des Herzens heilig stille Räume Mußt du fliehen aus des Lebens Drang. Freiheit ist nur in dem Reich der Träume, Und das Schöne blüht nur im Gesang." ~ Friedrich von Schiller 🙏🏻❤

[@Marcusstratus]

Excellent! I recognize this one! I've been throat singing for a decade and have recently been taught by Soriah, a local who sings professionally and has won competitions back in Tuva

[@Pteromandias]

I do throat singing too, but only covers of Taylor Swift songs. This genre of Tuvan folk music is new to me.

[@EmelieWaldken]

Glad to hear - and you're a multitalented person for real =D

[@Never_Bland]

@@Pteromandias Have you any recordings of those taylor swift throat singing covers?

[@kolober2045]

I love this! I listen to a lot of Mongolian and related music and recognized the tune at ~2 min mark. So beautiful on the knykelharpa.

[@musicwithten]

Amazing cover! Kongar-ol Ondar was my introduction to Tuvan throat singing. I've been obsessed ever since.

[@yeoldfart8762]

Perfect for this morning. Sitting back before making breakfast. Very beautiful and so well play. Thought back to the first time I heard You on KZbin. You were in a little clump of what looked like Aspen trees playing a medley of 3 Irish tunes. That was a bunch of years ago. You've grown.

[@EmelieWaldken]

I do hope I have =)

[@Onionbaron]

I have a special relationship with nyckelharpa thanks to my old classmate Åsa Jinder, who was made an official Swedish national player of nyckelharpa at the amazing age of 14... Her father also was one of the renowned builders of the instrument (Curt Einar Jinder, if I recall correctly)... ...Time flies, memory limps... Also a very big fan of Tuvan music, EPI Enkhjargal Dandarvanschig This piece, so beautiful! Per aspera ad astra ars longa vita brevis

[@davidcpugh8743]

A classic strings. Gorgeous. May she play forever!

[@mccypr]

The tune reminds me of Philip Glass (Minimalist Music Composer) towards the end. Very nice! 😎

[@EmelieWaldken]

Thank you ! The ending was simply the common Swedish folk technique of rullstråk.

[@dongkhamet1351]

I learned this melody in Kyzyl, 2010. It's quite something to have it pop up like this. Especially since it is a fine interpretation. Charash kyz!

I always loved what the resonance strings can do to instruments. Gives a very nice feeling of something pure. It's hard to explain. There's something freeing about it.

[@EmelieWaldken]

So glad to hear =) It's also one of my favourite tunes, it always feels like flying to listen to it.

[@heylooknohienz]

She did great! ❤

[@jamescoughlin6357]

Hey awesome sound here. I am Nyckelharpa player in Missouri. Its nice to hear your music, been following you for a few years. I hope the Nyckelharpa scene grows here in the midwest.

[@EmelieWaldken]

I hope so too ! It can be tough to try building a scene, it most often takes years with little success, but it can be oh so worth it ! Good luck

[@jamescoughlin6357]

@@EmelieWaldken Would you ever tour in the midwest? If so, I'd be happy to go to one of your shows. I bought my Nyckelharpa from doctor in Minnesota, he actually made it himself. But there a lot of folk music festivals in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa and Missouri. If you decide to, that would be cool.

[@EmelieWaldken]

@@jamescoughlin6357 I've been working towards a US tour for a few years now, but it's hella complicated to organise - the nightmare of flying with a nyckelharpa definitely doesn't help.

[@trabouliste1037]

Heard that song only from Kronos Quartet before, nice to hear another interpretation.

[@robst247]

Entrancing and sublime.

[@katejudson8907]

Exquisite. Thanks for sharing. I could listen all day.....

[@vishyswa]

I'd love to hear some duets with nycleharpa and clawhammer banjo.

[@EmelieWaldken]

I really like banjo in general for Scandi folk music. 'Endelig frisk' by Erlend Viken Trio for example works so well !

[@drakonyanazkar]

I am actually working on a clawhammer cover of Jämtländsk Brudmarsch, which is one of my favorite scandi tunes. I was looking to buy a nyckelharpa, but they're prohibitively expensive (plus their strings make them even more so!)

[@EmelieWaldken]

@@drakonyanazkar Looking forward to your version of the jämtländsk brudmarsch, don't forget to come drop the link here when it's done =)

[@Pteromandias]

@@drakonyanazkar Pressure's on now, buddy. You'd better not let her down!

[@drakonyanazkar]

@@Pteromandias LOL I've been working on it for a while. I have the full music sheet on Flat, but it's tricky to nail down all the parts, so I don't feel confident enough to record it yet. I'll make sure to upload it to KZbin, mention it here and maybe even send her the link the directly, _so I can get senpai's approval_ 🙏😔

[@Alice-Rezan-formusiclovers]

Wonderful video, ,music , playing, great work my friend it was a real pleasure to watch and listen to your sharing, thank you, i subbed to you, warm wishes, Alice

[@theservant752]

Jag gillade slutet bäst, det gav mig en varm känsla. Tack Waldken.

[@EmelieWaldken]

Slutet var den mäst svenska biten ;)

[@Syllogyzym]

Gorgeous! I'd love to hear more like this.

[@daveburklund2295]

Lovely. Melancholy, but sweet. Like having a good memory of someone who isn't here anymore.

[@BoarhideGaming]

You are close, but not quite. It’s certainly not a sweet song. Kongurei is a mourning song, warriors returning from war to see their home destroyed or forever changed. Where is my herd of horses gone? Where are the homes of my people? It is an old, traditional song and many of the nomadic peoples from Tuva, Mongolia, the Altai ranges, the Kazakhs and surrounding lands have a version of it in their own language, but the point remains. It’s a song that may be more prevalent now than ever, with the traditional ways of life receding and mines and industry destroying and poisoning much of Central Asia.

[@daveburklund2295]

@@BoarhideGaming Sounds sweet to me.

[@BoarhideGaming]

@@daveburklund2295 You have an odd interpretation of that word then. Or maybe I do, who knows?

[@daveburklund2295]

@@BoarhideGaming I mean, thank you for the information, but my subjective impression of the tune was that it was sweet and melancholy. I don't think the backstory is sweet, but the tune still sounded sweet to me.

[@BoarhideGaming]

@@daveburklund2295 Oh, that's perfectly fine. I just think it's important to contextualise historic music.

[@martinbjork8081]

Tack, väldigt lugnande och inspirerade. En bra strat på dagen!

[@TheKaywel]

amo el nyckelharpa , saludos desde argentina ♥

[@sharon1775]

very beautiful.

[@IAmWithinEverything]

Inquisitive, ancient memories come up…Beautiful ❤

[@adamwagner7323]

So somber, but beautiful. I hope the noble solace you find will grow a bouncing plant of joy one day.

[@marklingard9]

beautiful

[@glenrobinson916]

Thank you Emilie, so evocative!

[@acerbt]

I do wonder what the Nyckelharpa would be like as a Native Instruments Kontact library, and I also wonder if anyone has made one. If not, I think it would be pretty cool to have, since if done correctly, it would mean another blind accessible software instrument to add to my collection of music tools.

[@mists_of_time]

what an amazing tune!

[@ZengHuaXiansheng]

Wow, that’s amazing! Can you also do throat singing?

[@EmelieWaldken]

Nope, but I'd love to learn some day =)

[@ZengHuaXiansheng]

@@EmelieWaldken I can do a little bit of subtone singing but not as good as an experienced throat singer. My overtone singing is even not as good as my subtone singing. I don’t do it often because I think that you can damage your vocal cords if you do it incorrectly.

[@erikhiltunen4697]

So expansive and contemplative… Keep up the good work!

[@alicialexists]

So beautiful!

[@cjsingle]

Very nice music!

[@alexardov]

Stunning! I love music from Tuva. I also studied overtone singing. Very well played and beautiful rendition of the tune on the nyckelharpa

[@Queton17]

This is very beautiful, madam.

[@EmelieWaldken]

Much thanks !

[@ritatatam3068]

This is absolutely beautiful, I didn’t knew this instrument and it’s totally mind blowing !!! Keep on playing, this instrument is a treasure and your way to play too, keep both preciously ❤

[@EmelieWaldken]

Thank you ! No worries, I won't stop playing ^^

[@lassilogren]

Very good Emelie! Beautiful melody, an elegant arrangement - and very well played!

[@rohan1104]

perfect, very beautiful :)

[@EmelieWaldken]

Thank you =)

[@alphadni]

Beautiful ♥

[@karenvanrekum1177]

Love it Emelie! Hope you're doing great:)

[@mccypr]

Thanks Earth Person! 👽👽😎

[@m.bahadrunal765]

This is so beautiful 🥹

[@Acousticeg]

Beautiful...🎸

[@farukcosic7099]

Härligt musik ❤ Mvh Faruk

[@drakonyanazkar]

It was a long piece or did you make it this long? In any case, I love me some longer songs and this one didn't sound repetitive, despite having just a single instrument and no lyrics. Great arrangement.

[@EmelieWaldken]

Thank you ! It's a traditional song that every singer/band performs differently. It's often quite long, with the main theme repeated many, many times. I chose to keep that main style and really take time to let that theme shine, while also adding my own variations to it.

[@vladteahover9301]

I hear the melody of the Three kingdoms. I love it

[@WildBillCox13]

Interesting. Liked and shared.

[@IvanIsak]

What you think about Fear a' bhàta song?

[@jaygobolos9302]

lovely

[@Guy_makes_thing]

Happy late nyckelharpa day! Absolutly beautiful playing, but where's the tuvan throat singing?😉

[@EmelieWaldken]

Not ashamed to recognize I can't do that technique. I'm not a singer and prefer to show what I can instead of what I can't ;)

[@Guy_makes_thing]

@@EmelieWaldken Very understandable. :) I do hope it came across as a joke by the way, because it was, I'm not in the business of antagonizing the people I look up to. 😅

[@EmelieWaldken]

@@Guy_makes_thing I don't take offense in the things I can't do ^^

[@Guy_makes_thing]

@@EmelieWaldken From the category words to live by. :)

[@davidamaro1112]

I didn't know that Monalisa played musical instruments........I from Brazil....

[@timothydonovan1261]

😎🎼🌟

[@fernandobentayga4782]

🎼🎶😌🎶🎼

[@ikon858]

Mycket vackert! Är det en fyrradig harpa och vem är byggaren av denna fina harpa?

[@EmelieWaldken]

Tack ! Japp, en fyrradig altfiol-stämd (CGDA), byggd av Jean-Claude Condi i Frankrike !

[@ikon858]

🙏

[@pandajivgg]

Is that a map of Tamriel?

[@EmelieWaldken]

Just of Scandinavia ^^

[@FredericoSydowNunes]

⚔👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Second_Empire]

Всегда отдавал предпочтение крепким, сильным телом и духом женщинам. В отличии от исскусных любовниц юга, женщины севера могли разжечь кузню, сердце мужчины. Целую вашу руку и желаю счастья.

[@janehinks6387]

Wow, took me elsewhere! 😊

[@EmelieWaldken]

That was a bit the goal ;)

[@davidcpugh8743]

The sound of the raging North Sea embodied!

[@zxul2340]

Smukt