Liv Merete Kroken - Rotnheims-Knut

[@Nex47128]

Such a beautiful instrument, thanks for the upload Vingul. Here in Australia, we have nothing that even remotely compares to your traditional music. Take care.

[@Vingul]

Delightfully earthy and airy at the same time, isn’t it? Cheers Nexus, and likewise.

[@Otri86]

Wow. And another version of this beautiful tune 😍 I’m learning this instrument at the moment. I’m some kind of obsessed by Fossegrimmen I think 🙈 all these tunes are going so deep in my soul.

[@Vingul]

That's great, enjoy! It's a classic tune, as is Fossegrimen... many such cases!

[@Otri86]

@@Vingul no I meant I’m obsessed by the spirit named fossegrimmen 😂 yes many tunes are played in different ways. Depending on the area and the fiddler 😊 most of them are learned from ear to ear.

[@Vingul]

Ah, possessed! :-p I think you actually have to sacrifice something like a goat's leg in the waterfall first, lol (I seem to recall that you should do it three Saturdays in a row). Might be a good idea if you want to be the best fiddler alive. And yeah, that's the beauty of it -- tunes going down from person to person/generation to generation and slightly changing through each individual's interpretation.

[@Otri86]

@@Vingul hahahahaha yes that was the word I was searching 😂

[@Vingul]

@@Otri86 ^^

[@nord_anon4406]

We used to be a proper country

[@Vingul]

I know what you mean, but there are still Landskappleiker and other kappleiker like this every year :) seems like they stopped making TV programs from them though.

[@nord_anon4406]

@@Vingul Wonder what the audience at those look like these days.

[@Vingul]

@@nord_anon4406 probably very similar to be honest!

[@ErikAndrew-q2p]

The irony of your comment is that… in historical times, maybe before the 20th century, both this music and dance (and the Hardingfele itself) were considered "improper", even sinful, and were openly banned. Hardanger fiddles (and regular violins) were said to be aggressively broken, shattered, and burned en masse. Tunes like "Fanitullen" mean the "devil’s tune", no? Or something like that? It was the same situation in Ireland, when the priests were also the town police. Music and dancing were illegal because it brought men and women’s bodies "too close" together! And the music is what made people dance, at all, so thus the music was considered improper, too. So for you to say that you used to have a "proper" country is clearly just a personal opinion… and really just a comment, at that. It’s too vague. What’s proper? The people? The music? Or are you saying this music is improper, like you are living three hundred years ago? 😆