Nordic folkmusic on nyckelharpa by Myrkur

The instrument is a nyckelharpa and the song is 'Gammelkäring', a traditional in the style of Hanne Kjersti Yndestad. The nyckelharpa pieces are partly written by me and partly inspired by Folk och Rackare. I filmed by a lake in Northern Denmark and the mist was hanging heavily after the rain.

[@dansmitham2437]

The world needs so much more music like this. Please don't stop creating.

[@Esotericwisdom1848]

Time and time again, the Norse prove themselves to be the most fair and the most fearsome. Skald!

[@AnurB666]

you shold record an album only with folk music, it is so perfect

[@myrkur]

I am thinking of writing an acoustic dark folk record as my next release

[@AnurB666]

Myrkur Øksemorder perfect!!! ❤

[@oswintheslayer]

That would be great, I know I speak for most of us when I say that we would love an album like that! Awesome as always! Love you!

[@andresm2426]

Your music is so fucking amazing. You should record an album. Greetings from Mexico!!

[@JCBeastie]

Oh my, please do. Would be an instant purchase for me at least :D

[@flumse9218]

If I could swim in that lake from time to time listening to your music I might go swimming more often

[@Aundrich]

This song, style and sound speaks to me.

[@northidaho]

Its the full moon as of right now, I live in a forest. I don't think any camera will ever capture how beautiful a moonlit forest is. I heard this song and I felt as if I had to go out and dance in the moonlit forest, thank you for this masterpiece

[@KM-lf7uu]

That is such an interesting sound. I swear this women has the magic in her soul.

[@jashton8710]

Only thing wrong with this is it is too short.

[@fredosantana8626]

J Ashton AGREEEEED

[@misschocoholic2126]

Ikr!

[@djdonnaccia]

I don't think they had too much time on their hands in between pillaging villages :P

[@Sorlendingen82]

you could say that, or you could say it ended perfectly. max and excellent use of the time. Nordic effiency. she did well, skål from norway

[@honkblarg339]

That's what she said.

[@naju02]

Imagine walking in the woods and suddenly you hear this from distance? I'd feel blessed lol

[@Roofluffer]

listen, strange women singing in ponds is no basis for a system of government...

[@jacklucas2428]

im a piano student of 20 years and guitar of 10 years - the sound of this instrument is like nothing ive ever heard other than in movies! yet you play it like it was a companion in your mothers womb. please continue making videos, people like you are the reason people like me get inspiration and motivation to keep playing

[@SchmokinJoe]

_"yet you play it like it was a companion in your mothers womb."_ That's one of the most poetic things I've ever seen.👍

[@Роман7484]

Beautiful song, beautiful music, beautiful woman. With love from Russia.

[@PARCE93]

I love this type of music.

[@cowardexe]

this song has been stuck in my head for three years and only now did i just find it again.

[@azmodeospitfire6549]

I love myrkur. I love my ancient. Love from aehentina... My sister..

[@Kaiserschmarrnic]

Freya is proud of you! Amazing!

[@jasmoink]

this is the most beautiful thing ever, i dont even know what to see wow.... it feels like an unreal world i'd like to go to

[@idunnarose5446]

That's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Both instrument and voice. 💞💕

[@patcarroll9234]

I love the sound of the nyckelharpa.

[@cyberlionn]

We need one hour of nyckelharpa's atmospheric playing!

[@fuizaheri4472]

I listen to you only in the morning, that my day was excellent

[@Signore_Fatih]

Very beautiful place and performance. Congratulations..

[@knightforlorn6731]

wooooooooooooooooow how can so much beauty be contained in a video less than 2 minutes long? the haunting music and the haunting forest lake! amazing, my lady you are an ethereal dream.

[@Justwantahover]

So beautiful, the lake and all!

[@astrimodirus]

when i went to bed after listening to this for a while, i had a pretty good dream about a group of nords wandering along a lake so thank you

[@Yass-uwow]

She gives me goosebumps..

[@bulledereve9824]

Fascinating instrument, mesmerizing sound !

[@drewslater7989]

It'll make a grown man cry

[@Christoforos-Matthew_25-34]

That's some real shit right there

[@KevinEssence]

T_T

[@krisekman9316]

I am living proof. Shit just makes the soul fly holy shit :')

[@danielrosr2781]

Make a sane man crazy

[@maryconnley6423]

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[@dbass4973]

one of the best voices of the planet

[@punchymcpuncherson8785]

She has the voice of a thousand Angels 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@spectralmystery7048]

Or just one angel

[@matthewharvey8755]

I could listen to this for hours.

[@noone_2996]

Omg this is so beautiful. It sounds so mystical and wonderful.

[@darkmagedan2353]

I revisit this video many times through out my days of living and I highly enjoy the peaceful state it puts me in. Its very tranquil but powerful. Also makes me want to trail across Middle Earth.

[@dots93]

her folk songs remind me of the witcher

[@johnmichael4806]

Huza George It reminded me of assassin's creed at first until I heard her singing; then I started thinking of witcher.

[@No-yz7hv]

Reminds me of the the city of falkreath in skyrim

[@Feck_Boi]

Huza George The Witcher soundtrack is so good, especially the first game's

[@bivouac1858]

because its the only time you heard folk music

[@TheShangryLlamas]

It goes to show how much work they actually put into Witcher. True Poles, those CD Projekt Red folks.

[@albertchang6001]

Love your music good bless you and your family

[@MedievalTalesinPerformance]

Haunting! Love this, Myrkur!

[@matheusvelozo2676]

Powerfull, Magic and Strong! Congratulations and grettings from Brazil!

[@PaganNorseman]

Älskar mitt Skandinavien.

[@SloopJon]

Beautiful song, singer and video

[@sunnyDay18]

Woah, that was Beautiful. 💐

[@Kit-se3zs]

I drifted off to sleep to this last night...so wonderful to fall asleep to. A whole hour of it would be amazing! Yes please make a folk record of this nyckelharpa music, I would snatch it up right away. Beautiful. 💖👍

[@evanstephen300]

I love the similarity with arabic folk music, the drone is everything! You can also hear the roots of Irish music in this one piece so much

[@henrik3775]

The roots of Americana Folk too!

[@Warpipes1000]

Scottish more than Irish...

[@DoeDillinger]

beautiful!

[@Catastrofius]

6 months ago I would never had said this, but this genre is much better for you than metal.

[@fastcarenjoyer8008]

Agreed

[@keithelliott7471]

Xeph Xen That's definitely a thing.

[@MrBern91]

This genre is metal a f xD Many nordic metal bands have borrowed elements from the roots of folk music :)

[@chocolatepudding1241]

Well metal helps me release my aggression and negativity and makes me feel strong, and calm music helps with my anxiety so I think people should just listen to and make the music that they want

[@EMPtaticz]

@@chocolatepudding1241 Buddhists believed in harnessing the power of positive and negative both light and dark you can't have one without the other it'd only make sense for an artist to want to release both feelings as more artists should its good for the soul.

[@Mycrazyhands]

Wild nature, beautiful girl, awesome music! Thank you!

[@HenryFurnell]

takes me to another place when you sing and play

[@darkmagedan2353]

This music hits in such a different way.

[@strixvaria03]

who needs to study for finals when you can listen to Nordic Folk music

[@Teararec]

Oh my gosh that song is so beautiful

[@barbarannop1799]

So happy to be scandinavian! This was so beautiful!

[@paulporter5470]

Thank you Myrkur. Beautiful

[@liberamentel9385]

bellissima e bravissima, in una parola: magica;)

[@rahnjaimes9135]

Beautiful voice and singer too!

[@ediujunior]

Your voice and instrument sound are just amazing!

[@rubylace9963]

Your voice, the instrument and the scenic lake.. soo so beautiful.

[@samdevries6280]

Wow, this almost sounds medieval, beautiful!

[@harvstersmusic6320]

Your music has left me pondering and speechless. It is so pleasantly pleasin.

[@nbromide]

Ancestors' blood stirs inside me. Amazing. Please record more Swedish folk!

[@landlord3863]

It's not Swedish, its danish

[@v.bankler283]

@@landlord3863 "Gammelkäring" is in fact a traditional Norwegian folk song and the instrument played in the video is a Swedish instrument. The artist is Danish though.

[@Aeg0r]

@@v.bankler283 Scandinavia😎

[@Bee-rv6gn]

Omg chills everywhere. Feel like it transported me back to another life...

[@miqueiasmoreira4565]

Encantadora

[@taajesusisking6349]

WOW frighteningly beautiful 💖

[@Rob84164]

Make a nordic folk album pls!

[@GusCalegari]

search for Irmelin

[@isaacwilkinson1429]

Search on any music source- Myrkur. That is the name of her band. Saw here in York. AMAZING 🤤

[@davestatic3]

I really appreciate the two videos I've watched of you, the sound you produce is enjoyable.

[@alexjackson5178]

My great grandfather was from Norway. I'd like to reconnect with my Norse heritage. This is beautiful.

[@frederikhyrup2871]

Its not norwegian. Its a bastard between danish, norwegian and swedish. Cudos for her learning that. It was what scandinave spoke before 1845. Then came the french and british empires. Bokkmål, skånsk and dansk can attest to that.

[@User18dog]

Heritage is gone, brown people live there now

[@joshuatendoornkaat7401]

Simply stunning

[@奈戀星夜萌]

Beautiful😍

[@MoeSlislack]

Wow! Talented and beautiful! That was awesome!

[@andarielmartin7305]

Is this what heaven sounds like?

[@wendeldtaveri2590]

Very beautiful song !!

[@2D_Memory]

So basically, the old school Nords knew what real music was. This is incredible and very inspirational!

[@hvareno2048]

Beautiful music and singing from a talented artist. Mareridt is one of the best albums of 2017.

[@danielg2294]

We Swedes don't mind our neighbours playing our instrument when it's this beutiful

[@MinecraftRick]

We hardly have a monopoly on the nyckelharpa. It belongs to the Danes as much as it belongs to us.

[@wyattmichaelproductions]

Well if we wanna be technical, most Germanic peoples came from Denmark, and southern parts of Scandinavia. So our cultures are all related

[@Sorlendingen82]

then as a Norwegian, i should add, we would kick Your ass if you tried, like in almost everything else. hehe all Scandinavia agree this is positive, and if they don't they are not on Our side, they are fools. This is reality.

[@maestromarket]

@@Sorlendingen82 the only thing you kick ass at is finding oil. without it you would be a third world country

[@whengrapespop5728]

@@maestromarket Actually, that’s not entirely true. It’s a misconception that Norway was poor before they found oil. In 1950, Norway was right below average amongst the 16 richest OECD countries. Hard to know how Norway would be today without the oil, but the odds weren’t low before Norway had oil. Also, it’s pretty cool for Norwegians that they can claim the origin of Vikings, just as a historical bonus.😄

[@blardosplats]

I didn't know such an instrument existed until this. Beautiful singing, playing, and setting.

[@napoleonkryptonite7455]

This makes me even more proud of my European roots than I already am such beautiful music

[@MinecraftRick]

"European" roots? Are you Scandinavian? Or are you of some other "European" ancestry and somehow think my ancestry belongs to you?

[@rrr9308]

It's simply fantastic. I love it. Thumbs up

[@ayoubazag]

Love it from Morocco blad lk7la

[@garyknight8616]

Gorgeous music. Thank you.

[@CarsSimplified]

So good!

[@nithinsuresh1000]

it brings happiness, thanks for sharing over the internet, great voice and recording

[@kaankurt7985]

I am a Turk and it sounds like our old middle asian enstruments like 'yaylı kopuz' So ı love your music.Please make more..Loves from Turkey..

[@lillelinne63]

I keep coming back to this video, I love it.

[@mahdizamani679]

That's amazing I'm not blonde or Scandinavian but I fell in love with this song 😍😍

[@mahrunn]

Very captivating. Thank you!

[@22kimk]

This sounds like a song in fairys language if they existed !! 👍🎉

[@3jdni]

They do ;)

[@callingthevoid]

They don't ;)

[@fetyrol7108]

@@callingthevoid r/wooosh ;)

[@callingthevoid]

@@fetyrol7108 Bruh, I don't think they were kidding

[@fetyrol7108]

@@callingthevoid bruh, I don't think you were kidding

[@thunderwazp7653]

Jag är så glad att jag fann denna musikvideo, får mig att tänka på min gammelmormor och gammelmorfar 🥲

[@XaniIiaX]

Absolutely beautiful..

[@ALSPEHEIR]

Despise the fact that Im black from Congo, I identify myself a lot with the nordic culture, even more because I have lived in Sweden for a while. Keep our folk traditions alive

[@saschaherzog6799]

Beautiful voice and great too look for,happiness and think through😘

[@armandvonriegan5758]

Daughter of Odin

[@rainbenkennaz6173]

No she drank from odin’s mead so she has the power of true music

[@giuseppersa2391]

What a delightful way to begin my Monday ☺xx

[@vikingblood0408]

My ancestral blood has been stimulated.

[@sandragayle7866]

Wow! That's different what a rich sound. Very nice.

[@Dinoraptor101]

This should be featured on the next Elder Scrolls O.O

[@wwearepilots]

that's exactly what i thought when i first listened to her music! :-)

[@user-bl3fo7dz3o]

Perhaps not though, seeing as it would be quite strange for Bethesda to make another game set in Skyrim.

[@treetheenderhyena1880]

@@user-bl3fo7dz3o ReMaStEr SkYrIm AgAiN!

[@user-bl3fo7dz3o]

TreeTheEnderHyena whErE iS skYRiM 2?

[@lainpilled39]

ᚼᛅᛁᛘᛋᚴᛁ Yeah its set in hammerfell most probably and would have arabic or Egyptian like music probably

[@alittlebitanna]

I love her so much.

[@rachelambereverleigh9308]

I'm so proud to be danish rn😁

[@tombuchanan7302]

Rachel Amber Everleigh me too

[@kakhak]

Big thanks for your magic music.

[@marychristinacarter7993]

This makes me feel like a maid somewhere in Europe with this week's laundry in a weave basket on one hip, walking on cobblestones to get to a river to wash my clothes early in the morning before the merchants and schoolchildren fill the streets, a light breeze and mist on the ground

[@kamyashrivastava7341]

I can't tell you how beautifully and precisely you've captured the emotions that emanate from this song!!! My sentiments exactly! I'd love to be such a maid!!

[@thetowerfantasymusic]

i am speechless... So pure !

[@srbapropalic3911]

where to find more of this music, is awesome!

[@merlesson1164]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[@sarahturner4148]

Reminds me of the Hunger Games soundtrack