|
|
Post by Dick Glasgow on Nov 1, 2008 2:01:25 GMT 1
Hello Mandrake & welcome to the Dulcimer Player's Forum.
We are all delighted that you are now a member and we look forward to your contributions to the discussions here.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself, your music & your Dulcimers.
Then, why not hop over to our Where are you? poll and click on your own area!
Cheers
'Ptarmigan'
|
|
mandrake
Dulci-Psaltery (0 - 10 Posts)
Posts: 1
|
Post by mandrake on Jan 3, 2009 13:53:17 GMT 1
Hi! I'm a 30 year old folkmusician from Norway. Beside traditional singing (kveding), I play the langeleik. Today, the most known type of langeleik is from the valleys of Valdres (somewhere between Oslo and Trondheim), but this old instrument is known from almost all regions of Norway. In Valdres there have been a non-stop-trad, but nowadays also the langeleik from other areas have gotten their renaissance. I play the Valdres-type and a newly reconstructed langeleik from the valley Kvinesdal (the southernmost valley in Norway). The folkmusicgroup in this county got a load of money from a banke, to build these instruments and learn people to play it. A man in Kvinesdal builds, and I teach. We are going to teach a new course at the end of the month. I'll post some pics. The next project is to get reconstructed and built the langeleik from the neighbourcounty. It's a huge job to find materiale to play. Since the tradition is broken here (for about 100 years...), there are no notes or sounds or sources to help. So, we are working with transferring old tunes back from fiddle, hardangerfiddle, jew's harp and song. It's a slowgoing, but interesting work!
I also play the hungarian citera and estonian kannel. And I really wish to get me a swedish hummel and a danish humle.
|
|
|
|
Post by Dick Glasgow on Jan 4, 2009 12:16:12 GMT 1
Hi Mandrake,
That is very important work you are doing there CONGRATULATIONS & best wishes for continued success with this.
I'd love to hear some of your music. Do you have any MP3s of your music we could listen to here? I'm sure lots of members would enjoy listening to it.
I'm sure we all look forward to seeing those photos too.
Cheers
Dick
|
|
