tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post5346577207538725051..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: The nyckelharpaAlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-45051614700724450112009-12-31T05:47:32.816-06:002009-12-31T05:47:32.816-06:00Good post.Good post.James R. Rummelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682353191833690442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-88587613195080597572009-12-30T19:39:37.074-06:002009-12-30T19:39:37.074-06:00It does make a ghostly, beautiful sound, though.It does make a ghostly, beautiful sound, though.Albatrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156254141379602471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-32343018311141072832009-12-30T16:13:32.833-06:002009-12-30T16:13:32.833-06:00After working with Swedish machinery, I can easily...After working with Swedish machinery, I can easily believe they would invent a more complicated way to build and play a plain old fiddle. ;)BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-47140082186618463982009-12-30T05:20:25.291-06:002009-12-30T05:20:25.291-06:00The hurdy-gurdy is a keyed instrument like the nyc...The hurdy-gurdy is a keyed instrument like the nyckelharpa but is played by a crank handle instead of a bow. It's closer in size to a violin than a guitar. I've never seen a cranked instrument that's played like a guitar.<br /><br />I had to look up the snake charmer's instrument. Here's the Wikipedia link.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_charmer#Performance_techniqueAlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-90740839620636804932009-12-29T22:07:26.714-06:002009-12-29T22:07:26.714-06:00The sound reminds me of the "hardanger fiddle...The sound reminds me of the "hardanger fiddle" that is played as part of the Rohan theme in the LotR films. <br /><br />Watching this video led me onto a search of early instruments on YouTube, where "peabcom" has posted several short, informative videos.<br /><br />Perhaps you could answer a couple of musical questions: what is that musical instrument (a reed of some sort, I think) always played in Middle Eastern style music (I always think of it as a snake-charmer's flute)? And what is that old instrument that is played like a guitar but is ground by a handle at the bottom? Is that a primitive hurdy-gurdy?Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.com