National Folk / Traditional music

First of all i love to study out different cultures and listen to their music, as i'm sure most of the people on this board do. So i thought, since we have many folks from different parts of the world, we could exchange some national music!

I'm just DYING to hear some!

Classical music from India is 10 times as old as western classical music. It's interesting to find out if it's also 10 times as refined (can you imagine? :o ) :)

I am not sure what you meant with national music.

I would dearly love to own a good Hardanger fiddle. They make a wonderous sound.

I would dearly love to own a good Hardanger fiddle. They make a wonderous sound.

I really like the sound of the fiddle, but a question (a stupid one)... How's the fiddle different from the violin again?

Usually they're the same instrument. However, the Hardanger fiddle, which is a Scandinavian folk instrument, differs pretty substantially. It usually has 5 strings, tuned to C-G-D-A-E (basically combined violin and viola) and sympathetic strings under the fingerboard.

Usually they're the same instrument.

A fiddle usually has a flatter bridge. Which makes playing double stops easier but things like vibrato harder.

I'd love to try and find you some swedish folk music, I know right the song if I could just find a recording I'll put it up here

Originally posted by crazy voyager@Aug 22 2005, 11:57 AM

I'd love to try and find you some swedish folk music, I know right the song if I could just find a recording I'll put it up here

alright, I've found one, this oen is really longer but this was the best I found.

Hey, this is very good and interesting! and unusual too (at least for me). and sounds very knight-like. (maybe because of the trumpet). :P :P

What is it called?

well it's trombone :P

and it's caleld Äppelbo gånglåt, in english that's walking tune from Äppelbo (or something like that:P) it's quite classical, I think it sounds better on clarinet though (just becuse my ensemble plays it :P)

Originally posted by crazy voyager@Aug 22 2005, 08:14 PM

well it's trombone :P

and it's caleld Äppelbo gånglåt, in english that's walking tune from Äppelbo (or something like that:P) it's quite classical, I think it sounds better on clarinet though (just becuse my ensemble plays it :P)

Could you provide a score? i'm a clarinetist....... ;) ;) :D

Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers is a quintessential Canadian folk tune. There are a bunch of other folks tunes, but a lot of them are inspired by Irish, Scottish, Celtic, etc. folk music, so it can hardly be considered "Canadian". Being half Irish, half Canadian, it works out for me, but for the rest of Canada I ahve this to say: time to be original boys and girls and GET SOME ACTUAL FOLK MUSIC!!!

Irish folk music, on the other hand, it beautiful. I would presume that everyone know Danny Boy, while other tunes like Irish Washerwoman are fantastic tunes with nothing on their mind but good times!

Anyway, I think Northwest Passage is still copyrighted, so I can't post the mp3, but there is a free sample here:

http://www.stanrogers.net/nwpvid.ram

Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers is a quintessential Canadian folk tune. There are a bunch of other folks tunes, but a lot of them are inspired by Irish, Scottish, Celtic, etc. folk music, so it can hardly be considered "Canadian". Being half Irish, half Canadian, it works out for me, but for the rest of Canada I ahve this to say: time to be original boys and girls and GET SOME ACTUAL FOLK MUSIC!!!

Irish folk music, on the other hand, it beautiful. I would presume that everyone know Danny Boy, while other tunes like Irish Washerwoman are fantastic tunes with nothing on their mind but good times!

Anyway, I think Northwest Passage is still copyrighted, so I can't post the mp3, but there is a free sample here:

http://www.stanrogers.net/nwpvid.ram

This is very beuatifull... Incredible singing from that Stan Rogers. But the quality reeeeeeealy s*cked. Is there any chanse of getting a better version...?

And i know a great deal about irish music, since there are many popular bands from my country that perform it.

Anyway since i removed the previous attachment here it is on a site:

http://www.uzice.net/muzika/VijucsicsEnsem...Kolo-64kbps.mp3

and here is another macedonian song entitled Jovano (a girls name), played by Nigel Kennedy. In case you haven't heard he's a Brilliant english violinist.

http://www.broadjam.com/bottomnav/player.a...sionINDEX=19034

I love all these traditional folk dances!!! They are completely about good times among good company, and I can't get enough of that. Thanks for posting all of these pieces!

Jovano was very beautiful as well. This is a great thread, I would just love to hear more samples from around the world. Just imagine how many generations have performed much of this folk music. That's an amazing thought.

I love all these traditional folk dances!!! They are completely about good times among good company, and I can't get enough of that. Thanks for posting all of these pieces!

Jovano was very beautiful as well. This is a great thread, I would just love to hear more samples from around the world. Just imagine how many generations have performed much of this folk music. That's an amazing thought.

Hate to break it to you like this, but "Danny Boy" isn't Irish...

"Danny Boy" isn't Irish..

I know, it was British, but it has become an "honourary" Irish folk tune. Ask twenty people on the street what nation it belongs to and 19 will say Irish.

Just let me dream, will ya?

Interesting. I didn't know it was British.

It's Irish enough that Charles Villiers Stanford used it in one of his Irish Rhapsodies.

Could you provide a score? i'm a clarinetist....... :D

I've got another one- this is a vocal arrangement with harmonica. It's a really old traditional swedish folk song, called "vem kan segla f

can't add it :S I'll try later insted

Originally posted by crazy voyager@Sep 1 2005, 06:25 PM

can't add it :S I'll try later insted

What happend to the score to the previous song btw?

This is a (mildly) interesting thread, i'll see if i can track down a midi of the song ''mellom bakkar og berg'', very nice actually.