Talharpa
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The talharpa, also known as a tagelharpa (tail-hair harp), hiiu kannel (originally hiiurootsi (which meant Vormsi island located on the half way to Hiiumaa)
The name talharpa probably comes from a dialectical form of the word "tagel" – horsehair – from which the strings were made.[3]
Background
The earliest known Norse literary mentions of a
Construction techniques
Talharpas were traditionally built by hollowing out a single block of wood and gluing a soundboard on top, as can be seen from many instruments stored in the museums in Estonia and Finland. In modern times, many talharpa makers continue to build their musical instruments from solid wood, such as Rait Pihlap, Mihkel Soon or Rauno Nieminen. Others began to make tagelharpas following the classical school of
Modern use
The talharpa is sometimes used in modern folk music, most notably by the Estonian
See also
- Crwth
- Jouhikko
- Gue
- Byzantine lyra (bowed lyre)
- Hiiu kannel (in Estonian)
- Bowed string instrument
References
- ISBN 1-85828-635-2.
- ISBN 9780810877702.
- ^ Andersson, Otto (1930). The Bowed Harp. Translated and edited by Kathleen Schlesinger. London: New Temple Press p. 111
- ^ Nieminen, Rauno (2020) The Bowed Lyre. p.16
- ISBN 978-1351544269. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ [1], Puuluup official website
External links
- Media related to Talharpa at Wikimedia Commons
- "Per Runberg demonstrates playing the talharpa". YouTube.