Hardanger Fiddle
The Hardanger fiddle in five languages — Hardanger fiddle, Hardangerfiedel, hardingfele
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 哈丁费德尔 |
| English | Hardanger fiddle |
| Italian | — (usual name: Hardanger fiddle) |
| German | Hardangerfiedel |
| French | — (usual name: Hardanger fiddle) |
The Hardanger fiddle is Norway's folk fiddle, hardingfele in Norwegian. It looks close to the violin but has a flatter body, heavier decoration and usually four or five sympathetic strings running under the bridge, resonating with the played strings. Players often use scordatura: a different tuning gives the same tune a different colour.
Watch out: it is not a standard violin. The violin has no sympathetic strings and a fixed tuning; the Hardanger fiddle gains its bright, lingering overtones from the under-strings and is central to weddings and dances in the Hardanger region. Nor is it a nyckelharpa, which uses keys and tangents rather than the fingers.
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Sources
- 各语种乐器名与挪威民间提琴传统，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Hardanger fiddle"；本文为原创表述
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