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TSDL429 RINGING STRINGS FIDDLE MUSIC OF NORWAY - SHETLAND Hauk Buen, Knut Buen, Tom Anderson, Vidar Lande TSDL429 1 HAUGELATTEN (The Tune from the Hills) 13 BOKKOEN (Dance tune by Bokko) Hauk Hauk and Knut Buen Buen 2 SELJORD BRIDAL MARCH Tom Anderson 14 UNST BRIDAL MARCH/DA BRIDE’S A with Hauk and Knut Buen BOANNIE TING Tom Anderson and Knut 3 GRAVBAKKEN (The Grave Yard) Vidar Buen Ringing Lande 15 HOMSLIEN (Tune of the Goblins) Vidar Strings Lande Fiddle Music 4 FILLE-VERN (Ragged-Vern) - walking Of Norway - dance Vidar Lande 16 SKRUBBEN (The Wolf) Vidar Lande Shetland 5 SORDALEN (Setesdalgangar) Vidar Lande 17 NORAFJELLS (North of the Mountains) 02 6 MAGGIE O’HAM (Foula Shaalds Dance) Vidar Lande Tom Anderson and Knut Buen with Debbie Scott and Catriona MacDonald 7 PRESTEGANGAREN (The Parson’s Dance) Folk music is a collective inheritance but an Hauk Buen individual responsibility’ - Zoltan Kodaly 8 FYKERUDEN (Homage to Fykerud) Hauk Buen 9 MARKENSMANDAGEN (The Market- Monday) Hauk Buen ‘There are many who can play the fiddle but only few who can tune it’ - Telemark fiddler 10 KNUT LURASEN I (Hjerki Haukeland) Knut Buen 11 MARGIT HJUKSE (Listening Tune) Knut Buen 12 SIRI RUKAREN (Fiddler’s Wife) Hauk Buen TSDL429 COMMENTARY BY L Y DALIOT Other recordings represent the original, lively older music of the Setesdal valley in southern Norway, between Norwegian and Shetland musical traditions: aThe kind selections of musical on bridge this record over reflectthe North a certain Sea. These affinity are and scholar Vidar Lande from the community of conventional recordings, without gimmicks, intended masterfully played by the outstanding young fiddler evokes a mood of enchantment. The exciting Ringing traditionalBygland, home music of ofmany Setesdal fine fiddlers. is one of His the playing oldest and Strings to deepen the appreciation of this unique fiddle music Fiddle Music tone-colours, original sounds and lively rhythms. most sophisticated in Scandinavia. The district was Of Norway - Listenersfrom Northern with aEurope. good will This and fiddling a sense style of exploration is rich in relatively unexplored until this century: an enclosed Shetland community that preserved its local folk culture. The 03 willSome come recordings across manyappear fascinating partly as the finds. result of a particularly happy musical collaboration between Harding fiddle came there only towards the end of the Tom Anderson, the great vigorous master of Shetland music19th century; - often described previously as the the ordinary liveliest fiddlein Britain had -been canvery be common. heard in Some the almost Norse hypnoticroots of Shetland sounds of fiddle the fiddle music, and the distinguished champions of the and Shetland Folk Festivals (1981-82), where they with its combination of simplicity and complexity, wereHarding on sparklingfiddle, Hauk form. and Tom Knut received Buen, at as the a gift Edinburgh from Harding fiddle music of Setesdal. Genuine folk music, in what are called highly modern industrial societies fela’ (on which he plays, with Hauk and Knut, in the withstill flourishes prosperous on life-styles. both sides From of the that North point Sea of - view,even the Buen family a very fine Harding fiddle, ‘Viking- wedding march on Track 2). ‘With these two brothers Norway and Shetland might be said to be super- powers in the world of traditional music. has been my greatest dream, which has come true now.from AllTelemark,’ my life -Tom well, says, for the ‘I have last a40 true years affinity. - I have This wanted to try this.’ TSDL429 PERSONAL RECOLLECTION ‘Yes, to be sure it is harsh-toned. But if it comes like If Norway were to show the world a single original that, what can one do? It is the same with some folk example of folk art, expressing a true Norwegianness, singing. This is a natural expression of Norwegian temperament, though there are many in Norway slatter, or tunes. (These tunes include folk couple- dancesthe best the choice springar would and be gangar the Harding - ‘walking fiddle dance’, and its and is, to brighten the miserable circumstances Ringing the solo dance halling for men, bridal marches and ofwho daily know existence. nothing It of gives it. The people aim ofjoy. our With fiddling slatter was, Strings Fiddle Music it should always be fun. Inspiring performance is Of Norway - what counts, not mechanical perfection. You have to Shetland earliestlistening form, tunes.) in HardangerThis decorated Fjord, type south of fiddle, of Bergen, with its create a strong tradition, and then preserve it.’ The 04 aboutfour or 300 five years sympathetic ago. It has strings, been wasplayed made, ever in since its in the Western, Southern and Central regions of Norway. as Norwegians love this music and feel a desire to It is one of the most splendid folk instruments in expressHarding themselvesfiddle tradition in it. will continue to grow as long the world; certainly much more than a mere tourist attraction. NATIONAL INSTRUMENT the European violin is that it has resonating strings painfully beautiful. It becomes easier to appreciate The main difference between the Harding fiddle and theThe oftener folk music it is of heard. the Harding It requires fiddle its islistener often almost not to change his or her outlook, but rather to adopt (not touched by the player) below the fingerboard. anThe original neck and Norwegian fingerboard characteristic. are short, as There in some is also, 17th- voices’, movable drones, sound-colourings and daring traditionally,century violins. rich The ornamentation. bridge and fingerboard The most commonare flat, harmoniesa more flexible born taste. out of The the music polyphonies consists of of various ‘inner tunings. In such characteristics lies its wild beauty. tuned B d e f sharp a. Many other tunings are used, mainlytuning isin A Setesdal. d a e , with the five sympathetic strings At first it may sound unfamiliar - but, as one old Telemark fiddler, a poet and musician, has observed: TSDL429 conventional classical music and popular music. scanty and unreliable. Most scholars believe that it wasInformation developed about from the the origin ordinary of the violin Harding and fiddlethat the is THE SHETLAND CONNECTION idea of sympathetic strings came from the East, by Shetland is almost as close to Western Norway as it is way of Scotland, to Western Norway. The instrument to Scotland, and a mere 500 years ago it was part of then became so popular in some regions of Norway the kingdom of Norway. Shetlanders are very proud Ringing that it has driven some other folk instruments of their Viking ancestry and Norse heritage, and that Strings legacy, still fresh in their minds and inspiring their Fiddle Music virtually into obscurity. The quality of each Of Norway - instrument depends, naturally, upon its maker’s skill Shetland Reminders of a Scandinavian past may be seen and imaginations, is reflected in many aspects of local life. 05 were made in Telemark.) The timbre is very typical, heard in place-names, in the local dialect, in the great and sensitivity. (All the fiddles heard on this record (Nyckelharpa) of Sweden, or of the hurdy-gurdy. and may perhaps remind one of the keyed fiddle JanuarySince the fire 18th festival century of Up-Helly-Aa. the violin has been the favourite instrument in Shetland, and it is well loved and experience to do it justice. It is by nature a solo to this day. At one time the music of Shetland, no instrument,The Harding and fiddle sounds demands best aon great its own. deal Commonly, of skill less than the entire culture of the region, would have it was used in the past as an instrument for dance been almost wholly Scandinavian. The old Shetland fiddling style owes something to Harding fiddle music listenermusic, but than today the bothdancer. the Harding fiddle and the there are clear similarities with the latter. The playing Shetland fiddle are coming to be played more for the of- probably two or more more strings than to at Scots one time,or Irish with fiddling, the open though No written music or system of notation can give an strings ringing, and the bowing technique of one note down and three up, lends the music a special sound. evenaccurate those idea who of cana Harding read music fiddle pick piece, up andtheir most tunes by broadly into dances, listening tunes and bridal earNorwegian and learn fiddlers from each in fact other do not in that read way. music. The But slatter marches.Shetland fiddleThese musicwedding may marches be divided have counter - music is essentially a rural folk art, independent of parts in Norway and are similar in form and TSDL429 character as well as function. According to Tom 2) SELJORD BRIDAL MARCH is a common and very Anderson, ‘You can play Shetland tunes on our well-loved tune that originated in Seljord with the and they are so close together, it’s amazing. In such Telemark Wedding March. According to tradition the violins and play the Harding fiddle along with them fiddler Hans Flatland. It is sometimes called the to the church and to the bride’s home. Such festive Ringing same.’combinations (Examples the mayordinary be heard fiddle on and tracks the 6melody and 14) andfiddler solemn (or fiddlers) pieces are leads also the played wedding in Shetland procession and Strings strings of the Harding fiddle have to be tuned the Fiddle Music Sweden. Hauk and Knut Buen play together with Tom Of Norway - SOUNDS AND COLOURS Shetland Tom Anderson said recently: ‘Well, every folk music, 06 I suppose, has its own environment. I see colours Anderson3) GRAVBAKKEN on Harding (The fiddles.Grave Yard) is a highly original piece, known in various versions in Bygland and music.

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