Hardanger fiddle

See also: Hardanger-fiddle

English

Alternative forms

• Hardanger-fiddle

Noun

Hardanger fiddle (plural Hardanger fiddles)

1. (music) A type of fiddle typical of Norwegian folk music, characterized by thinner wood than a standard fiddle and the use of either eight or nine strings, four to five of which are sympathetic.

Synonyms

• hardingfele

Derived terms

• Hardanger fiddler

Translations

type of Norwegian fiddle

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hardingfele m or f

  Nynorsk: hardingfele f

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See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones