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Instruments à cordes > Vièles > Violon de Hardanger

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Violon de Hardanger   Link to MIMO collections

Definition

  • Norwegian folk fiddle, resembling the violin, with 4 melody strings and 4 sympathetic strings; often elaborately decorated with geometrical and vegetal designs, with the head of a Norwegian lion or dragon on the pegbox

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Entry terms

  • Hardingfele

Created

  • 2010-04-20

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http://www.mimo-db.eu/InstrumentsKeywords/3154

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