Dear listener! My debut solo album Jouhikko (2024) is now available as a vinyl and on Bandcamp: lassilogren.bandcamp.com/album/jouhikko Jouhikko album is also available on several digital platforms. Jouhikko LP - shipping worldwide: www.recordshopx.com/artist/logren_lassi/jouhikko/#933047 LP with my signature: lassi.logren@gmail.com
that's not water splashing against a rock lol. that's the cameraman making deliberate movements. i like the music but this took me out a bit. cute sentiment tho c:
@njux1871, actually that sound really is water splashing against a rock. The cameraman (filming with a mobile phone) was several metres away from the water. Some waves from a distant motorboat splashed against the rock when I played. That water sound was not planned or edited.
some of the most interesting parts of western/northern european folk music are the approach to looping back into the heart of the melody and where resolution/finding home fits into the picture at different parts of the pieces. this really shows how much you can get out of so little when you aren't limited to conventions we've mostly grown up with now
I'm Icelandic and haven't heard this before, so I am very grateful for the opportunity. It's very beautiful and the majestic Finnish scenery in the background only adds to it. Thank you for introducing me to a song from my culture that I didn't know about, I greatly appreciate it!
Hi @Gilsworth! Glad to hear the melody touched you. The melody is from the book Icelandic Folk Songs (Íslensk Þjóðlög). ”Pastor Bjarni Þorsteinsson (1861-1938) was Iceland´s foremost collector of folk music in Iceland. He was also a talented musician and a composer of many pieces for voice and choir, of which many are frequently sung in Iceland. He started collecting folk songs about 1880 and after 25 years published the book Icelandic Folk Songs (Íslensk Þjóðlög) with the support of the Carlsberg Foundation in Denmark. The book has hundreds of folk songs, some Bjarni notated after listening to singers and chanters from various parts of the country, and others were sent to him from fellow collectors.” The text is from here: siglofestival.wpcomstaging.com/siglufjordur-folk-music-center/?amp=1
@Gilsworth Greetings! I guess my question may sound strange, but could you by any chance help me understand couple of lines from this awesome movie Útlaginn? I can't find some words and the english subs not very good.
@@Gilsworth Great! So there's a version of movie here on YT and It seems the subs are not correct in the last dialog when Eyjólfur offers his hand ( th-cam.com/video/VGHBb1X-0YM/w-d-xo.html ). Does he demand "smth" before "tven manngjöld"? What is Þórdís' line? I understand she calls Börkur lítilmenni) And here: th-cam.com/video/VGHBb1X-0YM/w-d-xo.html, what goes after "Jaja"? Thank you for reply!
The melody almost speaks words, in any language, according to the heart and culture of a listener. Thank you for sharing your music. Greetings from South Africa.
I love this! The music together with the sound of the wave is so heavenly! Please play more like this in nature if it's not too cold for you. It's so peaceful.
Thank you for your feedback @AriaHarmony! I do love to play outside. There are just some challenges for recording outside - for example the background noise. But maybe I could try to shoot videos in nature more often. An interesting thing is how much the scenery is effecting our brains when we are listening (and watching) music from TH-cam.
It’s a beautiful and unique sound. I started violin lessons earlier this year and I’m now realizing I’m trying way too hard. I’m tackling 51 different notes with no frets to guide me when really I just need 3! No wonder I sound so crummy lol.
Gosh wow, a fellow violin learner! 51 notes already! I'm still on 1st position after 18 months so only 21 so far! I changed my tutor recently who drastically improved my bowing technique and sounding so much better... Just gotta get the right fingering each time! I'm actually nursing a fractured wrist atm so will be apart from my violin for many more weeks. 😥 But you're right. Who needs 51 notes when you can have 3! Simple pieces played beautifully is a target. Check out Hilary (Hahn) playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to prove my point. Good luck with it all and above all, have fun!
@@lassilogren I guess a ‘good time’ is subjective lol. Sometimes I don’t necessarily ‘love practicing’ but afterwards I always love the fact that I ‘have practiced’. Plus there’s no feeling better than when you can finally perform a piece you have loved listening to for years but thought would be beyond your ability. Music makes life so much more beautiful. Thank god I took to it.
@@wakingtheworld I didn’t say I could play all the notes 🤫. I’m still in first position as well haha. I just know that they are there waiting for me when I’m ready to explore the potential of the violin. I have heard many times that the violin is the most difficult instrument to learn (especially as an adult). Maybe that’s why it’s also the most raw and beautiful voice in the musical kingdom (my opinion, although a saxophone has a case to make here as well haha). Keep it up. Don’t lose your ambition to learn even if you let yourself lose focus for a while. I find getting a lesson every week and being accountable to a teacher is a good motivation and it sounds like you have that plan as well.
In my mind's eye, a boy of maybe 12 sits, grieving his pony who died in a storm. He weeps, humming and playing this sweet song for a long afternoon, until his sadness dissolves and the sky spirit of possibility whistles him home, to console the pony's mama. He becomes stronger, but softer, too. He becomes, not long after, a man, riding a beautiful horse. And sometimes he remembers his pony and his song on sad, rainy afternoons.
Just B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. The music, the setting, the lapping water. Music doesn't have to be complex to be beautiful [and that's something for me to bear in mind while I'm learning the violin 😆]
@Markdpricemusic1574 Yes. Today, solo playing or singing (with a melody of a few notes) is somehow exotic, although in the past it was globally probably the most common form of music. The music we listen to now is often much more massive.
wounderful, I've been living in island for a short time and this song just brings me back to the summer and it's first(at least for me) warm days. At the time I was working on a little Island near Reykjavík. I woke up a bit late and my friends where already working outside. I remeber the the field shining golden and the air beeing fresh as ever. They Both were shirtless which Impressed me a lot but also made me laugh about their Stubborness. Now looking back this meant, in some way, home to me. In the same way this melody means home to me. It's the first Summer-Sun strong but still slow. The Stubborn Dance of Life.
If you include the G that is played as a drone, and the F that is played as a grace note, there are actually 5 pitches being used here. But that being said, this is still an incredible example of economy of means in music creation. This is a beautifully haunting and soulful melody. Less is more here, and I think that is an important message to consider and contemplate. Not just in music and the arts, but in all aspects of life. Thank you so much for sharing this precious gem with the world. 🙏
@@lassilogren You are quite welcome my friend! I really hope that you will continue to share your music and your artistry with the world! I love folk music of all kinds and ethnomusicology in general. But as much as I love it and appreciate it, these are areas where my knowledge and experience are sadly lacking! I hope that you will continue to share these beautiful performances of beautiful folk music performed in beautiful settings! I would love to hear more Icelandic music, but also folk music from your native Finland, as well as any other music you enjoy performing. I would also love to learn more about the harp that you are performing on, and if there are any other instruments like this that enjoy playing. As you can probably already tell, I have a genuine passion for all things music, and I love to keep expanding my knowledge and broadening my exposure to as many musical traditions as I possibly can. I teach music and drama at a conservatory for the arts here in NYC. I’m always trying to experience and explore as much music as I can, not just for my own enjoyment and edification, but also to be the very best instructor I can possibly be for my composition and music theory students.
Hi, thank you for sharing your thoughts! There are many different melodies on my YT channel, played with the different styles and tunings. I’m glad if you can use them as a referance on your teaching. Unfortunately the settings are often more like living room than outdoor settings. 🙂
There were actually 4 notes in that melody. At 1:00 and the other parts where you used your middle finger, that created the note F. There were 5 notes total if you include the G drone string.
@@lassilogren In that case, even a one note melody is actually every other note at the same time. Every sound is every other sound. Because of that, you can really just play whatever you want. Is that instrument capable of chromatics? Or is it just diatonic in standard tuning?
@St0ckwell It´s possible to play also chromatic melodies on Jouhikko: you can choose the places you are fingering to the string. It would be possible to play for ex that Icelandic melody on "C-minor" by touching your index finger closer to the tuning peg (playing Eb).
I'm sorry for nitpicking but I wouldn't count the G drone as part of the melody, but as an accompainment. So I'd say it's a 4 note melody as you had pointed out before. Have a good day
For once, I definitely loved a three-notes jouhikko/tagelharpa playing ;) Really appreciated how you phrased this simple melody, giving it all the depth it can have, which is definitely more than one could think at first ! I do believe the G drone is a little bit of a cheat though, because it definitely adds a lot !
Was there someone off-camera swirling the water around as you were playing? Clever, if so! And I certainly applaud your musicianship either way. That was beautiful and effortlessly folksy and perfect for Iceland.
Hi @sarahnadeofpoetry, thank you for your feedback. There was no clever planned off-camera swirling, but some waves of a distant motorboat reached the shore during the playing.
Awesome song! I love that traditional instrument, very cool. Sadly the audio was very quiet, and I struggled to hear what you said. When I upped the volume, TH-cam ads blew my eardrums lmao. The music I heard perfectly at the low volume, it was just the speech as I have little exposure to your accent and Nordic/Finnic languages.
A project with your instrumentation and an old poem being recited would be cool. I would be interested in working on that project! If you are too let me know.
Dear listener!
My debut solo album Jouhikko (2024) is now available as a vinyl and on Bandcamp:
lassilogren.bandcamp.com/album/jouhikko
Jouhikko album is also available on several digital platforms.
Jouhikko LP - shipping worldwide:
www.recordshopx.com/artist/logren_lassi/jouhikko/#933047
LP with my signature: lassi.logren@gmail.com
Ah, sweet proof that music is not just notes & a beat but phrasing & intonation as well. And some water splashing against a rock 👍🏼
@janicegibson, thank you for your words. Yes, phrasing and intonation are sometimes as important than notes and a beat.
That’s the beat!
true, though I can't say this was particularly good either
that's not water splashing against a rock lol. that's the cameraman making deliberate movements. i like the music but this took me out a bit. cute sentiment tho c:
@njux1871, actually that sound really is water splashing against a rock. The cameraman (filming with a mobile phone) was several metres away from the water. Some waves from a distant motorboat splashed against the rock when I played. That water sound was not planned or edited.
I love how he says, “Yes,” at the end. Yes indeed. This is pure music.
some of the most interesting parts of western/northern european folk music are the approach to looping back into the heart of the melody and where resolution/finding home fits into the picture at different parts of the pieces. this really shows how much you can get out of so little when you aren't limited to conventions we've mostly grown up with now
@Th3EpitapH, I agree. In addition, that three-note melody has 3 phrases and I played it 3 times.
I'm Icelandic and haven't heard this before, so I am very grateful for the opportunity. It's very beautiful and the majestic Finnish scenery in the background only adds to it.
Thank you for introducing me to a song from my culture that I didn't know about, I greatly appreciate it!
Hi @Gilsworth!
Glad to hear the melody touched you.
The melody is from the book Icelandic Folk Songs (Íslensk Þjóðlög).
”Pastor Bjarni Þorsteinsson (1861-1938) was Iceland´s foremost collector of folk music in Iceland. He was also a talented musician and a composer of many pieces for voice and choir, of which many are frequently sung in Iceland. He started collecting folk songs about 1880 and after 25 years published the book Icelandic Folk Songs (Íslensk Þjóðlög) with the support of the Carlsberg Foundation in Denmark. The book has hundreds of folk songs, some Bjarni notated after listening to singers and chanters from various parts of the country, and others were sent to him from fellow collectors.”
The text is from here:
siglofestival.wpcomstaging.com/siglufjordur-folk-music-center/?amp=1
@@lassilogren Wow! Amazing, thank you yet again for this wonderful context and link. You definitely earned yourself a subscriber!
@Gilsworth Greetings! I guess my question may sound strange, but could you by any chance help me understand couple of lines from this awesome movie Útlaginn? I can't find some words and the english subs not very good.
@@Froderick.. Yeah sure, I'd be happy to. What lines would you like me to translate?
@@Gilsworth Great! So there's a version of movie here on YT and It seems the subs are not correct in the last dialog when Eyjólfur offers his hand ( th-cam.com/video/VGHBb1X-0YM/w-d-xo.html ). Does he demand "smth" before "tven manngjöld"? What is Þórdís' line? I understand she calls Börkur lítilmenni) And here: th-cam.com/video/VGHBb1X-0YM/w-d-xo.html, what goes after "Jaja"? Thank you for reply!
this melody helped me overcome a small writers block. my deepest appreciation and love thank you.
So nice to hear that @MattxRed!
Wow, that is exciting
The melody almost speaks words, in any language, according to the heart and culture of a listener. Thank you for sharing your music. Greetings from South Africa.
Hello @jeremyacton, thank you for your feedback! Have a nice summer in South Africa.
@@lassilogrenBut it’s winter in South Africa right now.
Yes, you are right @ferretyluv.
Another South African! Hello!
Hello @IceOfPhoenix88!
Little-known fact: This lively number was topping Icelandic charts in 1763.
😂😂😂😂😂🎉
Omg, no wonder this version is so catchy!
You sure that wasn't 1263? 😂
Oddly. .....I really like it.....calming piece to be played by the campfire 😀❤
It was very influential to Mozart. He was very inspired by this amazing piece of music and decided to use the C, E and the D in his compositions, too.
@hub-hildenbrand 😉
I love the way the waters respond to the music! ❤
Me too!
sangat indah... matur suksma❤
Terima kasih! 🙏
I love this! The music together with the sound of the wave is so heavenly! Please play more like this in nature if it's not too cold for you. It's so peaceful.
Thank you for your feedback @AriaHarmony! I do love to play outside. There are just some challenges for recording outside - for example the background noise. But maybe I could try to shoot videos in nature more often. An interesting thing is how much the scenery is effecting our brains when we are listening (and watching) music from TH-cam.
It’s a beautiful and unique sound. I started violin lessons earlier this year and I’m now realizing I’m trying way too hard. I’m tackling 51 different notes with no frets to guide me when really I just need 3! No wonder I sound so crummy lol.
Lol @rickymortinson!
Have a good time with all the notes you are choosing.
That is a very difficult instrument...just take your time. Go slowly and have fun please. Good job sticking in there.
Gosh wow, a fellow violin learner! 51 notes already! I'm still on 1st position after 18 months so only 21 so far! I changed my tutor recently who drastically improved my bowing technique and sounding so much better... Just gotta get the right fingering each time! I'm actually nursing a fractured wrist atm so will be apart from my violin for many more weeks. 😥 But you're right. Who needs 51 notes when you can have 3! Simple pieces played beautifully is a target. Check out Hilary (Hahn) playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to prove my point. Good luck with it all and above all, have fun!
@@lassilogren
I guess a ‘good time’ is subjective lol. Sometimes I don’t necessarily ‘love practicing’ but afterwards I always love the fact that I ‘have practiced’. Plus there’s no feeling better than when you can finally perform a piece you have loved listening to for years but thought would be beyond your ability.
Music makes life so much more beautiful. Thank god I took to it.
@@wakingtheworld
I didn’t say I could play all the notes 🤫.
I’m still in first position as well haha. I just know that they are there waiting for me when I’m ready to explore the potential of the violin.
I have heard many times that the violin is the most difficult instrument to learn (especially as an adult). Maybe that’s why it’s also the most raw and beautiful voice in the musical kingdom (my opinion, although a saxophone has a case to make here as well haha).
Keep it up. Don’t lose your ambition to learn even if you let yourself lose focus for a while. I find getting a lesson every week and being accountable to a teacher is a good motivation and it sounds like you have that plan as well.
In my mind's eye, a boy of maybe 12 sits, grieving his pony who died in a storm. He weeps, humming and playing this sweet song for a long afternoon, until his sadness dissolves and the sky spirit of possibility whistles him home, to console the pony's mama. He becomes stronger, but softer, too. He becomes, not long after, a man, riding a beautiful horse. And sometimes he remembers his pony and his song on sad, rainy afternoons.
Wow, what a story, thank you! 👍
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The notes, together with the sound of the water.. just the whole scene was such a joy to experience.
Thank you for the great performance, sir.
Thank you @SFabianB!
So peaceful- especially with the sound of the lake in the background.
Thanks @isabbartl9375!
Beautiful in so many ways
Thank you @Caesar_Online!
Just B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. The music, the setting, the lapping water. Music doesn't have to be complex to be beautiful [and that's something for me to bear in mind while I'm learning the violin 😆]
I agree, simply things are sometimes as good or better than complex. Bearing that also in my mind as a fiddler :)
He’s straight up summoning seals off camera
There are Saimaa ringed seals in Puruvesi lake behind me 🙂
Magical. I want one!
Also, technically 4 notes if you include the quick 'ghost' F note in the reoccurring lilt.
Yes, you are right @tonewisemusic, I played F as a grace note.
Not necessarily
I'm so happy I clicked on this video. :)
What a calming, gentle, serene and soothing sound. ^_^
Thank you for this.
Glad to hear that, thank you for your comment!
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for your support @CaptainCarrotzz
I love such music which is so simple yet so "full". I enjoyed your little concert, sir!
Thank you for your nice words @estoyaqui5386.
Restful. Thank you from America!
Thanks @johnschneider4160!
This is, by far, my favorite ‘three-note melody from Iceland’ played in a fjord that I have ever heard! Thank you
Thanks @Capitulation! This is filmed at Puruvesi Lake, Punkaharju, Finland.
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure @romandegtiarev!
Thank you for sharing this. It was wonderful, and strangely calming.
Thank you @Bahamaria.
What a pleasant surprise in my feed! Thanks for sharing.
My pleasure!
Half expecting your calling the fish monster and it's gonna gulp ya down. ....very nice!
Thanks @user-ie5sc5ur2v!
Fun fact. This I is where Lemmi got the inspiration for Ace of Spades😊. Seriously this is truly beautiful. Thank you so much for the upload 😊❤️🥰
Yeah, you can express yourself with a few notes in very different genres. 🙂 I’m glad you liked the music!
What the . . . .????? That was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing!
My pleasure @loco4636!
Beautifully done, beautiful setting. Thanks, from California’s hot Central Valley!
Thanks @chaplainmattsanders!
Sancta simplicitas! Much needed in these times of auto-tune, digital layers, and 64 track home recording!
@Markdpricemusic1574 Yes. Today, solo playing or singing (with a melody of a few notes) is somehow exotic, although in the past it was globally probably the most common form of music. The music we listen to now is often much more massive.
Always fun to listen to you play!
Thanks @GOAT-rl2uq!
This video is very peaceful thank you
Thank you @JuliaGarbe1.
Googling with Fagurt syngur svanurinn, you find more information about Iceland epic songs.
This one is with text: th-cam.com/video/avi1LDlqr08/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Pipa! 👍
Wow, didn't know that 3 notes can sound so beautiful and become pure music. Love it!
Thank you @AmateurArpeggios! Several people have reminded me that I’m using the 4th note as a grace note :) But the melody itself has only 3 notes.
wounderful, I've been living in island for a short time and this song just brings me back to the summer and it's first(at least for me) warm days.
At the time I was working on a little Island near Reykjavík. I woke up a bit late and my friends where already working outside. I remeber the the field shining golden and the air beeing fresh as ever. They Both were shirtless which Impressed me a lot but also made me laugh about their Stubborness.
Now looking back this meant, in some way, home to me.
In the same way this melody means home to me.
It's the first Summer-Sun strong but still slow. The Stubborn Dance of Life.
Wow, such a nice story @einlorenz, thank you so much!
So deeply satisfying. I am glad I stumbled across this.
Thank you @jmscnny.
wonderful, thank you for sharing, friend. hope your days are rife with content and love.
Hi @teapeaa, thank you. I wish you all the best!
Beautiful!
Lots of love from Norway!:)
Thank you @Mozzarella-and-Tomato!
btw: I’m living nowadays in Oslo.
@@lassilogren Ah, small world! Hope you enjoy Oslo:)
Yes I do! :)
Wow, beautiful -- thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I’m glad to spread the word on Jouhikko.
limitations breed creativity.
thank you for sharing. ❤
@lilac_hem, thank you!
Truly wonderful, I liked the vid. I dont know if I needed the whole intro but i dont really know what I need so keep doing you!
Thanks @philosophyman!
So beautiful! Thank you for playing it for us :)
My pleasure @Volochkovskaya! 🙂
Beautiful!
Thank you @louisa6948!
Reminds of Howling Fjorde map musicof World of Warcraft. Very nice, thanks for sharing
Thanks for saying that @leftoverture1976!
This place is so peaceful and beautiful.
@HeortirtheWoodwarden I agree.
Beautiful, thank you, glad I clicked and listened
Thank you, my pleasure! 🙂
This just makes me feel some strong emotions. Thank you
Thank you for saying that @potatofighter2.0.
What a cute tune! Thank you for the video.
Thanks @casperdewith!
very special
Thank you @mariarosolemos7469!
Lovely. Thank you!
Thank you @littlebits4559!
Marvellous
Thanks @vesternor!
Loved it.
Glad to hear @alangriffiths2100!
beautiful
Thanks @pitbullman77!
You make this simple instrument sound beautiful!
Thanks for saying that @44manm!
If you include the G that is played as a drone, and the F that is played as a grace note, there are actually 5 pitches being used here. But that being said, this is still an incredible example of economy of means in music creation. This is a beautifully haunting and soulful melody. Less is more here, and I think that is an important message to consider and contemplate. Not just in music and the arts, but in all aspects of life. Thank you so much for sharing this precious gem with the world. 🙏
Thank you @charles.e.g.!
@@lassilogren You are quite welcome my friend! I really hope that you will continue to share your music and your artistry with the world! I love folk music of all kinds and ethnomusicology in general. But as much as I love it and appreciate it, these are areas where my knowledge and experience are sadly lacking! I hope that you will continue to share these beautiful performances of beautiful folk music performed in beautiful settings! I would love to hear more Icelandic music, but also folk music from your native Finland, as well as any other music you enjoy performing. I would also love to learn more about the harp that you are performing on, and if there are any other instruments like this that enjoy playing. As you can probably already tell, I have a genuine passion for all things music, and I love to keep expanding my knowledge and broadening my exposure to as many musical traditions as I possibly can. I teach music and drama at a conservatory for the arts here in NYC. I’m always trying to experience and explore as much music as I can, not just for my own enjoyment and edification, but also to be the very best instructor I can possibly be for my composition and music theory students.
Hi,
thank you for sharing your thoughts!
There are many different melodies on my YT channel, played with the different styles and tunings. I’m glad if you can use them as a referance on your teaching. Unfortunately the settings are often more like living room than outdoor settings. 🙂
Wow, you play beautifully. I'm grateful I got to hear it. It's amazing how much music can be played with just three notes
Thank you @hder860!
It reminds me a lot of deep woodsy hillbilly music. I love the simplicity, beautiful.
Thanks @pegasus5287!
Could you please send me a link about woodsy hillbilly music? I’m not sure what do you mean :)
I really like it. Thank you!❤👍🏼
Thank you @MaiRaven3! 🙏
Beautiful instrument!!!👏👏👏👏🌊🌊🙏🎶🎶🎶🙏🌊🌊🎶🙏🎶🎶🎶🎶
I agree 🙂🙏
bro the emojis hurt my eyes
@@abe_nuh but I like them. I am just very childish🤗🥰😇🎶🌊☀️💖
Such perfection, carried easily and beautifully across the world. Thank you, your generous melody found me in the Inland Desert, SE Washington, USA. 🎶
Hi @thegardengallery4618, so nice to get your greetings from SE Washington!
Sounds Beautiful ❤😊
Thanks @bassmanbilly1969! 🙏
Muchas gracias por su información 🎵🎶
My pleasure @flowerredanna8890!
Loved it
Thanks @ASChambers!
Lovely!
Thanks @flanneryschickens!
Great sound, man!
Thanks David!
Lovely! So soothing, thanks for sharing🙏💦🙏💦🙏
Thank you @violinwithRosemary! 🌻
@@lassilogren my pleasure🤗✌
This is so beautiful; thank you!
Thanks @lindenlynx!
Eccezionale!
Thank you @paolocammelli6138!
Beautiful 😍
Thank you @ruthiepeterson5770!
Beautiful video
Thank you @TKZproud. The nature played the biggest role.
Thank you so much!
My pleasure @hanneha3581!
Beautiful instrument and performance!!
Thank you @RobertoFasciano!
@@lassilogren You're welcome, my friend!! Have a beautiful sunday!
'I've heard all types of mus...' ICELANDIC LAKE THREE NOTE BUT ALSO LOADS OF CHORDS has entered the room
Good melody
I agree.
Thank you!
My pleasure @gregglockhart9551!
So beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you for you feedback @randomvielleuse527!
Love it!
Thanks @abrasionequation4632!
Ah, that something as simple and exquisite as this might exist...
Thanks @Man_of_Tears!
good
Thank you.
There were actually 4 notes in that melody. At 1:00 and the other parts where you used your middle finger, that created the note F. There were 5 notes total if you include the G drone string.
Hi,
you are absolutely right about the drone note and the grace note F. There are even more notes if you are counting also the overtones.. 🙂
@@lassilogren In that case, even a one note melody is actually every other note at the same time. Every sound is every other sound. Because of that, you can really just play whatever you want.
Is that instrument capable of chromatics? Or is it just diatonic in standard tuning?
@St0ckwell It´s possible to play also chromatic melodies on Jouhikko: you can choose the places you are fingering to the string. It would be possible to play for ex that Icelandic melody on "C-minor" by touching your index finger closer to the tuning peg (playing Eb).
I'm sorry for nitpicking but I wouldn't count the G drone as part of the melody, but as an accompainment. So I'd say it's a 4 note melody as you had pointed out before. Have a good day
@@FELIX-wj6wc You are kinder than me. Thanks for making the point.
Unexpected and haunting ! 🐾
Thank you @Carlos-qz7ul! 🍀
what a lovely video. nice playing!
Thank you @EOrem!
For once, I definitely loved a three-notes jouhikko/tagelharpa playing ;) Really appreciated how you phrased this simple melody, giving it all the depth it can have, which is definitely more than one could think at first ! I do believe the G drone is a little bit of a cheat though, because it definitely adds a lot !
Thanks for your thoughts Emelie! Yes, the drone is giving an essential suspense.
I was just about to ask which instrument it is.
Thanks for the tip Emelie!
Very nice
Thank you @lemonduck!
Nice
Thank you @toi_techno
Was there someone off-camera swirling the water around as you were playing? Clever, if so! And I certainly applaud your musicianship either way. That was beautiful and effortlessly folksy and perfect for Iceland.
Hi @sarahnadeofpoetry,
thank you for your feedback. There was no clever planned off-camera swirling, but some waves of a distant motorboat reached the shore during the playing.
@@lassilogren Oh wow, that was quite well timed, then! A happy little coincidence ^^
Agree :)
I realized a long time ago that the memorable part of the melody of "Linus and Lucy" by Vince Guaraldi is also just three notes.
@consideringorthodoxy5495 true!
he’s summoned salmon with that tune
Nice
Thank you @avzarathustra6164!
Bravo👏👏👏
Спасибо 🙏
That's so interesting! 😍
Thanks @Sanket_Choukate! 🙂
Awesome song! I love that traditional instrument, very cool. Sadly the audio was very quiet, and I struggled to hear what you said. When I upped the volume, TH-cam ads blew my eardrums lmao. The music I heard perfectly at the low volume, it was just the speech as I have little exposure to your accent and Nordic/Finnic languages.
Apologies, the volume level is quite low. This was just a simple phone recording.
@@lassilogren no problem. I'm still very appreciative you uploaded this, as this style of music is magical. Cheers
wow! göttlich!
Danke schön @tubeur000!
That was at least five notes. I want my money back.
Yes, three melody notes, one grace note (F) and a drone note (G).
A project with your instrumentation and an old poem being recited would be cool. I would be interested in working on that project! If you are too let me know.
@worldmightyDavid Yes, recited poems and music are sometimes fitting well together.
That melody is close to that of “Three Blind mice”. Well the first Line of the song.
Yes, there are many melodies that has the same Mi Re Do line.
Great! And super helpful for my PhD research as well. Talk soon? (Beautiful congrats)
Thanks Goncalo 🙏
Let’s been in touch!
This is lovely and makes me happy. What is the nam please of this song?
Nice to hear @valeriewedel2775! The name of the song is Fagurt syngur svanurinn.
It's the simple things that we treasure
True @woodybrison8474!