"Gnaal" - the bowed lyre (taglharpe) "Funeral march"

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  • Get our debut album "Kvile" here: eldrim.bandcam...
    Eldrim on Spotify:
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    Presenting the instruments Eldrim use in our music.
    "Gnaal" is a bowed lyre (taglharpe) made of spruce, flame ash and bog oak.
    Strings are made of horse tail.
    Not a reproduction. More a bastard with various historical instruments as it's "parents".
    We felt the need for a deeper tone/drone and came up with this creation.
    Tuning: D (same as the D on a normal bass guitar)- A - D (octave higher)
    Made by Espen Winther (Eldrim)
    Here you can see the whole process. From drawing to sound:
    www.facebook.c...

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  • @NonceKillaz
    @NonceKillaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4098

    The theme that plays when your village is massacred and you're the only survivor.

    • @abirzaghich8731
      @abirzaghich8731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Oh ya

    • @theiazoumpoulia
      @theiazoumpoulia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      It happened here in my village, in Greece, by the Turks. As in many other Greek villages from 1453 to the 20th century

    • @dulhula5488
      @dulhula5488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@theiazoumpoulia you talking shit bro

    • @theiazoumpoulia
      @theiazoumpoulia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      @@dulhula5488 OK then my village is fine and the Ottoman occupation didn't happen

    • @dulhula5488
      @dulhula5488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@theiazoumpoulia please be dispassionete ottamans treat you better then anybody you just being envy

  • @panisalittleman2662
    @panisalittleman2662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1218

    If this isn’t playing at my funeral, I’m not going.

    • @colonelkurtz2269
      @colonelkurtz2269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If Metro State doesn't escort it, I won't be there either.

    • @Volvith
      @Volvith 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      _Pretty sure if this is playing at your funeral you might just come back but ok._

    • @bjrngumundsen939
      @bjrngumundsen939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      svona mild orð frá mildri sál.

    • @Drenov
      @Drenov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah, over my dead body!

    • @MFM556
      @MFM556 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This made me actually lol a bit, thank you

  • @FuXOuT
    @FuXOuT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9595

    Before playing:
    Violinists: "I need to check the tune"
    HE: "I need to check the rune"

    • @fakuaraya630
      @fakuaraya630 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Jajaja jajajajaj culiado. You make my night

    • @joshberkin5567
      @joshberkin5567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I don't get why i found this so funny

    • @dundeeojo
      @dundeeojo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m the type of person who likes this kind of traditional metal stuff like this. So fyi if u guys like ethnic metal check this link, the channel where this link is it has the ethnic art metal for those who like kinda rich of feels metal. Thanx
      th-cam.com/video/Qtk7PCKrxcs/w-d-xo.html

    • @ElricWilliam
      @ElricWilliam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I laughed way to hard at that, you brought me to tears, fucking brilliant

    • @prickheadthedick3599
      @prickheadthedick3599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I tilt my hat to you good sir.

  • @user-pv7cq9bp5j
    @user-pv7cq9bp5j 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1630

    I’m in San Diego listening to this and suddenly the sky is now overcasted, there’s a shape of a long boat in the clouds, the sea is grey and churning, and in the distance... ships...

  • @TheMirazor
    @TheMirazor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +518

    Why did this actually bring me to tears. It's such a beautiful song that makes me feel like i'm connecting with my ancestors. Thank you.

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Thank YOU!

    • @torqara1879
      @torqara1879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      I really hate comments like these. 100% pure cringe

    • @PhyreI3ird
      @PhyreI3ird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @Crusis I know, right?? All these candy-asses getting _satisfaction_ and _fulfillment_ in life. Like wtf?? GET WITH IT, AM I RIGHT?

    • @seraphineloqui4063
      @seraphineloqui4063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I felt the same too! It got me in my feelimgs as well. Such a very powerful song.

    • @YatiAcharya
      @YatiAcharya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@PhyreI3ird goddamn 🤣

  • @namea99
    @namea99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2744

    "Shall we play a round of gwent?"

    • @johnburch5624
      @johnburch5624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Challenge Accepted

    • @zichithefox4781
      @zichithefox4781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Indeed!

    • @mbrewer9279
      @mbrewer9279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Herbs shmerbs, how bout some gwent?

    • @lowdownshakinchill
      @lowdownshakinchill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      *stares into the distant horizon*

    • @Myriadmusics
      @Myriadmusics 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The instrument you hear in the witcher is actually a nykkelharpa

  • @LolGurrl91
    @LolGurrl91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    It's hard to give a single word to the sound, it's just so haunting, ancient and raw with an almost sinister beauty. I love it, gave me chills.

  • @westmichiganpreparedness
    @westmichiganpreparedness ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I want to imbrace this but it hurts my heart for the recent loss I've had to endure. You're mastery of said funeral march has known no equal.

  • @cyn7696
    @cyn7696 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3206

    So this is where black metal came from

    • @warhead5043
      @warhead5043 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      yeah pretty much

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Black Metal came from England. Deal with it.

    • @132arien
      @132arien 6 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      think he just went it as a joke ^^

    • @warbossgegguz679
      @warbossgegguz679 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      arien clarke kvåle I'm sure, but it's just a really common misconception that some people (especially in the pagan/viking metal scene) have been happy to perpetuate. Bathory, Burzum and other bands act like they've never heard the name Venom before, meanwhile Jonas Åkerlund let slip they took their name from Countess Bathory *the song* rather than the historical figure.
      I didn't mean to come across as super agressive, but it's just such a common error that it gets old.

    • @132arien
      @132arien 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      sry i dont know that much about the history of black metal. i just knew that it was not made i Norway. and he just seemed to make a joke about it cus it sounds so dark, and scary.

  • @stevesowerby3333
    @stevesowerby3333 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Love this. It's got to be the most non-metal, metal instrument ever! 🤘

  • @401files4
    @401files4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I just imagined Vikings coming down the river on their longboat. They emerge through Some low laying fog. Everyone one the river bank is running & screaming. This music is playing over the top

  • @eyeballdude
    @eyeballdude 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I just can’t get enough of this song! It’s magical!

  • @H_Hold
    @H_Hold 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My ancestry is from the scandinavian area and hearing their instruments, language and about the culture is something I've always felt a connection with and loved. A christian man as I may be and my faith will not change as i have experienced too much to believe otherwise I still am drawn to these things. Love your playing and the instrument you played 🙌

    • @awesomedude990
      @awesomedude990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@caterpillar1936 actually Judaism is Jewish, but close enough. Christianity is more Hebrew based than Jewish

    • @plusfaza4207
      @plusfaza4207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@caterpillar1936 Hebrew is a word for jewish spoken language. You aren't wrong. Christianity was started by the jews.

    • @plusfaza4207
      @plusfaza4207 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caterpillar1936 I agree. Not really fan of that cultural and religious colonialism.

    • @Geronimo1617
      @Geronimo1617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm Athabaskan and I LOVE Scandinavian music and culture and I am a Christian as well but Nordic/Viking music is so entrancing to me. I love it all!

  • @jojo1234a
    @jojo1234a 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This speaks to my soul and beyond, to ancestors and heritage. Played with every fibre of your being, thank you for sharing.

  • @ondrejskriba6367
    @ondrejskriba6367 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When i watch this video for the first time i start shacking, my hearth started bounce like hell and i almost start crying.This is beutiful music.

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you! Some words inspire more than others and yours are in that category :)

  • @chrissymurray63
    @chrissymurray63 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is haunting and beautiful, and I truly love it.

  • @julsie3195
    @julsie3195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    god the lyre is such a beautiful instrument. Such a commanding yet comforting tone.

  • @findpeaceindarkness1750
    @findpeaceindarkness1750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That. Tagelharpa is one of the Best sounding and also most beautiful
    looking that I have seen yet! Would love to see the Build process of that one

  • @coordinatessounds9711
    @coordinatessounds9711 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really Great First time i hear a solo instrument with so much rhythm inside

  • @gamersunite7968
    @gamersunite7968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Appeared in my feed without reason. Not upset about it. I do enjoy this perhaps a little too much.

  • @secretarchivesofthevatican
    @secretarchivesofthevatican 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Back again for my irregular listen to this. Still awesome and inspiring. I now have two tagelharpas and a gudok. My interest in bowed folk instruments started here. It doesn't get better than this.

  • @ДанькаКейн-л9ш
    @ДанькаКейн-л9ш 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Довольно тревожная музыка... Но так за душу берет...

  • @Alsicufe
    @Alsicufe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thing I like is that it also emulates (even elevates throatsinging) with the notes. Amazing, thank you ELDRIM.

  • @thefez9480
    @thefez9480 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Least suicidal Scandinavian

  • @ТилекЭркинбеков-з6т
    @ТилекЭркинбеков-з6т ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for specifying what instruments were used

  • @BallisticAero
    @BallisticAero 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The atmosphere created is a really well appreciated extra step

  • @Krankyoldtime64
    @Krankyoldtime64 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is really intriguing, as geographically the tone of the melody with the drone underpinning it all, sounds very similar to N. African, Middle Eastern, Indian and Afghan traditional scales. I'm enjoying this immensely, thanks for posting.

  • @necrostyleLP
    @necrostyleLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is an impressive instrument, the deep and impure drone creates a feeling of beeing sad and broken fitting the songs title very much. Also it's very unique to use Horsetail as strings. I think this instrument could be of great value for nordic folk and for cinematic music. But I think it's relativly difficult to play it. Should I ever learn to play violin, I could imagine buying one. I like it.

    • @mirfalltnixein1582
      @mirfalltnixein1582 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well other instruments like the Morin khuur use horsetail strings but it's indeed impressive to use horsetail as strings

  • @КонстантинЛукьянов-н3з
    @КонстантинЛукьянов-н3з 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh god, so beautiful

  • @conneryfan
    @conneryfan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    beautiful, everything

  • @ИванМостяев-о2д
    @ИванМостяев-о2д ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Я могу отметить вашу игру и суровый внешний вид... И то и то.. Очень Обворожительно!
    Особенно мне врезался в глаза крест, православный крест!
    Миру вам и вашему дому!

  • @catsfrommarso1889
    @catsfrommarso1889 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the dark under tone sounds like some one humming in away...

  • @Caligari...
    @Caligari... ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent ...

  • @gregory4154
    @gregory4154 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extraordinary

  • @zackarykennedy
    @zackarykennedy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +473

    Imagine marching to war with hundreds of men playing these all in union terrifying to bad that wouldve never actually happened

    • @TheErilaz
      @TheErilaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Dictator spoony They used cow horn trumpets. Makes a powerful sound.

    • @nantzstein3311
      @nantzstein3311 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      And all wearing crosses to kill pagans. Right?

    • @solinvictus2094
      @solinvictus2094 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Deus Vult! \[T]/

    • @michaellorah9051
      @michaellorah9051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Oh boy, here we go again...

    • @brendenmccrudden5860
      @brendenmccrudden5860 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      jmlawson86 A shame it was the pagans who got fucked, wasn’t it lad?

  • @johnsmith-zy7xg
    @johnsmith-zy7xg ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my ringtone now...I am fully prepared for what awaits humanity in the future - see you all on the other side.

  • @Mr2000rusty
    @Mr2000rusty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mesmerizing

  • @omeraktas4821
    @omeraktas4821 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I WANT MORE!

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      More will come to those who waits ;)

  • @jascharsahl2473
    @jascharsahl2473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow what really great music

  • @theoptimysticka531
    @theoptimysticka531 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like tuvan throat singing and strings all in one glorious crescendo

  • @huskytail
    @huskytail 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love lyres, in Bulgaria we have one, very widely used, it's called gadulka and can create very lively but also sorrowful sound. This was very interesting to watch.

  • @pbrn1729
    @pbrn1729 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating instrument-I love it 🥰

  • @alfin9189
    @alfin9189 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a badass sinister looking man

  • @todlundgren5177
    @todlundgren5177 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bar starts closing:
    " You don't gotta go home people but you can't stay here"

  • @HundredYearsBoar
    @HundredYearsBoar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    this video made me grow a beard

  • @pariseadey9836
    @pariseadey9836 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    this feels like something strait out of a medieval film!

  • @R.Daneel
    @R.Daneel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if the first people to invent instruments like this know they're not creating music, but creating a whole culture and history.
    "Hey, Morag! Wait until they get a load of THIS at the town's next story-time bonfire!"

  • @BillRayDrums
    @BillRayDrums 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that low growl it emits, like almost a snore. I'm glad I found this channel.
    Also, that instrument looks like it was on some episode of Vikings. You should name it Floki (tee hee)

  • @PuzzL_
    @PuzzL_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Last time...on Vikings..."

  • @tacocat9182
    @tacocat9182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There's just somethin in these older instruments that awakens my long dead ancestors to start head bangin in my body

  • @violettmusician862
    @violettmusician862 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful and sad....just as the first day it was played.

  • @deutsche_lyrik
    @deutsche_lyrik 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mega 👌🏻...Das Instrument werd ich direkt bauen 🤘🏻

  • @infiniteflow8849
    @infiniteflow8849 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is more metal than metal it self

  • @blakelowrey9620
    @blakelowrey9620 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those fretless free floating strings would be so difficult to play with the left hand wow

  • @przemekniedziela6821
    @przemekniedziela6821 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can feel the wind in my hair,
    the rain on my face..

  • @cmh6122
    @cmh6122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The older I get the more I hear the call of my fathers and mothers.

    • @genillymera1355
      @genillymera1355 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Charlie Hane agreed my friend

    • @harleyklein2738
      @harleyklein2738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree

    • @drovid008
      @drovid008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “Lo there do they call to me”

  • @kellydiaz
    @kellydiaz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i feel like i just drank some mushroom tea and am about to be crowned may queen

  • @danthreepwood2760
    @danthreepwood2760 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eldrim? A subtle combination of ELDer scrolls & skyRIM. Nice :)

  • @Kevintj
    @Kevintj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    You can do some cool string bending with this instrument. Reminds me of mongolian music.

    • @canberkaydn2424
      @canberkaydn2424 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It has it similiarities with the morin khuur indeed.

  • @seigedrakonera5689
    @seigedrakonera5689 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have not seen one of these since my SCA days~

  • @GrandeurBetta
    @GrandeurBetta 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it

  • @fish1999onBass
    @fish1999onBass ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Great sound*

  • @LillianKüstenfeuer
    @LillianKüstenfeuer ปีที่แล้ว

    My lyre ✨🙏❤

  • @bajasmancer
    @bajasmancer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Uheldig navn, men fin lyd : )

  • @senji8583
    @senji8583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heavy metal is not what you hear in hell, this noice is.

    • @senji8583
      @senji8583 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Big_Lenny v1 So you agreeing with me.

  • @manofthehour91
    @manofthehour91 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    TH-cam compression isn't doing this justice. You can definitely hear the distortion and fuzziness with an instrument like this.

  • @cutlery9831
    @cutlery9831 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the most grim looking man I've ever seen

  • @j.wilcox3547
    @j.wilcox3547 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely drones

  • @hufflepufflez3293
    @hufflepufflez3293 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is like the exact opposite of the dulcimer, it's beautiful

  • @asmrbully6980
    @asmrbully6980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this instrument is soo underrated

  • @fayjan73
    @fayjan73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i luv u 😍😍😍 in central asia we have kemanche and ghaychak . ❤much luv to my mountain ppl all over the globe

  • @kymscudds4053
    @kymscudds4053 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heavy metal at its core

  • @TrollCunningForge
    @TrollCunningForge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hell yeah man

  • @justgravitybro2696
    @justgravitybro2696 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    mental image of surviving soldiers all pausing for a moment in silence while some bard just strolls through playing this

  • @StringierHail56
    @StringierHail56 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wind's howling

  • @ColtonRitchie
    @ColtonRitchie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The runic inscription on the strap is Old Norwegian Runes. I am more familiar w/ Elder Futhark but the runes are similar.
    Huz Zit Knal:
    Hagalaz Urus Algiz/Elhaz (reversed)
    Algiz/Elhaz Isa Tiwaz
    Kenaz Nauthiz Ansuz Laguz
    Individually I know the rune meanings but I am keen to know what the inscription reads - possibly: "rain strength, protection and keep creativity from freezing with the fire of Kenaz and depth of Laguz"?

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Younger futhark: HuR (Hagal, Úr, Ýr) - Mit (Madhr, Íss, Tyr) - Gnål(Kaun, Naudh, Áss, Laugr)
      Hur mit gnål = Hør mitt gnål = Hear my nagging. (hense the sound of the instrument ;) )
      Hagal: hail (frozen rain)
      Úr: downpour (rain)
      Ýr: yew/bow
      Madhr: man/human´
      Íss: ice
      Týr: Tyr (the god)
      Kaun: furuncle
      Naudh: misery
      Áss: god/Odin
      Laugr: ocean/sea

    • @ColtonRitchie
      @ColtonRitchie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ELDRIMmusic That makes more sense. Thank you for responding and clarifying. I should familiarize myself with your language more. Just bought the album!

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much for your suppoort

  • @Hisham_HMA
    @Hisham_HMA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    well done Torstein

  • @DravensPit
    @DravensPit 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m not sure if I’m scared or pleasured, this was an oddly satisfying video

  • @musicandcoffee2853
    @musicandcoffee2853 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just came across this video and this amazing instrument. I must say that I’m seriously drawn to this instrument and would love some information on how to get one. Thanks for the video, absolutely amazing!

  • @ICUinthedark
    @ICUinthedark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok, now I'm going to sleep with the lights on after listening to this...

  • @JacquiTaylor
    @JacquiTaylor ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this xo

  • @congamike1
    @congamike1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW!

  • @asa-punkatsouthvinland7145
    @asa-punkatsouthvinland7145 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wouldn't have guessed the pitch to be as low as it is...but it does remind me a bit of a Hardanger fiddle.

  • @courtesyofdickboak
    @courtesyofdickboak 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is what I hear in my head driving to work

  • @bellybutton3806
    @bellybutton3806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4400

    This lyre has the blackest, driest, most badass sound I've ever experienced

    • @ianrojlar8990
      @ianrojlar8990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      Its because the strings are made of a horses tail which makes them get a deep dry sound, in sweden its called "tagelharpa"

    • @nil8392
      @nil8392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Huh. Thanks for the fun fact

    • @cooliodiablo6117
      @cooliodiablo6117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      It’s more than just the strings of horse hair lol, they really just put those on and mentioned them to have the lyre be as time period accurate for the type of lyre and song played. that hardly played a role in it getting a deeper tone. It literally tells you in the description if you bother to read it, that they specifically built the body of this lyre to be designed for deeper tones that a traditional lyre wouldn’t have.

    • @Nick.YT01
      @Nick.YT01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      coolio diablo good story bad tone

    • @ianrojlar8990
      @ianrojlar8990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@cooliodiablo6117 its called tagel, horse tail. Youre partly wrong and partly right, as the description said the construcion of the body is made for a raspy sound, but the vibration of horse tail is more rough than if you compare it to a violin, and if horse tail strings are stroked with horsetail its has this deep vibration. We have 2 of these at home

  • @elysium7242
    @elysium7242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4829

    *Slaps Lyre*
    "This bad boy can fit so many tortured souls of the damned inside it"

    • @steelshower7949
      @steelshower7949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Elysium “so how many can it fit”
      Me- *YES*

    • @elysium7242
      @elysium7242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I read this in the majestic voice of John Rhys Davies, AKA our lord and saviour Gimli son of Gloin

    • @annam.ackley7666
      @annam.ackley7666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I read that in Morgan Freeman’s voice 😂

    • @Call_Me_TUA
      @Call_Me_TUA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I WLL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK!

    • @ManiacalSurgeon
      @ManiacalSurgeon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This literally sounds like the fate of an ascendant to a Malazan god who is known for playing this instrument.

  • @stardust-reverie
    @stardust-reverie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13380

    must have been a real privilege to get an actual medieval wizard resurrected to play that beautiful instrument for you

    • @warcrimesagainstthepope7307
      @warcrimesagainstthepope7307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Homestuck is good.

    • @justsomenerd0922
      @justsomenerd0922 6 ปีที่แล้ว +345

      shaun03a He’s clearly a Viking elder

    • @johnscorner4452
      @johnscorner4452 6 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      not medieval, viking, here in the Nordic countries the middle ages begun when christianity spread

    • @smakyakproductions4466
      @smakyakproductions4466 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      JOHNS CORNER WHOOOOSH!

    • @nivst7094
      @nivst7094 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well he’s a white male so what did you expect

  • @ashertheprophet9601
    @ashertheprophet9601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1146

    This dude looks exactly like the kind of person that'll play something like that

    • @Replicanna-rl6zg
      @Replicanna-rl6zg ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Except for the cross, vikings were not christian

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  ปีที่แล้ว +114

      ​@@Replicanna-rl6zg
      You need to read up on history.
      Christianity gradually took over as a religion during the viking age.

    • @Replicanna-rl6zg
      @Replicanna-rl6zg ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ELDRIMmusic I know, but I doubt any viking would wear a metal cross around their neck. The religion spreading started with the farmers, not the warriors

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  ปีที่แล้ว +87

      The religion started with the chieftains and other people in power when they realised how it could help to get more power and wealth.

    • @Moozie420
      @Moozie420 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Replicanna-rl6zg this has literally never been a case in history of any country

  • @smirkingsheep141
    @smirkingsheep141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7413

    *falls asleep listening to this*
    *wakes up, eyes open*
    “Hey, you. You’re finally awake”
    Edit: There. I added the punctuation you nut jobs

    • @reoglah
      @reoglah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      You're*

    • @solinvictus2045
      @solinvictus2045 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

      @@reoglah dude seriously, like how to actually fuck up a joke

    • @reoglah
      @reoglah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      @@solinvictus2045 nooo, i didn't fuck up the joke, come on ! Just a little bit correction, that's all

    • @spice_cake
      @spice_cake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lol

    • @mooser321
      @mooser321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      @@reoglah Nooo, I didn't fuck up the joke, come on!*
      At least stay consistent if you're going to be a grammar nazi. No capitals, spaces between punctuation. Get it together ;)

  • @cheyennejenkins4692
    @cheyennejenkins4692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1996

    This smells like a thunderstorm and pines, maybe cedar trees. Mossy, earthy and raw. I like it.

    • @leowaginer4385
      @leowaginer4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I smell ist man

    • @asmrbully6980
      @asmrbully6980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      i smell odin

    • @Jordana01
      @Jordana01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@asmrbully6980 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @lindamulkey2235
      @lindamulkey2235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I smell a blood from a really edgy horror movie

    • @metalman7825
      @metalman7825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I don’t know what the fuck that means but it’s correct.

  • @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32
    @TwoPlusTwoEqualsFive32 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6021

    I think sometimes people get too caught up in the "Skill" of music, playing complicated instruments and bashing out notes in super fast rhythms. There is something primal, and natural about a simplistic ancient instrument played in a calm slow rhythm.

    • @101sweetflower
      @101sweetflower 6 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      I agree, somethings about it make it so smooth and calming.

    • @jmha2428
      @jmha2428 5 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      It creates atmosphere. So does the droning and dissonant sounds

    • @emirinobambino
      @emirinobambino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 licks once; I fear the man who has practiced one lick 10,000 times.
      "

    • @quentin48394
      @quentin48394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Yeah, but too with instruments as guitar or piano, you can make atmospheric music... Be fast isn't the most important thing in music, in my point. Create an ambience, a scene, express something, it's the most important thing.

    • @KayttakaaHumehia
      @KayttakaaHumehia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yes to these comments about the atmosphere of music, but you seem to think that playing this instrument or any of these more simplistic old pieces is easy. It is not! The man playing the tagalharpa is propably atleast decent in the violin too.

  • @Krescentwolf
    @Krescentwolf ปีที่แล้ว +623

    This might get buried in the comments on a 6 year old video... but... Thank you for this. My father died last week... and he's being cremated today. There's something incredibly... comforting in the sound of this instrument.... so thank you.

    • @ELDRIMmusic
      @ELDRIMmusic  ปีที่แล้ว +175

      My deepest condolences!
      Music is a very individual experience and may both be comforting and healing to some.
      Honored to be a tiny part of something positive in your loss!
      Thank you for your comment!
      For Eldrim: Espen ❤

    • @marileedewitt2713
      @marileedewitt2713 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My condolences as well. You're right, there is something comforting, and majestic, and dignified about this music. I've shared it a number of times with friends who have lost a loved one. Peace and strength to you, my friend.

    • @kaindestuto2053
      @kaindestuto2053 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sometimes all you need, is a solemn string instrument playing in your ears. Hope he got sent off, with alot of ppl to remember him by and that held him dear.

    • @AnkushB1811
      @AnkushB1811 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I am sorry for your loss. May your father rest in peace

    • @madmanda1980
      @madmanda1980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Condolences 🙏

  • @jb6725
    @jb6725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    When I hear this song I can feel that it has a lot of sadness behind it like there's a brooding darkness over the strings and it doesn't sound like a regular sad song it sounds like genuine misery

  • @aLousyBum83
    @aLousyBum83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    Sounds like something I'd expect to hear in The Witcher 3. Very interesting musical instrument.

    • @creativeheadroom
      @creativeheadroom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I'm not sure if this was used, but I think they used a hurdy gurdy for some of the music. That instrument has a similar 'scratchy' tone and nice drone notes. If you don't know about the hurdy gurdy, I suggest you look it up. I think you'll like the sound.

    • @Yaboi_Phantom
      @Yaboi_Phantom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm pretty sure they may have actually used a tagleharpa of some kind in the soundtrack. But I'm not 100% on that

    • @mikshinee87
      @mikshinee87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The Witcher series was inspired by two cultures. Slavic and Anglo-saxon. Why do you think you can actually pronounce the character names? Geralt, Yennefer, Cirilla. Perhaps you should visit Britain more often. I bet they have some nice folk festivals with similar music.

    • @Thomas-xd4cx
      @Thomas-xd4cx ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mikshinee87 Slavic and Germanic* (Anglo-Saxon is one of the sub-groups of the Germanic culture group along with Scandinavian, Low Country, Alpine and German culture). These two groups share much in common.

    • @singingflowers7456
      @singingflowers7456 ปีที่แล้ว

      or a plague's tale

  • @mileswilliams527
    @mileswilliams527 6 ปีที่แล้ว +962

    The tension created through the dissonance of the drone note under the melody is beautiful.

    • @gregoryfilin8040
      @gregoryfilin8040 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Miles Williams it feels.... primal. It doesn’t feel smooth and refined, like a polished piece of wood. It feels, primal, simple, old, and like it hits something deep inside you.

    • @TwoManOperation
      @TwoManOperation 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so it sounds good?

    • @soulextract640
      @soulextract640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@gregoryfilin8040 I know what you mean it feels ancient...it feels like some sort I can't describe it, feels like pain and sorrow but it also seems very wise

    • @StarshipTrooper4231
      @StarshipTrooper4231 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well. A wet fart sounds better than splashing diarrhea. But it doesn't make it better.

  • @ZombolicBand
    @ZombolicBand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +909

    The Allfather just knocked on my door. He asked me to turn the volume up.

    • @klyk69
      @klyk69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Du'atın Askeri
      Allfather seems to be weak if he lost against some lad on a cross

    • @klyk69
      @klyk69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Shield n Axe gaming
      all Germanic countries are christian now haha

    • @hanswurst2189
      @hanswurst2189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The allfather watches us always

    • @mikeycothern382
      @mikeycothern382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Jacob Mello sadly true but i will remain a believer to the norse

    • @loadeddice4696
      @loadeddice4696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You better do whay he says, dude

  • @JonnyChapelow
    @JonnyChapelow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    2:21 isn't long enough. I want at least an hour of this dark masterpiece.

    • @JonnyChapelow
      @JonnyChapelow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @TheFlower Indeed I do know of Wardruna, I love their music.

    • @The_Hylian_Likely
      @The_Hylian_Likely 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@d3695125 dude tries sawing on his damn lyre, it's just bad imo. Some is aight but when he starts going ham trying to act like he's Herman Li, it sounds awful and kills the atmosphere.

  • @ParaLightWorX
    @ParaLightWorX 4 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    This sounds really epic! :)

    • @Wahatoyas
      @Wahatoyas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Omg I watch your ww2 content love your guys work. Ich bin ein Großer fan

    • @salahkhlifa2397
      @salahkhlifa2397 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JpkkkobKj
      Pjoojnb
      Ñb11ppuou0iiiòlpo98lkpu

    • @HONNEKI
      @HONNEKI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@salahkhlifa2397 you good?

    • @gracie99999
      @gracie99999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya it’s should be in an orchestra for something

  • @Guitaristmalakian
    @Guitaristmalakian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    If I die killing a giant Kraken please play this at my funeral.

    • @magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479
      @magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Lmao i deadass read that as karen and i still respected the funeral

    • @Guitaristmalakian
      @Guitaristmalakian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 A horde of giant Karens :'P

    • @masterklaw4527
      @masterklaw4527 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Your battle cry will echo in the halls of Valhalla.

    • @1953beetle
      @1953beetle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@masterklaw4527 👍

    • @mercharris5266
      @mercharris5266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What if you die from colon cancer? What do we do?

  • @AlbySilly
    @AlbySilly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2018

    The drone reminds me of throat singers

    • @mertomerbozlak6220
      @mertomerbozlak6220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Albin9000 if you search "morin khuur" you will get most similar mongol enstrument.

    • @neralodinson2742
      @neralodinson2742 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Batzorig is a great throat singer

    • @1337fraggzb00N
      @1337fraggzb00N 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Plot twist: the drone is from DJI.

    • @nilsvids
      @nilsvids 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True! It also reminds me of corsica music, such as "Comme Un Souffle A Filetta"

    • @KhanggiTanka
      @KhanggiTanka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think because it has similar multi-tonal harmonics