Instruments
Today it is 1st of December, and I hereby open the first door of my instrumental Advent calendar, consisting of 24 days with 24 musical instruments of all kinds. About on third are instruments made by myself, while others come from other parts of the world. I wish you a peaceful Advent time!
My article ‘Jew’s Harps of Bone, Wood and Metal. How to Understand Construction, Classification and Chronology’ is based on a paper from the 9th Symposium of ISGMA (International Study Group on Music Archaeology) in Berlin in 2014. It considers the relation between the two main types of jew’s harps: (1) the ‘idioglot’ or ‘lamellate’ versions,…
For fans av realityprogrammet Anno på NRK kan jeg herved opplyse om følgende: Svennestykket denne uka, å lage ei lyre, har svært lite eller ingenting med 1700-tallet å gjøre. Lyre ble spilt i århundrene før vikingtiden og i Norge kanskje fram til 12–1300-tallet. Nå er jeg ikke spesielt opptatt av historisk autentisitet. Litt slingringsmonn må…
Not everything one does as a music archaeologist and contemporary Stone Age musician are hidden and out of sight for the public. An example is my participation at Gazpacho’s latest studio album Molok, which is now out. The Norwegian band Gazpacho is actually among the hot names in the genre “post-progressive”. These days the guys…