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Hardanger_fiddle

Hardanger fiddle

See also: Hardanger-fiddle

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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.

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  • Appendix:Glossary of chordophones