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Nyckelharpa - noun.

Unusual instruments are always a good source of unusual words and today's specimen is the nyckelharpa hailing from Sweden, although found in other countries as well. Meaning "key harp" or "keyed fiddle", it's a kind of bowed string instrument. Keyed string instruments date back to the 1200s and sometimes earlier, but, for whatever reason, this type of instrument was predominantly found and used in Sweden.


Nyckelharpa 0930 (cropped).jpg
By Karl Gruber - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link


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Date: 2024-06-06 01:00 pm (UTC)
goldentunes: (shiba)
From: [personal profile] goldentunes
!!! Wow! That's a super cool-looking instrument! It looks really difficult to play!

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Date: 2024-06-07 10:53 am (UTC)
sallymn: (coffee 1)
From: [personal profile] sallymn
That's fascinating - I am heading to youtube to see if I can find anyone playing it to hear how it sounds :)

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Date: 2024-06-08 12:31 pm (UTC)
med_cat: (Default)
From: [personal profile] med_cat
What an interesting instrument!
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