Holiday Music

[PancoastDrifter]

Some music for the season...

 

[NJBill]

Very different and very nice!
Thanks for posting.

Bill

 

[LARGO]

O.K.,
So wait a minute... this is you, on the right?

g.

 

[PancoastDrifter]

O.K.,
So wait a minute... this is you, on the right?

g.

No, just a random video found on the internets that I liked.

 

[MarkBNJ]

Wow, very cool. Thanks for posting that. From the comments and a little search I can see that the instrument being played with a bow is a Swedish NyckelHarpa. No idea at all what the guitar is, other than that it is dual-bodied. The upper is a twelve-string with a really wide neck. Not sure what's going on with the lower body. Appears to have its own set of strings and machine heads. Jeff?

 

[Chrisr]

Very Cool!!! Love the sound of the NyckelHarpa.

 

[woodjin]

Wow, very cool. Thanks for posting that. From the comments and a little search I can see that the instrument being played with a bow is a Swedish NyckelHarpa. No idea at all what the guitar is, other than that it is dual-bodied. The upper is a twelve-string with a really wide neck. Not sure what's going on with the lower body. Appears to have its own set of strings and machine heads. Jeff?

It is a 19 string arch harp guitar. It appears the musician performing it designed it himself. A combination of a celtic harp, a guitar, and the lute. Very interesting!! Real nice piece. I believe greensleeves is actually a traditional english folk song often mistaken for being irish. It was some time later that christian lyrics were added to it.

Thanks for posting it. I've known how to play greensleeves for a very long time and it is refreashing to hear it on unorthodox instruments.

Jeff