Shawn, Siri Gj?re is from this area and performs here a lot; I've seen her several times and like her stuff.
[QUOTE=Shawn] ...but I have not seen a norwegian guitar that attempted to be a hardanger guitar. It would be completely experimental but for open tuning, who knows...it might sound really cool.
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Although he uses a Strat, the Norwegian guitarist Knut Reiersrud has experimented some with hardingfele-like sounds, you can read about his 1993 record "Tramp" here:
Knut Reiersrud (you have to scroll down a bit).
Here's an excerpt:
...The guitar is tuned so that it produces a sound resembling the Hardanger fiddle: Four strings are tuned way up high while the two others drone along like the resonating understrings on that instrument). Another track in a similar vein - "Fareslatten" - features a rebuild Fender Telecaster sounding like a Langeleik. This instrument is jokingly referred to as the Fender Hallingcaster after the Norwegian folkdance Hallingkast...
Rich, here is a Wikipeda article about the bouzouki.
Bouzouki In short, there are two main types; the Greek and the Irish bouzouki. The octave mandolin is basically the same thing too, and the cittern is related. As far as I know, English luthier
Stefan Sobell made the first Guitar Bouzouki for
Andy Ivine in the mid-80's.
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