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Langeleik
String instrument
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
314.122-6 (chordophone / box zither sounded by a plectrum)
Developed
Possibly 16th century
Related instruments
Scheitholt (Germany)
Epinette des Vosges (France)
Langspil (Iceland)
Hummel (Sweden)
Appalachian dulcimer
Musicians
List of Langeleik players
The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither.
The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither. The langeleik has only one melody string and...
several similar European instruments: the Swedish hummel, the Norwegian langeleik, the German scheitholt, and the French épinette des Vosges. Folk historian...
Siglufjörður. Appalachian dulcimer Epinette des Vosges Hummel (instrument) Langeleik Scheitholt Fiðla, the other string instrument native to Iceland David...
Germanic instrument such as the scheitholt, (or possibly the Norwegian langeleik or the French épinette des Vosges) emerged in Southwest Pennsylvania and...
widespread throughout Europe, are now primarily found in Norway (the langeleik), Iceland (the langspil), Flanders (the hummel), Hungary, as well as France...
[citation needed] From early on, Hallingdal also developed a tradition for langeleik, partly replaced by the fiddle. The folk music tradition is held alive...
uniquely national instrument in the same way as Norway (hardingfele and langeleik), Finland (kantele), and Sweden (nyckelharpa and drejelire). v t e...
Snortheim biography (in Norwegian), Dølen 01.04.2004, p 14-15 The foremost langeleik player in late 1900s, ta:lik «Spellemannprisen 1981» Wikipedia «På sporet...
1809–1899) played the traditional Norwegian zither-like instrument, the langeleik. A native of Vestre Slidre in the Valdres district, she became known throughout...
with five to twelve strings. (...) Small plucked zithers include the langeleik (Norway), the kantele (Finland), the kannel (Estonia), the kanklės (Lithuania)...
at a time. He also extracted harmonies from the Norwegian cither, the langeleik, and the willow flute. It has been pointed out that Groven's harmonic...