The Meråker clarinet
The Meråker clarinet is a popular shepherd's clarinet with its roots in the mountain village of Meråker in old Nord-Trøndelag. This simple but distinctive woodwind instrument has been used by...
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The Meråker clarinet is a popular shepherd's clarinet with its roots in the mountain village of Meråker in old Nord-Trøndelag. This simple but distinctive woodwind instrument has been used by...
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The lur is one of the oldest wind instruments in the Norwegian folk music tradition, dating back to the Bronze Age. This impressive instrument has lit both...
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The bukkehorn is one of the oldest wind instruments in Norwegian folk music, made from the horn of a goat. The herder used it to call…
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The flishorn / tungehorn is a unique reed instrument in Norwegian folk music, with its own distinctive sound and characteristic wooden reed. The flishorn is a bukkehorn with…
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