String Sisters - For the Love of Music 

Just stumbled across this. A pleasant surprise that made my day.

For those of you who are interested in learning Hardanger look for Scandinavian music festivals and groups in your area. Most larger cities probably have them. My sister plays and introduced my daughter to it when she was young. She picked it up quite easily, having played violin since age 5. she loves it and is now 19.

I love this music, I just wish I could play half as good as any of them. I've tried to follow along and nope, can't do it, so I just sit back, watch and listen. Great place to be.

I've been checking ebay now and then to find a hardanger fiddle. Every once in a while one will show up for really big money, and that's used...Imaging what a brand new one would run you, then you have to learn to play all over again. Gotta love it.

I'm noticing that Mairead holds her bow way above the frog. I guess its either the way she was taught or something she developed over the years, great bow control nonetheless.

I agree. This rocks! I think I just fell in love with Catriona :)

@NHfiddle Been nearly a year and I'm still trying fo follow along with this fiddle style...Nope, still can't do it. Still watching and listening with the utmost intensity.

It's a hardaanger, it has strings between the ones that are bowed and the body that harmonise.

@morigue ah right!! very clever.

OH MY GOD check out the violin at 0:52!!

@morigue is it like a mandolin, 2 strings the same tuning, or are they all different? i'd have thought mandolinish realy, but i'm just wondering

Jacky, thank you, but I knew that) That was just a joke)

in order to watch and listen this video it cost to be born . . .

Do not listen to anyone, this is a common fiddle with patterns)))