I have a jouhikko which is pretty the same. It is still difficult to tune for me. I struggle too cos cos some tune drone and melody on the same note but I was told to tune my jouhikko on Bb F C or this correlation up and diwn, sp whenever I try to retune open cos it is easier my minds resets and forget the positions. Just had to order new horse hair cos broke a string for the first time due to trying to go higher than it should in the tuning. How do you tune yours?
It’s very interesting that you can’t find tegelharpa in Scandinavia - they are all produced in Poland, Ukraine and Russia. I am in Denmark and now looking for one.
I made a 2 string tagelharpa myself with nylon strings and it sounds good, but sometimes when I touch the string the sound dissapears or become like a super high pitch I hope it's just me learning to play and not that I made the instrument bad.
@Stefan Op There are (mathematically derived) points on the strings which resonate at these 'higher' pitches.. they are usually called 'harmonics'. I think that is what you found. You can probably play the note you want by either altering the bow position just a bit, or by altering the angle of attack. It's difficult to understand exactly what you've encountered without seeing it, but I think trying these techniques might help . btw, I'm not a Tegalharpa player, but I do play a lot of musical instruments, I've built a few (lap steel, dulcimer) and I'm a former engineer with way too much math background. These ancient and mystical instruments still obey the laws of mathematics... in fact, I personally think music is p/art of what brought math into existence.
@@randalljones4370 Interestingly enough, the comment was 6 months ago and I discovered the problem, but anyways, thanks for taking the time to reply. I don't rememebr exactly what it was, but I remade the strings from scratch and learned to play very well. One thing I remember I did was twisting the strings better. Now it just sounds great.
@@stefanSS1480 I saw your original date AFTER I make my comment... many apologies for the late (and useless) offer of assistance, lol. But, watching and listening to all these amazing instruments, I think I now have a plan for some slabs of black walnut, bubinga, and thick Engelmann spruce that I've been sitting on for > 30 years. Out of curiosity, if you had a double-neck tagelharpa, would you want the bass neck closer-to- or further-away from you? I've already figured out how to keep the bow-paths separate... I love to design these kinds of things.
I just got my resin and hair in 😁 I'm going to try using American wild black cherry for the soundbox, pecan for the body/neck. What wood do you typically use?
Please help me! Sadly, the string leg (bridge) is cracked along its lenght on my own tagelharpa. ☹️ Can you help me where I can order spare parts (new bridge)? I don't know anyone who can make them. ☹️
That's bad, but I suggest asking your maker OR trying to build one yourself. It's not that hard, you will need a hand saw, a block of hard wood and sand paper
My icelandic is not that good but it seems you're asking me in which kingly court I have learned? Well I'm not really much of a friend of kings in general, I learned on the road :D
