Talharpa
Talharpa, by Charlie Bynum, Silver Spoon Music, Alkmaar NL, 2014
The talharpa, also known as a tagelharpa (tail-hair harp) or the stråkharpa (bowed harp), is a four-stringed bowed lyre from northern Europe. It was formerly widespread in Scandinavia, but is today played mainly in Estonia, particularly among that nation's Swedish community. It is similar to the Finnish jouhikko and the Welsh crwth.
An Estonian man playing the hiiu kannel (or, talharpa), ca. 1920.
References
- Andersson, Otto (1930). The Bowed Harp. Translated and edited by Kathleen Schlesinger. London: New Temple Press.
See also
- Crwth
- Jouhikko
- Gue
- Byzantine lyra (bowed lyre)
- Hiiu kannel (in Estonian)
- Bowed string instrument
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