Welcome to our forum. A Message To Our New and Prospective Members . Check out our Forum Rules. Lets keep this forum an enjoyable place to visit.
Currently working on errors from the latest (SimplePress) forum update. Many issues have been resoled and others are being worked on. Thank you for your patience.
Log In
Register
Topic RSS
(2 votes) 
Regulars
Offline
So, came across 'Hurv' tunes - Emelie Waldken explains:
"A hurv is a type of tune (mostly polska) which has one low-pitched and "rock" part, repetitive, a bit like a riff, and one higher-pitched part, more "delicate" or at least more melodic. Hurvs are found mostly in the border-area between Sweden and Norway, notably Särna in Älvdalen region."
Here's a 'Hurv' she composed - that I MUST learn! It's not only cross-tuned, but also tuned down! "Tuning C# F# C# G# (or DGDA at kindof A=415 Hz)"!
Ensamhurven (Alone polska) - in baroque tuning
Here's another 'Hurv' I like - by Mats Berglund, Göran Håkansson, Fredrik Lundberg & Anders Nordlöf.
Hurv efter Bork Julius
Here's quite a different take on a 'Hurv' from the Denmark duo, "Jærv".
Hurv - by Jærv
...more hidden gems. 😊
- Emily
Regulars
Offline
Offline
I enjoyed the "Hurv's"!!!
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
Regulars
Offline
I really like the Jaerv Hurv--so unusual. Seems to have some Middle Eastern sound mixed into the Scandi character.
Characterize people by their actions and you will never be fooled by their words.
Regulars
Offline
@SharonC -
I really liked that aspect of the 'Jærv' Hurv, too.
One thing is bothering me about all of these tunes.
Reading Emelie Waldken's definition, I expected to hear more of a distinctive - maybe a more dramatic, difference between the 'A' and 'B' parts?
I'm just not hearing what I thought she described - maybe my expectations were too high. 😕
- Emily
Regulars
Offline
"Velt-Hurven, Pols Etter Marius Nytrøen" - performed by the Østerdølenes Spellmannslag.
2 Hurvar from Ellika Frisell and Mats Edén - "Hurvpols from Röros" (Norway) & "Tokhurven by Mats Edén" (Sweden)!
Since this type of music appears on the border between Norway & Sweden, I suppose it's inevitable... I can't avoid learning a little about the languages that go with the music!
Here's my Norwegian & Swedish lesson for this topic: 'we' say, "the hurv" - Norwegians say, "hurv the". Their nouns have gender - 'hurv' is masculine. So, Norwegian "hurven" = the hurv! Think it's the same for Swedish (feel free to correct me), but I think plurals are different. In Swedish, the indefinite plural of "hurv" = hurvar!
Didn't want to do something like accidentally mistake 'Polka' for 'Polska'! ...jeez, what I do to find cool, new music.
...google translate was NO help. 🙄
Regulars
Offline
Found a couple old documentaries on hurven - no English, but who needs it with music? 🤣 These say 1984, but they could've just aired then, filmed earlier.
Hurven 1 ...the area these tunes were 1st developed - big on fiddles!
Hurven 2
Saw a date of 1969 - Peder Nyhus is speaking & playing the fiddle in this & I know his son, Sven (famous Norwegian fiddler) just died this Spring at age 90! So, these could easily be that old.
...ha, we have a smaller version of a sled like seen here, for all the Grandkids!
ANYONE SPEAK NORWEGIAN?
Help us with any important information in these videos?
1 Guest(s)
