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Most of the posts are related to Norwegian folk and traditional music; not too much about musicians, but more of what I like to call the music theory of folk music: what kind(s) of rhythms are used; how to understand the intonation practices that sounds unfamiliar to an ear used to Western pop and classical music, how are tunes built in terms of motifs, parts, repeats etc. Central also the concepts of tradition and identity.
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Precision or expression?
Making music
Music theory for folk music - why?
Music theory
Glissotar - a new instrument with new challenges and possibilities
Musical instruments
Reel Date - and album with Irish and Norwegian traditions combined
Tradition and Identity
Old recordings of Micho Russell - why publish?
Producing music
What is the connection between Jan Garbarek and Ånon Egeland?
Tradition and Identity
Tradition and copyright, part III
Tradition and Identity
More on archives and recordings
Alvaleken: Writing music, and writing about music
Producing music
Music life
Traditions, archives and change: blights and blessings
Making music
Tradition and Identity
Tradition and Copyright, Part II
Making music
Tradition and Identity
Is intonation (really) about intonation?
Making music
Why can't Norwegian folk musicians play/sing in tune?
Making music
The mysterious "old tonality" of Scandinavian (and other) traditional music
Making music
Understanding music
Tradition and Identity
Welcome - new layout!
»Norwegian bagpipe» – «Tune from Agder» – «Setesdal tradition»: The archivist’s headache
Tradition and Identity
Norwegian tunes on bagpipe – why bother? Part III
Making music
Norwegian tunes on bagpipe – why bother? Part II
Making music
Tradition and Identity
Norwegian tunes on bagpipe – why bother?
Making music
Musical instruments
What is the "right"way to hear the music? A note on sharing
Understanding music
“Inferential ambivalence” – difficult words, but simple problem
Understanding music
Tradition and Identity
Farewell
Understanding music
Asymmetrical meters and precision in performance
Understanding music
Concert life and Covid 19
Music life
What is a “one” – …continued
Making music
Understanding music
Hardingfele, tuning, and Farvel, farvel
Making music
Musical instruments
The Aesthetics of Distortion in Folk Music
Making music
Musical instruments
Good dance rhythm — what is it?
Making music
Understanding music
Asymmetrical meters – how to think about them
Understanding music
What asymmetrical meters is NOT about
Understanding music
The mysterious "asymmetrical rhythms" in Scandinavian folk music
Music theory
Understanding music
Playing «right» or having fun? What is (traditional) music about?
Making music
Understanding music
Music life
The fuzzy concept of «musical instrument»
Understanding music
Musical instruments
Hardingfele form and performance variation: a blog post for nerds
Understanding music
Tradition and Identity
Traditions and Copyright
Tradition and Identity
Music life
Hardingfele music: A solo tradition difficult to adapt to ensemble playing
Making music
Understanding music
Why is Sigurd Fjeldstad important?
Making music
Understanding music
Tradition and Identity
Egeland spiller Fjeldstad – and why I chose not to publish Fjeldstad’s own recordings
Making music
Producing music
Camilla Hole, Halvemål, and the question of sax as folk music instrument
Making music
Musical instruments
Folk Rock – or Rock Folk?
Making music
Tradition and Identity
What is ‘folk music’?
Making music
Tradition and Identity
Recording with Egeland, Edén and Marin
Producing music
What is a «one»?
Making music
Understanding music
«Extended techniques»
Musical instruments
A true Fiddler
Producing music
Restarting the blog – July 2020
Understanding music
Tradition and Identity
Lamslått – the recording
Producing music
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