hardanger fiddle

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What does hardanger fiddle mean?

A type of fiddle typical of Norwegian folk music, characterized by thinner wood than a standard fiddle and the use of either eight or nine strings, four to five of which are sympathetic.

How to pronounce hardanger fiddle

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