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The talharpa, also known as a tagelharpa (tail-hair harp), or the stråkharpa(½ºÅä·Î¿ìÅ° Çϸ£ÆÄ) (bowed harp)is a two, three or 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(¿ä¿ìÈ÷ÄÚ) and the Welsh crwth.
The instrument is still known in Finland.
The name talharpa probably comes from tagel - horsehair - from which the strings were made.
- Length: 70-72 cm
- Height: 16-18 cm
- Width: 30-32 cm
- Weight: 2.0-2.3 kg
History
The Tagelharpa (also called Talharpa) is a bowed lyre orgined in northern Europe.
It spread widely in Scandinavia after the Viking age and is still used in some of the northern territories (of particular importance the tradition of the Estonian islands).
Its existence in medieval Scandinavia is witnessed by artistic and archaeological sources,
such as the wall painting in R©ªldal (XII-XIII century) and the sculpture of Trondheim Cathedral (XIV century).
Also widely spread its close Finnish relative, the Jouhikko.