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Kantele
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Brief history, photos and sound samples of Finland's national instrument, also known as the "kannel".
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/kantele.html
Resources for the Kantele. Online lessons, downloads, sheet music, chord charts, articles and reviews and artist biography of site owner.
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kantelemusic.com Master Page ...Description, illustration, history, and methods of playing from World Music Tradition.
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Kantele Kantele is a traditional folk music instrument of Finnic people inhabiting Finland, North West region of Russia and some of the Baltic states. The Kantele proper is a traditional instrument of Suomi, Karjala, Vadja, Isora, Vepsad, Lappi people. Among Estonians...Brief summary with links about its orgins, construction, playing, and artists from Timo Saarnikivi.
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Kantele information Information about kantele I have tried to collect here some information about kantele. You can get some information from the homepage of The Finnish Folk Music Association. There e-mail address is skal@clinet.fi. They have a little booklet for 5-string kantele...Text from the Finnish epic poem Kalevala involving its mythic origins. Includes illustrations.
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The Finnish Kantele Mun kanteleeni kauniimmin taivaassa kerran soi Picture source: Vrisuomi OY, Pohjois-Karjalan Kirjapaino, Joensuu, Finland, 1976 KANTELE'S KALEVALA CONNECTION The following is a summary of Poems No. 39-44 from the Finnish national epic Kalevala, which explain the mythological birth of kantele....Finnish music teacher Merja Soria tells how the instrument connects even with American students and audiences. Includes photographs.
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Merja Soria: Kantele Stories I came to this country eight years ago with my husband, daughter and musical instruments, I was prepared for a life that would be very different from what I knew in Finland. I had studied Finnish folk music in Sibelius...