Jouhikko

Jouhikko, also jouhikannel or jouhi kantele is a rare form of a two - or three-stringed, painted with a bow -gurdy, which is played in folk music in Finland. The name component kantele refers to the different nature, Finnish fretboard loose zither kantele and jouhi ( Finnish " horsehair " ) generally refers to stringed instruments.

The standing on the roof ridge in conjunction with the opening opposite characterizes string lyres as the Swedish strakharpa and the crwth in Wales, while the elongated rectangular shape of the body refers to the relationship with Bordunzithern that kannel in Northern Europe in Estonia, langeleik in Norway and langspil hot in Iceland.

The jouhikko has no fingerboard. The hole is there to durchzustrecken the left hand from below and the shortening with your fingers a melody side by side touching. The jouhikko was used earlier for Finnish folk songs, today, there are always rare. The strings are traditionally made of horsehair. Replicas have nylon or metal strings.

Tuned, the three strings to D ¹ ¹ - A-E, the average A-string is used as the accompanying drone. This tuning of the instrument is also known as Karelian mood. If the drone string is tuned down, one uses the term haikea ( melancholic ). A band that still uses this instrument, the folk metal group Korpiklaani.