Denmark


 * Denmark: **

Until today it has been extremely hard to find any evidence of what they used to play and what kind of tunes they used to play but people have found evidence of some instruments they used to play. The earliest traces of Danish music go back to the Bronze Age’s horns and lurs found in parts of Scandinavia but mostly in Denmark. These are the main instruments that the Danish Vikings used a long time ago: bass, bowed ly­re, shawm, flu­tes, Jew harp ly­re and vo­cals. Scientist have found a few songs carved out on pieces of wood but other than that, the Danish Viking didn't know of another way to record all their songs down. They had instruments that sounded almost like an electric bass guitar. Most of the three songs that I chose are people playing at a festival using indigenous instruments that they created from the findings; they didn’t have speakers or everything back then. Danish and Scandinavian folk music relies a lot on a fiddle and accordion duo. However, unlike its Scandinavian neighbors, fiddlers in Denmark mostly play in groups with little solo performance. Danish folk music tends to feature the guitar a lot. Music is certainly an important element in the lives of Danish people. Traditional Danish music is played at every ceremony and events like wedding parties, birthdays and anniversaries. Denmark also has a tradition in singing choirs. There are over thousands of amateur singing choirs specialized in traditional songs all over the country. Works Cited: []

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Written by: Van & Laurids