Giga (instrument)

The giga was a type of bowed lyre in Norway,^[1] now extinct.

Sources

Otto Emanuel Andersson. The Shetland gue, the Welsh crwth, and the Northern bowed harp. s.n., 1956

↑ Otto Emanuel Andersson. The bowed-harp: a study in the history of early musical instruments. AMS Press, 1973. ISBN 0-404-56503-4, ISBN 978-0-404-56503-9. Pg 258.

Norwegian folk music

General	Bygdedans Gammaldans Music of Norway Nordic folk music Traditional Nordic dance music

Tune Types	2/4 Dances Halling Polka Schottis 2/4 or 6/8 Dances Gangar Rudl or Rull 3/4 Dances Masurka Pols and Springleik Springar Vals 4/4 Dance Reinlender Miscellaneous Wedding march

Instruments	Accordion Bukkehorn Giga Hardingfele Krogharpe Langeleik Neverlur Oterfløyte Psalmodicon Seljefløyte Violin

Scales	Aeolian mode Dorian mode Harmonic minor Ionian mode Lydian mode Mixolydian mode

Relations	Danish folk music Finnish folk music Icelandic folk music Swedish folk music

Miscellaneous	Norwegian Folk Music Research Association Norwegian National Association for Traditional Music and Dance Stev Spelemann Spelemannslag

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