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Norway is a prominent country in Nordic region. The country has enviable records in all the spheres of life whether its, health, social security, political stability and peace. In such context, how could music of the country lag behind? Norway has a predominantly folk music tradition.
Norwegian music is known for giving haunting yet ascetic sounds. One could trace music tradition of Norway to 16th century. During that period, aural tradition was in vogue. Dance is quite integral to musical culture of Norway.
The country has a reputation of combining Nordic dance and music custom with its neighbors, Sweden and Denmark. The folk music of Norway is segregated into two categories of Sami and North Germanic.
Joik is a type of vocal mode and which is particularly used in Sami. Popular instruments used in folk music are hardanger fiddle and violin. Norwegian traditional music frequently uses willow flute, Bukkehorn which means goat horns and lur. The last one is a type of trumpet instrument.
Many people find Norwegian music quite similar to American aboriginal music. Apart from Sami, North Germanic music is widely prevalent in major parts of the country.
The vocal music has components like stev, hymns, ballads and work songs. Slattemusikk is the oldest form of folk music. This music is often accompanied by instruments like Jew’s harp, hardanger fiddle, langeleik and ordinary fiddle.
Other genres that are widely followed by Norwegian population are, rock, electronic, pop, hip-hop, metal and R&B. singers and bands like Royksopp, Annie, Madrugada, Serena Maneesh, Turbonegro, Sissel and Jaga Jazzist are widely heard across the country. Electronic genre in Norway totally rocks thanks to pioneering music of The Jack Herren Band, Sternklang, Jaga Jazzist, Lindstrom, Datarock, Prins Thomas, Xploding Plastix, Ralph Myerz and, Flunk, BermudaTriangle, Supersilent, Frost, and Bjorn Torske.
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