Choroi Ashwood 9 String Diatonic Kantele
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This beautiful 9-stringed ashwood kantele is made by Choroi.
A wonderful resource when studying the Norse Myths in the Steiner Curriculum in Class 5. A kantele is the traditional stringed instrument of Finland played by Vainamoinen in the Finnish epic poem the Kalevala.
When the old Vainamoiner sang the Finnish epic of the Kalevala he played the first kantele and the animals from the woods and all the people listened together with fascination.
The Choroi Kantele has a diatonic tuning of c'-d'-e'-f'-g'-a'-b'-c -d which can be re-tuned to the minor keys of the ancient Finnish folk songs. The traditional way to play the Kantele is on your knees and it can also be held in the hands. It is plucked or strummed.
To hear various kanteles and see how they are played you can view:
- Finnish lullaby on the kantele
- Kalevala song on kantele
- John Billings conducts a lyre and kantele group