Jouhikko (Finnish version of tagelharpa) is a traditional bowed lyre from Finland. The recorded
jouhikko had three horsehair strings, which is the traditional way.
One essential part of jouhikko/tagelharpa is the drone, which is a note that is played with the
melody. The virtual jouhikko gives you a lot of options for the drone, including different tunings,
and you can even play without it.
Other important feature is the rebowing, or repeating the last played note. Using the rebowing, it is
easy to create rhythm for your playing.
The recorded jouhikko was tuned in E-A-D tuning. As there are different tunings, including the
traditional A-D-G tuning, the virtual jouhikko has many options to cover those.
We recorded long notes, staccato, spiccato, pizzicato and tremolo, and then expanded these notes to
cover some lower and higher notes. Legato, portamento and vibrato was added via script.
Jouhikko was recorded with two microphones, and you can choose your preferred one. We captured
up- and down-bows, 3 round robins, two velocity layers, and 1088 samples.
Other Finnish names for the instrument are jouhikannel or jouhikantele. Similar instruments include
talharpa, tagelharpa, stråkharpa, hiiu kannel, crwth and gue.
Note: To use this virtual instrument, Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.7.0 or higher (FULL) is
required.
Video walkthrough:
Size: 596 MB
Sample specs: 96 kHz, 24 bit
System requirements: Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update)
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 2 GB RAM
4 GB RAM
Jouhikko / Tagelharpa
$99.95
– Product type: Kontakt instrument
– IMPORTANT: Full retail version of Kontakt 6.7.0 or later required
– Compatible with Windows & MacOS
Description
Jouhikko (Finnish version of tagelharpa) is a traditional bowed lyre from Finland. The recorded
jouhikko had three horsehair strings, which is the traditional way.
One essential part of jouhikko/tagelharpa is the drone, which is a note that is played with the
melody. The virtual jouhikko gives you a lot of options for the drone, including different tunings,
and you can even play without it.
Other important feature is the rebowing, or repeating the last played note. Using the rebowing, it is
easy to create rhythm for your playing.
The recorded jouhikko was tuned in E-A-D tuning. As there are different tunings, including the
traditional A-D-G tuning, the virtual jouhikko has many options to cover those.
We recorded long notes, staccato, spiccato, pizzicato and tremolo, and then expanded these notes to
cover some lower and higher notes. Legato, portamento and vibrato was added via script.
Jouhikko was recorded with two microphones, and you can choose your preferred one. We captured
up- and down-bows, 3 round robins, two velocity layers, and 1088 samples.
Other Finnish names for the instrument are jouhikannel or jouhikantele. Similar instruments include
talharpa, tagelharpa, stråkharpa, hiiu kannel, crwth and gue.
Note: To use this virtual instrument, Native Instruments Kontakt version 6.7.0 or higher (FULL) is
required.
Video walkthrough:
Size: 596 MB
Sample specs: 96 kHz, 24 bit
System requirements: Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 10.14, 10.15, 11 or 12 (latest update)
Apple Silicon Macs (via Rosetta 2 & natively on ARM): macOS 11 or 12 (latest update)
Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 2 GB RAM
4 GB RAM
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