Tussefløytelåter 4; Egil Storbekken
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The Pixie Flute: Among our oldest Norwegian folk instruments we find the ram's horn, the lur (a kind of straight wooden trumpet) and the willow pipe. The ram's horn and the lur were originally not instruments at all but tools used on the summer dairy farms in the mountains. With their powerful tones one could scare away beasts of prey and at the same time call the cattle. Gradually they developed into quite passable instruments. The willow pipe, however, with its gentle, natural tone was only used as a musical instrument. The wooden flute came later (it is about 200 years old), and for the first time there came a wind instrument with a fixed pitch range (scale), which was a great step forward. In the course of time the wooden flute acquired many names - tyskarfløyta (german flute), tyssefløyta (gurgling flute) and tussefløyta (pixie flute). The first name probably came about because the Norwegian wooden flute was originally an imitation of the German recorder. Gradually the name was changed to tussefløyta (pixie flute), and this is connected with an interesting tradition about the instrument for which written evidence is to be found in the University Library at Bergen. It is said that skilled players "could attract the winged creatures of the forest" with the tones of the flute. According to ancient superstition the tones of the flute had bewitching and magic powers, and they believed at that time that they were connected with the netherworld, the world of the pixies. I have often noticed myself that the tones of the flute have attracted the attention of birds in the forest, and I have had many enjoyable experiences together with my pixie flute on my wanderings through forests and over mountains. Since this instrument is so eminently capable of interpreting Nature in all her moods, I have gradually composed a large number of pieces for the pixie flute. Many of these tunes are to be found in Pixie Flute Books 1 and 2, and 3, and now the fourth book is ready. EGIL STORBEKKEN.

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