Reinländer från Transtrand

  This Reinländer från Transtrand is a charactaristic tune from the region of Dalarna bordering on Norway.

A reinländer or reinlender is basically the same dance as the schottis, but the name is the usual word used in Norway.

Omas Per was a fiddler from the village of Transtrand.  This particular tune is a favorite there.

Here is a YouTube video of it being played by a Swedish fiddler.  Notice that he is playing an 8-string fiddle.  The 4 extra strings run under the fingerboard and through the bridge, like the resonance strings on the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle.