tiquose Says:
Friday, July 20, 2007 @10:06:28 PM

Absolutely fantastic! What an awesome quality of sound. Wild, almost. It makes me want to try the hardanger fiddle someday. Thank you so much, Chirps!

catman Says:
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 @3:24:11 PM

Very beautiful.  Now I need to acquire a Hardanger.  My wife will not be happy....

FiddlerFaddler Says:
Friday, September 28, 2007 @11:56:37 PM

That is a great sound!  The sympathetic strings that pass under the nut and fingerboard and through the middle of the bridge give it a kind of reverberation effect similar to that of the hammered dulcimer.  I own a CD with Alan Jabbour playing it commendably on a regular fiddle, but it sounds so at home played on a hardanger.

John Tolhurst Says:
Friday, October 5, 2007 @7:34:41 PM

Great sound! I have only ever known the tune as The New Rigged Ship from the Shetland Isles before. Is it common in the US under this name?

Midwest_Fiddler Says:
Saturday, October 6, 2007 @10:04:16 AM

I don't think I would say it is common in the US under this name or NRS either.  Emmett Lundy recorded it as Chapel Hill March and some other NC fiddlers called it CH Serenade.  Alan Jabbour and Ken Perlmann recorded it.  Fuzzy MT. String Band collected & recorded it as Green Willis.  I have also heard that some called it The Raw Recruit.  These were non-6/8 versions.  The Chapel Hill versions are 6/8.

Chirps

brynmawr Says:
Friday, January 2, 2009 @5:41:44 PM

Very, very neat! I love Hardanger fiddle! I want one.... Well done!

Mainefiddlehead Says:
Sunday, February 8, 2009 @8:43:06 PM

Sounds great! How many other 6/8 Jigs do you know of that survived in the Southern States ? I only know of a couple from southern Illinois and one in Kentucky.

JanetB Says:
Friday, December 9, 2016 @11:50:53 AM

Gorgeous sound! I'm researching Green Willis for a Banjo Hangout Tune of the Week on Green Willis. I just learned this tune from Emmet Lundy. What is your source? Thanks for any response you may give almost 10 years after posting this!