Adrian Jones

THE FIDDLE is the most common ingredient in the instrumental tradition of Sweden and the west coast of Finland, the viola bringing depth and variation to the second voices and evoking the old, and characteristic, "octave harmony" sound that is created by twin fiddles.

THE MANDOLA is an octave mandolin, with an extra base drone and movable "pin-point" capos. The quarter-tone frets for microtonality make the mandola an ideal instrument on which to perform those tunes (based on Nordic melodies) in which the blue notes play a central role.

Adrian Jones has his roots deep in the Swedish folk music of Dalarna, but feels he wants to keep an open mind towards the rest of the world of music. He has studied at the Music Conservatory of Falun (Dalarna, Sweden) and at the Royal College of Music's Department of Folk Music.

adrian@gjallarhorn.com