This very beautiful piece was written as a lament for this fallen warrior. It is played on fiddle with octave fiddle seconding.
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Story behind the song
The octave fiddle is a regular fiddle (violin) with special strings that allow it to be tuned a full octave below a regular fiddle. It is below a viola and above a cello.