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Monthly Archives: May 2021

Session 6: Slow Airs

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Session 6: Slow Airs

Hello!
This week we've decided to go for a nice relaxed feel and play some slow airs! So here they are all ready for you to prepare. To gain access to the lessons you need to become a subscriber to the website, but the session itself is open for anyone to watch and play along with. There are now well over 300 lessons on this website for subscribers to access!

See you Sunday at 2pm (or any time after!)
:))
Vicki & Jonny

First Week of June Update

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First Week of June Update

Hello!
Such glorious weather! We have another dance this week - it's on Tuesday evening and the tune pad is up and ready! Click Here!
Then on Sunday we have our next session, this week it's going to beautiful slow airs and some we've not done before, so we have a few new tunes to learn this week:
Hector the Hero
Bonnie at Morn
The Ash Grove (new lesson)
O’Hara’s Cup by O’Carolan (new lesson)
Fair Maid of Barra (new lesson)

Other tunes added:
Tune Friday
Näckens Midsommar Polska (in Gm)

Old Style Harpas
Näckens Midsommar Polska (moraharpa)
Polska efter Calle Svankvist (kontrabasharpa)
Kontrabasharpa Polska (kontrabasharpa)

A Focus on Technique
Spiderfingers

This week I've also added a double bass course. There won't be so much added to it - but every so often there'll be new videos for my students! I'll be adding more as the week goes on!
:))
Vicki

Fourth Week of May Update

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Fourth Week of May Update

Hello!
The weather!!! What has been up with the weather! It's been truly atrocious! So definitely good time to practise! What's new this week?

Tuesday 25th - we are playing for dance for Symmetry and you can play-along! The dots are up - all you need to do is to register for a link. It's free (but donations are encouraged). So come along! It's between 7-8pm on Tuesday night.

All the tunes for the Halsway Virtual Session Number 6 are transferred to the site. Because these are tunes that the composers very kindly let us play they're open access so they can share their own tunes! Here's the list!
The Noodle Slicer (by Ed Pritchard)
Kerry's Lament (by Linda Hall)
Narrowly Missed the Milk Jug (by John Cooke)
The Heart Waltz (by Chris Drinkwater)
Miranda's Mazurka (by Ed Pritchard)
The Stand In (by Linda Hall)
Doreen's Schottis (by Chris Drinkwater)
Polska for Vicki (by John Cooke)

Tune Friday
May Your Day Be Filled with Music (by Jenny Quick)
Byss-Calle Number 31

Something random for this week. I don't just teach nyckelharpa - I also teach flute and double bass. I've contemplated long and hard as to whether I should have flute on this site too and I've decided just to include a sneaky little Flute Course, just as somewhere to put things! So if you play flute check out the Folkie Flute! course.

Enjoy!
Lots of Love
Vicki

Third Week of May Tune List

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Third Week of May Tune List

Hello!
Another week gone! I have no idea where May is disappearing off to! So here are the tunes as I add them this week! There are now 138 tunes on this site. (That doesn't include tune Friday or the Zen Scales!)

In other news we had a gig! Wednesday 19th May we left the house and performed Smörgåsballad - Songs and Tales from the Land of the Midnight Sun. We're really excited because it's a hybrid event, meaning that we had a live audience and we also had a virtual audience watching a livestream. It's at Benslow Music where I am doing a workshop weekend in January 2022 in Swedish tunes (which was covoided this year). If you missed it and want to catch you can buy a catch up ticket!

Don't forget about the session this Sunday - All the tunes in Session 5 on Sunday are actually from Smörgåsballad! If you'd like to play-along to the livestream you can find the music here!

I've been working hard on adding lost resources to my website that broke. I am putting informative things for the general public on my main site and all the teaching resources on this site. So I added, What is a Nyckelharpa and some history. I've had all my harpas out this week and given them a run - so I'm putting some videos up on a subscriber only page for you all to have a listen to.

Finally we are still playing for Zoom dances and you can come and playalong to those too - I always publish the dots!
:))
Vicki

Tune Friday
Brudmarsch efter Johan Vilhelm Söderkvist
Älgknappen
Schottis från Lima
Svängrumpa

Vicki & Jonny's Dance Tunes
The Piper's Wedding Jig

Miscellaneous Website Things
What is a Nyckelharpa?
'harpa history
Nyckelharpa Sample Page

Session 5: Swedish Session

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Session 5: Swedish Session

Hello!
I realised we haven't had a session of Swedish tunes yet! So this session is five wonderful Swedish tunes!

The session will premier at 2pm on Sunday 23rd May - but as usual don't worry if you can't watch it then, it'll stay up!
If you're not a subscriber to the site and you enjoy the session you might like to leave a little tip - or even becoming a subscriber so you can gain access to all the tune lessons and materials inside the site.
:))
Vicki & Jonny

Second Week of May Tune List

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Second Week of May Tune List

Hello!
Another week has passed and I spent two days editing the Lille Långdans Frances Bingsjö and it's finally here! I've posted it at the bottom of this entry. So what's new this week?

All the lessons for the whole of the Virtual Session at Halsway Manor Number 4 is transferred.
I made a little video comparing two of the microphones I use on stage and livestreaming - the DPA4060 and the Prodipe VL21-C. I've embedded that at the bottom of the page!

Tune Friday
Hälleforsnäspolskan
Spikens Vals
Byss-Calle 32
Stensele Polskan
Härjedälsschottisen

A Focus on Technique
The Jingling Keys - Reboot

Thanks and more next week!
:))
Vicki

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