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Week 14: briefly at home!

Hello!It was an amazing two weeks at Halsway Manor and now we’re at home for a couple of days before scooting off on a quick tour up in Scotland. So what’s new? We are rapidly approaching World Nyckelharpa Day and … Continue reading

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Week 11: Preparations

Hello!It’s been full on preparation week this week. Which means of course I decided that World Nyckelharpa Day needed badges and T-shirts. You can get the badges from the World Nyckelharpa Day website. The design is also available on T-shirts … Continue reading

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Week 8: Contra!

Hello!It’s a been a week of recording and preparing for IVFDF in Sheffield. If you’d like to listen in to this gig it’s going to be live-streamed! So Saturday 26th February between 8:30-11:30pm UK time go to this webpage: Contra Dance … Continue reading

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Week 7: Let’s get Training!

Week 7: Let’s get Training! Hello!It’s been a camera week this week I’ve created my “tune more commonly associated with another instrument” for World Nyckelharpa Day and it’s ready to go. You’ll have to wait until the 24th April to … Continue reading

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Week 6: The Children’s Lessons

Week 6: The Children’s Lessons Hello!I’ve been inspired this week to finally get all of videos that I filmed back at the start of lockdown in April 2020 sorted and added to the site. I think it’s really important to … Continue reading

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Week 5: World Nyckelharpa Day Prep

Week 5: World Nyckelharpa Day Prep Hello!This week I have been hard at work on World Nyckelharpa Day. I finally managed to get the advert created, some wonderful people sent me lots of good videos and I created the video … Continue reading

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Week 4: Happy Burns!

Week 4: Happy Burns! Hello!It’s Burns week this week and we had a lovely event in Zoom for Live to Your Living Room. This inspired me to grab the camera and to do a session based on the tunes that … Continue reading

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Week 3: Camera time!

Week 3: Camera Time! Hello!The camera has been out and I’ve been catching up on a few videos. I’ve been meaning to do a video of how I use a normal guitar strap as a Y-strap for the oktavharpa. That … Continue reading

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Week 2: Benslow Week

Week 2: Benslow Week Hello!I have just returned from teaching Swedish tunes at Benslow. It was brilliant to be out teaching again! So what did we do? Here’s the list. It’s not quite complete as I haven’t got films/lessons for … Continue reading

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Week 51: Happy Christmas

Week 51: Happy Christmas Hello!It’s the final week for the advent calendar. It’s been so much fun putting this together. I’ve enjoyed sharing these every day, so maybe I’ll do another one next year too! I’ll have to hunt around … Continue reading

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