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The Halsway Manor Session for World Nyckelharpa Day 2023

Back in March 2022 we had a Nyckelharpa Course, a retreat week. We filmed a session at this time, but it was never edited or published and just languished on memory cards. So I decided to edit it together and … Continue reading

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Week 20: The Säckpipa Virtual Halsway Session

Hello!How did we get to week 20? To be honest my head is still in March 2020, so May 2022 is quite a mystery! But we are going to reach the end of me transferring over the nyckelharpa lessons fro … Continue reading

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Session 14 – World Nyckelharpa Day 2022

Hello!Sunday the 24th April 2022 is World Nyckelharpa Day and we absolutely had to have a session! So here it is!! We chose to do only tunes that we had written and somehow put places names in them, a little. … Continue reading

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Session 13 – The Burns Week Session

Session 13 – The Burns Week Session Hello!It’s been a while since the last session and with this week being the celebration of Robert Burns I decided to do a session with some of the tunes we played at our … Continue reading

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Session 12 – The Fürsteneck Session Part 2

Session 12 – The Fürsteneck Session Part 2 Hello!It’s session time! This week it’s the Fürsteneck Session part 2, in other words all the other tunes I taught! There is a lot of Playford in this session because I was … Continue reading

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Session 11 – The Fürsteneck Session Part 1

Session 11 – The Fürsteneck Session Part 1 Hello!It’s session time! We’ve got a little behind on the sessions since the summer with workshops and gigs – but hopefully we’re back on track for the rest of the year! I … Continue reading

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Session 10 – Playford Dance Tunes

Session 10 – Playford Dance Tunes Hello!It’s been a really busy August and we’re in the middle of preparing for our first face-to-face dance with dancers! We’re working with a great caller called Bob Morgan, we’ve done quite a lot … Continue reading

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Session 9 – Playford Dance Tunes

Session 9 – Playford Dance Tunes Hello!It’s been a little while since we did a session of Playford. So it’s Playford for the next session! It has yet to be filmed, but here are the details! Mr Lane’s Maggot Jenny … Continue reading

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Session 8: Vicki & Jonny’s Waltz Tunes Part 2

Session 8: Vicki & Jonny’s Waltz Tunes Part 2 Hello!We decided that we should do another session of waltz tunes. We’ve been creating a nice little list of waltzes that we’ve written over the years to finish Zoom dances with … Continue reading

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Session 7: Swedish Tunes for Midsommar

Session 7: Swedish Tunes for Midsommar Hello!Midsommar isn’t actually until the the 26th June. But our session is either side, so we’ve gone for before rather than after! Some very well known Swedish tunes appear this week! Äppelbo Gånglåt Näckens … Continue reading

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