Week 35: Home!

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Hello!
Whitby was a lot of fun, a lot of walking too! We had a lovely little nyckelharpa gathering at the Whale Bones on the Thursday morning.

So to the workshop, I taught all the tunes I had planned and now I have completed the final video that was missing. So here are the dots and here are the lessons:
Bakvändervalsen
Hambo Polska efter Sixten i Verpehultesberg
Vagnshusschottis (this is the new one!)

This week we have also have a fiddleharpa tune - Darkside, but you can also see the same tune played on the standard nyckelharpa!
We also have Crossing the Minch on the Scottish Smallpipes.

Enjoy
:))
Vicki

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Week 34 – Whitby Folk Week

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Hello!
This week we're at Whitby Folk Week. It's been lovely to be out and about and back at Whitby having done the festival virtually for two years! I'm doing a workshop on Friday morning on Silverbasharpa tunes. So if you want the dots to the workshop, here they are!
Bakvändervalsen
Hambo Polska efter Sixten i Verpehultesberg
Vagnshusschottis
This week I added a Fife Comparison Video!
:))
Vicki

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Week 33: Dragon Slayer Week!

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Hello!
Wow - what a scorcher! We'll be happy when the weather breaks! We've been having fun at Warwick Castle playing for the Dragon Slayers. So what's new?

Dragonmössan - for nyckelharpa, from Halsway. Dragon doesn't mean dragon, it means tarragon!
Rocking Roquefort - for the fiddleharpa
Rocking Roquefort - for the standard nyckelharpa exists too!
Unboxing the Recorder Workshop Fife

Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 32: Filming and unboxing

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Hello!
This week I've been filming, it's mostly been flute, fife and a little bit of fiddleharpa. I did another unboxing video, a £14.73 Yamaha fife from Amazon, check out the video to see if I liked it! It's also a Symmetry dance week this week. So if you want to come along and play, the dots are uploaded to my Zoom dance dots page. There is a link to the Zoom meeting. It's Sunday 14th at 7pm in Zoom.

In the meantime, what's new to the site this week?
Bakvändervalsen for nyckelharpa
Marvelous Meg for Fiddleharpa
Unboxing the Yamaha Fife

Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 31: At home!

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Hello!
We're back from Valhalla safe and sound! It was an epic weekend with lots of driving and lots of Vikings and it was a lot of fun. I taught beginners workshops and had lots of willing Vikings to teach! There's a little video from one of the groups - not bad for an hours worth of group lesson! So we've got a few days to collect ourselves ready for our next time of being on the road! I've rearranged the Children's Course slightly, but not so much you'd notice much difference! So what's new this week?

Vals efter Hans Werkmäster från Rättvik for nyckelharpa
Katie's Waltz on the mini-nyckelharpa in the Children's course (but good for adults too!)
Brudmarsch efter Calle Svankvist for the Swedish Säckpipa
Hälleforsnäspolskan went out as a short from Valhalla!

Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 30: Off to Valhalla

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Hello!
This week we're off to Valhalla or to give it its full name Valhalla Viking Festival. We've been rehearsing hard in the lounge (Or Studio 1 as we call it!) and have lots of different things that we don't normally perform. So this week I have some tunes that we're playing at the festival!

Valhalla near Basingstoke - written by Jonny in the sienaharpa course.
Wolf Rock's March - written by Jonny, also in the sienaharpa course.
Cadrill Kozaken for Swedish Säckpipa

Enjoy. See you on the other side of Valhalla!
:))
Vicki

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Week 29: Really Scorchio!!

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Hello!
Wow, what a hot week! I did some filming, the editing is done and now the videos are all uploaded. I'll be releasing a new video each week! So what do we have this week?
Schottis från Oviken for nyckelharpa
Jämtlands Brudmarsch for nyckelharpa
Edelweiss! for the mini-nyckelharpa in the Children's course
Röra Röret for Swedish Säckpipa

We've got two Zoom dances coming up - Tuesday 19th and 26th July. The music if you want to play along (and the Zoom link) is on the dances page.

Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 28: Scorchio!

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Hello!
It's a scorchingly hot week here in England - so take care out there!

This week I added De'il Among the Tailors for nyckelharpa and then for Scottish Smallpipes: The Steamboat

I've continued with the YouTube Shorts Tunes:
Petit Riens
Hyde & Seek
The Japonica Jig
Linus På Linjen

Too hot to stay inside!!! But I did spend the afternoon filming, so more videos to come soon!
Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 27: YouTube Shorts

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Hello!
I've taken into the plunge of the YouTube #shorts world! YouTube shorts are video filmed in portrait and less than 60 seconds long. So I thought I'd try to upload a new short everyday! You can find these shorts on my YouTube Channel, but I've also made a dedicated page on this website! I'll list the tunes I play in these blog entries. I'll be trying to do tunes I have lessons for! You'll get to follow us around the country as I'll be filming quite a few on the road! (I should have started whilst we were in Sweden and done the Midsommar parade! Maybe I'll sneak it in by stealth!)

Shorts tunes this week:
Näckens Midsommar Polska
Elsy's Waltz
Schottis known as LegoBricks

Lessons added to the site this week:
Hambopolska efter Sixten i Verpehultesberg (in the Silverbasharpa course)
and Elliot Finn MacDonald for the Scottish Smallpipes.

Enjoy!
:))
Vicki

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Week 26: Back on the road

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Hello!
We're back home from Sweden and straight back onto the road again. So it's time to bring a couple of lessons over from the old site. I thought it was the perfect opportunity to bring over Mid-Year Spice as it is the middle of the year! Play it with a laid back groove! I also added The Singi Sunset, a nice little waltz.
Mid-Year Spice
The Singi Sunset

I've also added Gånglåt i Sorg on the English Border Pipes. Very sad tune! (If you'd like to play it on nyckelharpa go to this version!)

I hope you're all having a great midsummer!
:))
Vicki

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