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!
Hello! It's been a busy weekend with four gigs, but I've still managed to do plenty of creating this week! Double bass, flute and fiddleharpa have all been out. I've also added a second method of becoming a subscriber using Patreon:
Hello! I hope you're all having a great week and enjoyed playing along with the slow airs on Sunday! This week I've added the children's course. These were videos that I made during the first lockdown and didn't really do much with them. If you're a complete beginner you could do worse than give these a go! You'll be able to tell straight away they've been aimed at children and played on a mini-harpa - but all playing is good playing!
I've also spent some time ordering the tunes that we've done in the session, so if you want to jump to a tune, or jump to the session that a tune is in, you can now use the list!
I've been quite inspired to do more flute and double bass - so each Friday there is going to be a new flute tune published. A Folkie Flute Friday! I've filmed and edited 12 so far - so they'll be going up one at a time! :)) Vicki
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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
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!
Hello! I can't believe that it's May already! It's incredible how time flies! So what's new this week? It's only the start of the week so the tunes will start to appear! :)) Vicki
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