Session 3: World Nyckelharpa Day

Posted on 18 April 2021 by Vicki
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Session 3: World Nyckelharpa Day

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Hello!
Sunday 25th April is World Nyckelharpa so this session is dedicated to that! There was a theme of playing tunes from where you are from. So we have a pair of Viking tunes and then some English Playford collection! I hope you all have a great World Nyckelharpa Day.

The session will premier at 1pm Sunday 25th April - but as usually 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.
:))
Vicki & Jonny

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Second Week of April Tune List

Posted on 12 April 2021 by Vicki
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Hello!
This year is moving on apace and it's only two weeks to World Nyckelharpa Day! So not technically new to the site this week I'm going to just do a reminder of these two tunes!
Lille Långdans från Bingsjö - we'd like as many people playing this tune at midday UK time as possible and then edit together a mosaic of people playing it!
Klockstapelvalsen - I love Byss-Calle and decided that I'd like to make a mosaic of it - just because!
So onto the tune list for this week!
Tunes Moved = 102 out of 300
:))
Vicki
**totally new**

Old Style Harpas
**Çantigas de Sante Maria No. 417**
**Cantigas de Santa Maria No. 42**

Tune Friday
Stures Schottis (Schottis)
Vendelpolskan (polska)
1814 (polska)
Cadrill Kozaken (misc)

Complete Beginners
Fixing Sticky Keys
Changing the Melody Strings
Changing the Sympathetic Strings

Virtual Halsway Session is complete up to Session 2
Other sessions have lessons done, but everything is totally complete to that point!
All the tune pads are downloadable, it's just the lessons

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Vicki & Jonny’s Session from Studio 2 – Session 2: Spanish Cantigas

Posted on 5 April 2021 by Vicki
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Hello!
Time to let you know the tunes for the second session! As you might have spotted we played for Medieval Music in the Dales the other week and we played quite a few Spanish Cantigas. So this week you're getting four Cantigas. Three of them played on the sienaharpa and one on the moraharpa. Of course they're all quite playable on the normal harpa.

As usual there are video lessons for each tune, but you'll need to be logged in to view those. The session is open to anyone to watch and play along with.

The session will premier at 2pm on Sunday 18th April - but as usually 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.
:))
Vicki & Jonny

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First Week of April tune list

Posted on 4 April 2021 by Vicki
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First Week of April tune list

Hello!
Happy Easter! I'm hoping that this week will be less fretful in moving and making resources! We had the first session today and I'll be releasing the details of the next session in two weeks time very soon! Watch this space! I've added a little section at the bottom to remind me of things I've thought of during the week that I'd like to add!
Tunes Moved = 102 out of 300
:))
Vicki
**totally new**

Vicki & Jonny's Session
Session 2 is cantiga week - filmed and scheduled!

Historical Harpas
**Cantiga 166 de Alfonso X "Vox Vulgaris"** (Sienaharpa)
**Cantigas de Santa Maria No 353** (Sienaharpa)
Springvals från Valö efter Ceylon Wallin (kontrabasharpa)

Tune Friday
The Irish Washerwoman (Jig)
Polska efter Jonas Hansson (Polska)
Calle's Påsk Gånglåt (Gånglåt)
Tierpspolskan (Polska)
Josefin's Dopvals (Waltz)
Linus På Linjen (Polska)

Vicki & Jonny's Dance Tunes
The Kindness of Thwaite (Waltz)

A Focus on Technique
Poignant Waltz
A Study in G Minor

Halsway Virtual Session in the Bar
All the lessons for Session 1 are migrated. I'm now working on Session 2.

Stuff for me to remember to do!
Add more videos to Poignant Waltz
Film the extra NH4aD

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Last Bit of March – Tune list

Posted on 28 March 2021 by Vicki
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Last Bit of March - Tune list

Hello!
We've got just a little bit of March left and have headed in April and these are the tunes I've added this week! We have a bunch of new videos in the pipe line. So after Playford - we're going to head off to the Medieval period for a while - watch this space!
Tunes Moved = 89 out of 300

So Sunday night I had a bit of a disaster on my main Nyckelharpa website and I corrupted it. This is a good excuse for a spring clean - but it meant that my Nyckelharpa Four a Day stopped working, so this week has mostly been about filming and restoring the Four-a-Day to fully functional on this site. It's been a lot of work!! I had always intended on replacing the lessons with only audio with video. So I replaced quite a chunk this week and hope to film the rest as soon as I can.

So this week I haven't transferred as many old tunes as I had hoped - but the Four-a-Day is now here!
:))
Vicki
** Totally New!

Tune Friday
**La Gavre** (Playford)
**Rufty Tufty** (Playford)
The Rowan Tree
Three Around Three (English)
Rocking the Baby (Jig)
Colin's Cattle (Slow Air)
The Piper's Wedding March (Bridal March)
Polska Cups

Beginner Tunes
Flickan Hon Går i Dansen
Tillsammanspolskan

Time To Dance
Fikavalsen (Waltz)

Halsway Virtual Session
All of the Session Zeros are now transferred over complete with their lessons

Nyckelharpa Four a Day Restoration Progress!
After a long week, the whole of the NH4aD is now restored onto this site and a course for NH4ad C tuned and NH4aD D tuned courses separated into two different courses to prevent confusion. Next job - finish filming the lessons that only have audio! Hopefully next week!

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Vicki & Jonny’s Session No 1.

Posted on 26 March 2021 by Vicki
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Vicki & Jonny's Session from Studio 2 - Session 1: Playford

We're starting up the sessions again! This time we'll be filming mostly from our livestream studio - or when things get back to normal, from wherever we are! We're hoping to release two sessions a month and each session will have four tunes, probably played around four times through and each tune will have had a lesson released in the two weeks before. Plenty of time to learn them!

Right now we're doing a lot of playing for dance right now and the tunes are going to reflected in what we are working on at the time they're filmed! This session has tunes taken from the dance we did at IVFDF back in February.

The session will premier at 2pm on Sunday 4th April - but don't worry if you can't see it at the time. It'll stay up. To view the lessons you'll have to be a subscriber to the site, but it's free access to listen and play along to the session. If you'e not a subscriber you might like to send a donation our way.
Enjoy!
😀
Vicki & Jonny

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Fourth Week of March Tune List

Posted on 22 March 2021 by Vicki
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Fourth Week of March Tune List

Hello!
Here is the list of new tunes and resources added this week. We don't have any livestreams in the diary for this week - so the camera is going to get a good recording workout! Watch this space!
Tunes Moved = 74 out of 300
:))
Vicki
** Totally New!

Beginner Tunes
Ut i Gröna Lunden
Lampshade Tree
Dans i Hagen
Shepherd's Hey
Rutebilen
Ringdans
Polska efter Båtsman Däck

Tune Friday
Klockstapelsvalsen (Byss-Calle)
Barham Down (Playford)
The Halsway Parade (March)
Emma from Finland (Waltz)
Äppelbo Gånglåt (Gånglåt)
**Childegrove** (Playford)
**Row Well Ye Mariners** (Playford)

Vicki & Jonny's Dance Tunes
One for Diana (Waltz)
St Alban's New Contra (Reel)

Old Style Nyckelharpas
Petit Riens

Subscriber Extras
Medieval Music in the Dales (presentation)
Meet our Strange and Ancient Instruments (presentation)
Flurry 21 Dancing in the Cloud (Play-along Dance)

Halsway Virtual Bar Session
This page is in progress as it's all the sessions on one page. This is what is currently sorted with lessons for all the different tunes:
Session Zero
Session Zero Part 2
Session 1

Nyckelharpa Four-a-Day
Day 17 C tuned
Day 17 D tune

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Third Week of March – Tune List

Posted on 15 March 2021 by Vicki
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Third Week of March - Tune List

Hello!
More tunes being migrated thick and fast this week! Well, sort of anyway! Keep your eye on this blog entry each day as I'll add to this list as I add things!
:))
Vcki

Tune Friday
Connaught Man's Rambles (Jig for St Patrick's Day!)

Old Style Nyckelharpa Tunes
Palästinaleid (sienaharpa)

Complete Beginners
Clog Bransle
Sticky G-n-T

Zen Scales Course
Zen Scales Week 3

Nyckelharpa Four-a-Day
Day 5 new version
Day 16 C tuned
Day 16 D tuned

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Second Week of March – Tune List

Posted on 8 March 2021 by Vicki
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Second Week of March - Tune List

Hello!
The transferring keeps happening! This is what I have added this week!
:))
Vicki

Beginners Course
Adam's Appleseed (in A)
Adam's Appleseed (in G)
The Jingling Keys

Tune Friday
The Quantox Reel (Reel)
Jenny Pluck Pears (Playford)
Nobody's Jig (Playford)
Bortapolskan (polska)

The Moraharpa
About the Moraharpa
Moraharpa Tuning
Moraharpa Bow Hold
Vals efter Futteri Petter

Focus on Technique
Zenbow
Crab Stretch

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Lille Långdans från Bingsjö for World Nyckelharpa Day – Part 2

Posted on 7 March 2021 by Vicki
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Lille Långdans från Bingsjö for World Nyckelharpa Day - Part 2

Hello!
We have a quartet version and guide tracks! So now is the time to start practising and then email me your video ready for the 25th April!
:))
Vicki

Score and Parts!
• Quartet Score
• Nyckelharpa 1
• Nyckelharpa 2
• Nyckelharpa 3
• Oktavharpa (treble clef)
• Oktavharpa (bass clef)
• Guide Track mp3

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