New Website!

 Hello!

After five years of publishing all my materials to this blog I have decided that it's time to start to put up some sort of paywall. I really want as many people as possible to be able to learn and gain information but I also need to be able to eat. So I am gradually transferring all the materials from here to a brand new website. There is a lot of music here, so it is going to take time!

Vicki's Music Room!

Some of the materials will be available for preview - but for the full experience there is now a (very reasonable) monthly subscription of £5 (or £10 if you can afford it). So it's time to visit my new site - bookmark it and join up!

Keep in touch and stay on the nyckelharpa journey with me!

:))

Vicki

Alcester (Virtual) Contra - 5th February 2021

Hello!
We're playing for Alcester Virtual Contra on Friday 5th February. So if you'd like to come and play-along here's the tune list for the evening! As usual we can't be 100% sure what order we're going to play these in or if we'll do all of them. We know it won't be everything! There is one tune that is put against two dances - we know we'll only do one of the dances and they're different lengths - so we'll let you know what is what as we go through!!

CLICK HERE for the PDF

The Growling Old Man / Gaspe Reel

One for His Nob / Dancing Out

Marvelous Meg / Rocking Roquefort / The Darkside

Sleep Deprivation

Fiddling About (Part of Grandpa Joe)

Lightening the Load / St Albans New

Andy Clarkes / A Trip to Habertonford

Jiggle the Old Bones

Hyde & Seek / Japonica Jig

Dancing Shoes

Ankapoo / Tongue in Cheek

One for Diana (waltz)

Two of these sets we'll be playing as "session" sets before the dance. So if you only have time to practise two, these are the two to do! 

Andy Clarkes / A Trip to Habertonford

Marvelous Meg / Rocking Roquefort / The Darkside

If you want to come along - just get in touch with Meg for details!

We look forward to seeing you there!

:))

Vicki

One for Aires

Hello!
It's exercise week this week. This is an exercise and a tune, so lots to get your teeth into.

The exercise is a string crossing one, not too tricky, 

I've put several videos below. One is the whole lesson, then I've split the tune out so you can play along with both parts, then play the accompaniment against my melody and then the melody against my accompaniment! Here's an example of the bowings you can use:

Enjoy

:))

Vicki
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THE LESSON

THE TUNE AS A DUET

THE ACCOMPANIMENT FOR YOU TO PLAY THE TUNE TO

THE TUNE FOR YOU TO PLAY THE ACCOMPANIMENT TO

Lille Lappen Lila's Polska

Hello!
Happy New Year! It's 2021 and we're still all here. England has just gone into a new lockdown, so it's time to shake things up on the blog and get back to work! Just before Christmas Jonny was commissioned to write a piece of music for a Swedish Lapphund and this is that tune. The remit was to write a Swedish tune, but we wanted it playable on the Northumbrian Smallpipes. So here it is, it's a slängpolska and playable on the NSPs. 

Enjoy!

:))

Vicki

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New Years Eve Zoom Contra Dance

Hello!

Let's Party!  NYE contra dance! Details are on this blog!

We have a final version and even an order! Update your pad now!

If you want to attend - just register!

If you'd like to donate to the UK organisers specifically and the callers and our UK event then use this:

UK NYE Contra Paypal Tipjar

See you tonight!

:))

Vicki & Jonny

Paypal Tipjar or virtual hat!

So - PDF Version 3.0

Tune List V3.0

Sleep Deprivation

Marvelous Meg / Rocking Roquefort / The Darkside

Jiggle the Old Bones

Anastasia (note this is in Em!)

Lightening the Load / St Albans New

One for Diana (waltz)

The Growling Old Man / Gaspe Reel

One for His Nob / Dancing Out

Oddville Cupola 

Controtto / Contrapasso

Hyde & Seek / Japonica Jig

Fiddling About (Part of Grandpa Joe)

Bring With a Noise Tune

Andy Clarkes / A Trip to Habertonford

Dancing Shoes

Double Shot Coffee / Diversion Ahead / Don't Drive Tired

Vicki & Jonny's Christmas Carol Concert

Hello!
We've had an amazing December - given the circumstances! We've been on Zoom tour and last night was the last of three different shows that we put on in Zoom. This was our Carol Concert

To buy access to the Carol Concert here:
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We released the dots and the words so you can sing or play-along with us.

• Click Here for the words.
• Click Here for the music.

Enjoy!
:)

Vicki

Halsway Session in the Long Room

Hello!
It's session time again! I've had a little time away from filming as I've been working very hard on the Praetorius Crowdfunder album. I'll do some blogs for that later, this blog entry is all about the Sunday session! This session is quite special as you'll see and I hope you enjoy it!

The tune list is:

• Bonden i Paradis
• Spikens Vals
• Hamburska efter Pehr Ericsson
• Bortapolska
• Josefins Dopvals
• PDF of the dots

Enjoy! If you enjoy the session please consider sending some coffee our way. :)

See you Sunday.

:))

Vicki 

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The version below uses just one camera - so if you find the two camera version above a little too much - you can choose to watch the version with a camera just facing myself and Jonny.

Tenterden Zoom Dance

Hello!
We're playing for a dance! It's a familiar phrase now - it's supposed to be the Tenterden Folk Festival at the weekend and of course it's been cancelled due to Covid-19. So we offered to do a Zoom ceilidh. tune it's Zoom that means you don't have to dance - you can play along. So here is a sneak preview of the dance list and PDF so that you can download it, print it and join in with us! It doesn't include what the actual dances are though, they can be a surprise - although some of the dances have eponymous tunes. Below is the list to the links of the teaching videos. I haven't taught them all - so I should get round to doing those!

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1. Alunelul
2. Anastasia
3. Double Shot Coffee / Diversion Ahead / Don't Drive Tired
4. Hyde and Seek / Japonica Jig
5. Half Hannikin
6. Horses Branle
7. Lightening the Load / St Albans New
8. Hornpipe Hollandica 1 / Hornpipe Hollandica 2 / Stena's Hornpipe
9. Andy Clarkes / A Trip to Habertonford
10. Ankapoo / Tongue in Cheek
11. Drunken Piper / Italian Pants / Dot Dot Dot
12. Swedish Masquerade
13. Winster Gallop / Doodle Oak Cloggers /  Hedingham Green

If you want to come to the Zoom dance you'll need to register and I will send you the details. It's free (donations welcome) -> CLICK HERE to REGISTER.

:))

Vicki