World Nyckelharpa Day

Hello!
Sunday 26th April is World Nyckelharpa Day! I've been doing a lot of work this week on preparing videos and editing and social networking - so I'm taking a couple of days break from the Zen Scales just until it's finished! It's going to be an epic day though! So hop on over to the website, FaceBook and also on over to my YouTube channel to keep up with all the #worldnyckelharpaday goodness going on!
:))
Vicki

Virtual Schedule in UTC (GMT)

Sunday 26th April

07:00 UTC Tokyo Scandi Session Online (YouTube and Zoom)
07:50 UTC Nyckelharpa Keep Fit with Vicki Swan (YouTube)
08:00 UTC Nyckelharpa - L'Instrumentarium de l'Insolite (Youtube Premier)
08:00 UTC Release of the Byss-Calle 57 Playlist (Youtube)
09:00 UTC Sue Ferrers Live Stream (FaceBook)
11:00 UTC Global Live playing of Björnlåten (12:00 London time)
11:00 UTC Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall Live Stream (FaceBook)
12:00 UTC David Chadwick Livestream (instagram)
12:00 UTC Liam Byrne's String Theory BBC Radio 3
13:00 UTC Daniel Pettersson Livestream (FaceBook)
14:00 UTC Nyckelharpa Show with Vicki (Youtube Premier)
15:00 UTC Nyckelharpa Workshop with Peter Puma Hedlund (FaceBook)
16:00 UTC Watch Party of the Storis & Limpan Livestream on FaceBook
17:00 UTC Emilia Amper Live Stream (FaceBook)
18:00 UTC A History of the Nyckelharpa with Emilie Waldken (Youtube)
21:00 UTC Bird House Virtual World Nyckelharpa Day Celebration (Zoom)


Times in the LONDON timezone

Sunday 26th April
08:00 Tokyo Scandi Session Online (YouTube and Zoom)
08:50 Nyckelharpa Keep Fit with Vicki Swan (YouTube)
09:00 Nyckelharpa - L'Instrumentarium de l'Insolite (Youtube Premier)
09:00 Release of the Byss-Calle 57 Playlist (Youtube)
10:00 Sue Ferrers Live Stream (FaceBook)
12:00 Global Live playing of Björnlåten (12:00 London time)
12:00 Ahlberg, Ek & Roswall Live Stream (Facebook #digistämman)
13:00 David Chadwick Livestream (instagram)
13:00 Liam Byrne's String Theory BBC Radio 3
14:00 Daniel Pettersson Livestream (FaceBook)
15:00 Nyckelharpa Show with Vicki (Youtube Premier)
16:00 Nyckelharpa Workshop with Peter Puma Hedlund (FaceBook)
17:00 Watch Party of the Storis & Limpan Livestream on FaceBook
18:00  Emilia Amper Live Stream (FaceBook)
19:00 A History of the Nyckelharpa with Emilie Waldken (Youtube)
22:00 Bird House Virtual World Nyckelharpa Day Celebration (Zoom)

Bransle Gay Semel

Hello!
We have Praetorius today! This called Bransle Gay Semel (sometimes the Semel is in parenthesis).
It's not too tricky, just one shift in the B part. I had to film the whole ensemble!
Enjoy!
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Vicki
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The Celebrated Chop Waltz

Hello!
So in my quest for fun videos this week I decided to give a go at playing Chopsticks! It's a simple little arrangement, but watch out for the string crossing section in the middle - that is quite tough!
The dots go over two pages - so if you want to play along download the PDF - Click Here
Enjoy!
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Vicki

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Björnlåten

Hello!
It's World Nyckelharpa Day on the 26th April and one of the things that is going to happen is a mass playing of the tune Björnlåten. This is traditionally played at the end of every International Days of  Nyckelharpa. So I've been talking to both Fürsteneck and to Marco Ambrosini about coordinating a mass playing of this tune at midday (London UK time) on the 26th April. This is 11am UCT.
You'll find the official details on the World Nyckelharpa Day website as well as here!

There are several layers to this event! The first one is to just play the tune at the appointed hour. Then social network it using #worldnyckelharpaday

The second is to film your self doing it and post it the internet.

The third - if you're feeling brave. Is to film it at the time playing along to a guide track and then send it in so that all the films can be edited together into one big mass video. Obviously you need to be listening to the guide to keep the timings together.

The fourth - there is a four part arrangement - play one of these other lines!

It's entirely up to you - obviously if you want to cheat and film it to send into the big video either before or after the event that's ok! We'd rather have the video than not!!
So below are the official videos and the non-official image of the tune. One is a video just for your enjoyment to listen to - a quartet with Marco Ambrosini. There is a video with a count in so you can film yourself and start in time and there is the video where I teach the tune!

Talking of the tune! I have taught this tune before using a version that I was originally taught. There are three extra bars in this version! So watch out for that - it tripped me up in the quartet video quite a few times!!

So Sunday 26th April 2020 - the mass Björnlåten at Midday London UK time (11am UCT)

Enjoy and see you there!
:D
Vicki

Grizzly Hills from World of Warcraft

Hello!

In this time of lockdown I've been trying to create some humorous videos. This idea sprang into my head. Character select from an RPG game. But what music to choose? Zelda? Final Fantasy? (The games from my gaming days!) No - it was obvious. Grizzly Hills from World of Warcraft. I suspect there are probably lots of gamers out there that have no idea that this is actually recorded on nyckelharpa!

So having filmed the characters I then had to find and record the music. Youtube and google were my friends. I "grabbed" and audio file from a youtube video fro Grizzly Hilsl, made the video. Then found the dots online and recorded my own version added wind/forest noise and there you have it.

The dots came from here and I am very grateful to Seda Baykara for having figured out the notation! It made it possible for me to record it quickly!

It's been fun watching the nyckelharpa community discuss what should and shouldn't have been the strength and weaknesses of the 3-row. 😂

Enjoy! Share far and wide!

:))

Vicki

Byss-Calle Number 31

Hello!

We have World Nyckelharpa Day coming up on the 26th April and I've just finished filming a little video for the Byss-Calle 57. We're making a playlist of as many of the Byss-Calle 57 tunes as possible and I chose to do number 31. This was supposed to be a video of the group at Halsway Manor, but the course was cancelled duo to the Coronavirus lockdown. So green screen it was!

Enjoy!

:))

Vicki

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