Polska efter Calle Svankvist

Hello!

It's the final track on the album now and it consists of three tunes, a polska and two slip jigs. So this is the polska. It should really be played on a kontrabasharpa, which means that the melody is all on the top string of the nyckelharpa and there should be an A drone underneath it. There's a video below of me playing it on a kontra, I play it in C minor and then D minor in that video and swap drones half way through.
Enjoy!

:))

Vicki (& Jonny)

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Midsommarn

Hello!

Today we have the third tune in the set that on the album is called Midsommarn and this is Midsommarn itself.  Again this is a silverbasharpa tune that can be played against a CD drone on a standard modern nyckelharpa. The run in bars three and four of the B part are the tricky part on the nyckelharpa.

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Vicki (& Jonny)

 

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Marsch efter Calle Svankvist

Hello!

Today we have the second tune in the set that on the album is called Midsommarn (that tune is tomorrow!) Again this is a silverbasharpa tune that can be played against a CD drone on a standard modern nyckelharpa. But it works just as well on a kontrabasharpa with a G drone, see the trio video below.  So who was this Calle Svankvist, the fact that this tune works on either kontrabasharpa and silverbasharpa could help us to date him.... Watch this space to find out!

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Vicki (& Jonny)

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Långsammapolskan

Hello!
So as we're releasing the tunes from our latest album I thought this was the best place to start! The start of the latest album, Twelve Months & A Day. The album starts with a track called Andy Clarke's and this track has three tunes written by Jonny Dyer in it. The first tune is called Långsammapolskan. This means "The Slow Polska". We play it on guitar and violin pitched nyckelharpa. So here are the dots, the teaching video and even the sleeve notes that we filmed. (Did I hear the work geek there? I think you're probably right!)
Next tune soon!
Enjoy!
:))
Vicki (& Jonny)

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