Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa

Subject: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: open mike
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 01:36 PM

The Key Fiddle or Bowed Hurdy Gurdy as it is also called,
can be found on the Swedish postage stamps (75 Ore) and
the currency (50 Kronor note) as well as at many folk
festivals, concerts, spelmanslag, stemmor, etc.

see www.nyckelharpa.org, www.nyckelharpa.net, www.nyckelharpa.com
for more info.

there are other threads on this..but i was inspired to start this one
in response to a "national instrument of Enland" thread.

Laurel

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: open mike
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 01:48 PM

the other message has a list of 6 links connected to it from 2002
Click here.

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Spleen Cringe
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 02:49 PM

Check out the very good Nyckelharpa orchestra and Olav Johansson CDs on Northside. Great sounding instrument beautifully played. I think there are sound files on the Northside website.

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: open mike
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 03:12 PM

yep--www.noside.com
see earlier threads

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 06:37 AM

Swedish nyckelharpa player Johan Hedin is to appear at Islington Folk Club on November 13 and is also doing workshops in nyckelharpa and Swedish fiddle over the subsequent weekend, also in London.

I've booked my train tickets already

Cheers
Sarah

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Fidjit
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 06:51 AM

Viki Swan plays one site here

If you don't know what they look like. We have the leader of our "Spelmännslag" = Team, playing one here

We have our 75th anniversary this year with a concert on November 8th.

You should check out the Swedish ahref="http://www.sackpips.smedja.com/">bagpipe as well

Chas

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Fidjit
Date: 18 Sep 08 - 06:54 AM

Swedish bagpipes

That should work.

Chas

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Fidjit
Date: 26 Sep 08 - 07:31 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Michael
Date: 26 Sep 08 - 07:53 AM

Sam Pirt also plays one.

Mike

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Fidjit
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 08:12 AM

Now I've gone for the Durspel.

Melodeon to you lot.


Just back from Stowmarket where ten of us were on a course with Emmanuel Pariselle to put one together.


You get the pictures on
my myspace site

Chas

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: GUEST,From: open mike
Date: 23 Oct 08 - 10:04 PM

For fans of weird news, there is a website called fark.com.
Today they have discovered the nyckelharpa, and had members have fun
with photoshopping a picture of an old harpa.
Here is a link, if you are interested:

http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=3949700

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: open mike
Date: 24 Oct 08 - 12:22 PM

Fark members' photoshop images of antique nyckelharpa

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Fidjit
Date: 25 Oct 08 - 12:43 PM

I always though you could do something else with it.

Chas

Subject: RE: Sweden's Nat'l Instrument:: Nyckelharpa
From: Alice
Date: 29 Dec 09 - 11:28 AM

refresh