Settle (UK) Scandinavian Festival

Subject: Settle (UK) Scandinavian Festival
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 20 Apr 04 - 09:34 AM

Friday 30th April to Monday 3rd May 2004
Settle & Stainforth

A programme of Swedish traditions from Uppland, with
Cajsa Ekstav, Ditte Andersson & Michael Näslund (who form the group Tresmak)teaching fiddle and nyckelharp plus dances from Uppland,
joined by fiddler Bosse Larsson (nephew of Viksta Lasse) & a Norwegian programme of music and dance led by Vegar Vårdal, fiddler, hardanger fiddle player and dancer together with dance tutor Mete Vårdal and fiddlers Ragnhild Furebotten and Gjermund Larsen

Kerry Fletcher will be running a complete programme of dance workshops for beginners and improvers with Emma Reid on fiddle.

There is still room for beginner's dance and the Saturday evening concert.

More details and enquiries at http://www.ydw.org.uk/

Subject: RE: Settle (UK) Scandinavian Festival
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 04:55 AM

Any beginners want to learn the art of all that twirling to poskas, this is the place for you!

Cheers
Sarah

Subject: RE: Settle (UK) Scandinavian Festival
From: GUEST,fiddler
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 05:23 AM

what tunings are mostly used by Scandinavian fiddle players

Subject: RE: Settle (UK) Scandinavian Festival
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 05:37 AM

Swedish = G D A E

Norwegian Hardanger is the one that differs (and I can't remember how but guess I will be finding out first hand on Saturday.

Cheers
Sarah

Subject: RE: Settle (UK) Scandinavian Festival
From: GUEST,Sarah
Date: 23 Apr 04 - 05:40 AM

Found this on Hardanger tuning - presumably those of us without the instrument itself can just use the overstring tuning:

"Hardanger fiddle overstrings are tuned many different ways but the most common tuning is standard violin tuning except for the G which is raised to an A. The understrings are tuned to different tunings depending on how the overstrings are tuned. With the overstrings tuned to ADAE the understrings will usually be tuned to DEFA. If your hardanger overstrings are tuned to standard violin tuning, GDAE, then your understrings should be tuned to DEGA. "

Cheers
Sarah