I've been chatting with a young lady in Austria who would really love to get a nyckelharpa, and/or lessons. Is anyone planning a tour into Europe? Or to go...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Aug 3, 2007 4:57 pm
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Dear Sheila Tell that young austrian Lady that she might get more informations on http://www.nyckelharpa-online.de/joomla That is a german forum specialized...
Gunter Streffing
strepipanyk@...
Aug 3, 2007 7:28 pm
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Yes, thank you Gunter! I knew there were some players in Northern Europe (outside of Sweden), but had no contact info. This should be very helpful! Sheila...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Aug 3, 2007 11:22 pm
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I am about to start on a university project, on the nyckelharpa - this is a Technology of Music course with the Open University in the UK. Does anyone know...
Nick, I would start with items available here: http://www.nyckelharpa.org/resources/nh_plans.html Good luck! Regards, Karen Myers Karen.L.Myers@... (email)...
There was also a quite technical article in NyckelNotes once, though I'm not sure which issue. Somewhere in the middle of the pack, would be my guess. All...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Aug 9, 2007 2:57 pm
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I've just been digging through some old issues and found one article by Rob Krapfl in the May 2000 (Issue #19) entitled "Experimenting with Strings" which may...
TNewcomb@...
Aug 9, 2007 4:03 pm
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D'Addario's web site has a tension guide that includes unit weight. I believe that most of us use their strings for the sympathetic strings and you can find...
You can touch base with John Wendell, he had done a lot of work in this area. You can reach him at opeapea@... Doug [Non-text portions of this message...
I'm looking to buy a Swedish Cittra for my daughter to play with our family group. Does anyone know where I might be able to buy one, either in the US or...
If you mean a swedish dulcimer (like the appalachian mountain dulcimer), it is called hummel and not something you go and buy in any music shop. In Sweden...
I think Mel actually means a cittra (zither), not a hummel. I think Gottfrid Johansson's sells them, at least they used to. Yes, I see on their website they...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Sep 1, 2007 11:19 pm
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Well, my point is there is nothing like a "Swedish Cittra". This was and is in my opinion a German instrument but became enormously popular un Sweden in the...
The one illustration from Jan, http://www.blocket.se/vi/12627109.htm?ca=11_s, seems to be from the same maker as mine, pictures of which can be still seen...
Jan--that was interesting information! I certainly didn't realize the cittra was such a modern inclusion into the Swedish pantheon of instruments. Karen--yet...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Sep 2, 2007 4:41 pm
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try looking at these sites: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittra http://www.visarkiv.se/folkmusikboken/Kapitel2/sida_20.htm ...
Thanks, Laurel. But caution to everyone about what you read online. The reference at the end of the Swedish Wikipedia article is wrong - it's not a cittra in...
Thanks for the links, especially the middle one. The Systrenbox.com translation is: Cittra Picture 18. Sigrid Halvarsson, Brunskog, plays ackordcittra. Photo:...
One other really good link: http://www.minermusic.com/dolceola/fretless_zithers.htm NOW, let's get back to nyckelharpor! Karen Myers Karen.L.Myers@......
Okay Karen.back to nyckelharpor you say.what are you working on at the moment? I found some people overhere who are into folkmusic who mainly play the ...
Tim & Carolyn - together again! An evening of nyckelharpa and fiddle will be presented in Sebastopol, California on Friday, September 28 by Tim Rued and ...
forwarded from the SCAND list..posted by Beth Kolle The talented Swedish duo, Dråm, is coming back to Seattle! Erik Ask-Upmark & Anna Rynefors Erik Ask-Upmark...
Oh....I would so love to see them! I saw them last year at the Pennsic War, and I have their Dram cd. If you have the chance to go...don't miss them!!...
Does anyone live in northern OH, western NY, or eastern PA? Maybe eastern MI? I am hoping to learn to play my grandfather's old nyckelharpa, and am looking...
OK, this question came to me through the ANA website....anyone ever seen this image? Do we think it is a nyckelharpa, or something else, and if so, what? I'm...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Sep 18, 2007 2:11 am
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Hi Sheila, You're right, Yahoo removes non-text messages. I am curious. Would you send it directly to me, also you might send it to Bart. Actually, you...
yes--go to "visit your group on the web" click on photos in the left hand column and at the bottom of the page is "add photo" link...where you can browse the...
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