Hi everyone, I am looking for the notes and an mp3 of the Roros pols fra Dalarna. Is there anybody out there who can help me out? Thanks! :-) Chiara [Non-text...
... Um... Røros is a town in Norway, "pols" is Norwegian word (for the dance), "fra" is Norwegian for "from"; but "Dalarna" is a province in Sweden. So ...
Hi Bart, You are right. I do have some notes but they are not good at all and on the same page it says fra Dalarna. But it’s a Rorospols I’m looking for...
Your "notes" are not musical notes -- you don't have any written music for the Rørospols, right? There's no way to tell from you description which tune it...
"Part of it is usually played on hardanger"???? And then the fiddler switches to flat fiddle in the middle of the tune?? Or what? I think you/we need more...
Sheila
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Apr 11, 2008 8:40 pm
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Chiara, if you have some notes, better send them to someone to look at. Otherwise there's no hope of identifying this. You can send them to me offline, if you...
Hi Bart, My notes ARE musical notes but there is harmony written through it and it's not clear to me what the basic melody of the part I should play, is. The ...
... So you're good to go now? If not, can you scan the page and email it to Karen and myself? Perhaps we can make sense of it. Bart -- Bart Brashers 3039 NW...
Hmmm--there is an area of Värmland called "Dalarne", but it seems a bit far to be so strongly influenced as to play music from Røros--800 km. The fact that...
Sheila
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Apr 11, 2008 9:19 pm
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Yes, but now we have a clue - it's in 3 parts. I only have one 3-part pols on my site... By any chance, Chiara, does #2748 on this link look familiar? ...
Hi Karen, Sheila and Bart, First of all, thanks for all your help so far! :-) I just moved last week, and my scanner doesn’t work yet. The rorospols I have,...
OK, I know this thread has gotten away from nyckelharpa, but one last posting: Vidar Lande is recognized not only as one of the best hardingfele players in...
Sheila
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Apr 12, 2008 2:15 am
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Among my transcriptions, I have this tune under the name "I brøllopsgården". The tune is attributed to Vidar Lande. Fred ... [Non-text portions of this...
Well, part A is similar but not identical to both versions of I Bröllopsgården I have, but they have different B parts from eachother, and one of them...
Is anyone going to be at the Vasen concert in Jamestown, NY this coming Sunday? (April 20, 5pm - Scharmann Theatre, Jamestown Community College) I'm going with...
Howdy All, I'm selling my beloved 'harpa to pay some bills. Definitely not my first choice, but so it goes. And I've been wanting to build one anyway, so...
I wanted to let everyone know about a new option in nyckelharpa cases. I've have been corresponding with Suzan, the president of Soaring Spirit Designs...
Hi there, Anybody going to the SFFFF? I will be playing with our band Vecernica on Saturday at 6 pm. They are trying to get me to play the nyckelharpa besides...
Chiara-- Don't pass up the chance to spread the nyckelharpa gospel!! Even if you only play a couple of tunes, folks'll love it! Sheila...
Sheila
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May 20, 2008 2:37 am
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Hi Sheila, I would love to work on spreading the nyckelharpa gospel. The thing is that they want me to play polska's and I find the bowing hard. I still don't...
I believe the S.F. Free Folk Fest is in june... I have played there before! I also played nyckelharpa at the VASA Convention in Redding a couple of weeks ago ...
... that ... see ... If you have a fast enough Internet connection and Skype installed on your computer, I would be happy to demonstrate the benefits of polska...
You are right Laurel; June 21 and 22. If you want to check it out this is the link to the SFFFF website: www.sffolkfest.org/2008/index.html Wow, you are...
