And there's this interesting passage, from "Om Nyckelharpospelet p� Skansen": A harpa-player can seldom avoid dragging his loose bow-hair across all the...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Jul 8, 2008 8:49 pm
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A question for all of you......in a recent edition of NyckelNotes, someone mentioned having trouble agreeing on a key for Josefins dopvals--they couldn't...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Jul 10, 2008 8:39 pm
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Hi Sheila, I always play it in F for the same reasons you do (plus that's how they played it at camp), but being that I live in Vermont which is thick with...
TNewcomb@...
Jul 10, 2008 9:08 pm
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It's G vs F for the folks I play with, on both coasts (no doubt for the reasons Sheila itemizes). I've never heard of D or E choices. So, those who use D or...
Here in Seattle, we play it in G or F. I also learned it off the V�sen recording originally, so F was also the first key I played it in. Bart would usually...
Looks like I read that wrong from that website. Sorry. Glad I was wrong. It was referring to another tune when the ballad was mentioned. I don't know what...
Hi There. Forgive my intrusion, as a Duet Concertina player, (but, I do have connections with the Harpa, honest!). For a laugh, I've just sat down and played...
Ralph.Jordan@...
Jul 11, 2008 5:29 am
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... certain key, If you consider C Major to be neutral, the more sharps you add, tends to make the tune slightly happier, and conversely, the more flats you...
On a truly well-tempered instrument, there is no specific key flavor - this isn't magic. Many instruments are not well-tempered, of course. Many instruments ...
On a truly well-tempered instrument, there is no specific key flavor - this isn't magic. Many instruments are not well-tempered, of course. Many instruments ...
Even on a well-tempered instrument, to me a tune in A does sound entirely different with a different temperament than an tune is say B flat. I know that...
Well, but on what instrument? If nyckelharpa, that falls into the well-tempered (potentially) but resonance-preferences class, so it's not an "all things being...
Hello Karen Kiara John W. I didnt mean to start a fight honest!!! I am not a musicologist in any sense, but, I feel how things sound. Josefins (to get back to...
Ralph.Jordan@...
Jul 11, 2008 7:28 pm
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Hi Ralph, You didn't start a fight. You started an interesting discussion. Thanks for that :-) Chiara _____ From: nyckelharpa@yahoogroups.com...
Hi Karen and all, Well, but on what instrument? On a piano, guitar, accordion and recorder.I don't know of an instrument that doesn't make it feel different to...
OK, here, from a bit of a mathematical perspective, is why pieces can sound so different in different keys on the nyckelharpa. Here we go: Let's start with the...
To add another factor into the mix--not all listeners are created equal, either! There is something called "synthesia", in which some people associate certain...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Jul 12, 2008 3:45 pm
1195
And to this bystander, there remains the question -- "Where is answer to Sheila's initial enquiry about Josafins Dopvals in E and D?" Lars ... Från: Sheila...
the answer is simple... most people play it in F (as Väsen does) ... From: Lars Olson To: nyckelharpa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:51 PM ...
For those who haven't heard the recording by Vaesen (there maybe a few of you, but not many), here is the link to You Tube where you can hear and see them play...
YES ... From: Trella To: nyckelharpa@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [nyckelharpa] Josefins dopvals - Listen to it on You...
I should maybe point out that this discussion doesn't seem to exist in Sweden, only here in the US. My initial question was sparked by the article in...
Sheila
spmorris@...
Jul 12, 2008 11:08 pm
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Thank you Anders for assuring me I am in majority, being one of those folks that learned it in F, once or thrice removed from a Väsen recording. However, I...
I was there and we were discussing F (my preference) or G (which I do not know as well), not D or E, so those were typos. This has been a very interesting...
I play it in F on the NH, but on this side of the pond most fiddlers that I have heard, including those who play other Swedish music, play it in G. Moreover...
Reply to Lars. Well here in the UK there is certainly one fiddle player Barbara Kelly who plays it in F!!! (She's also learning the Harpa!) This has been one...
Ralph.Jordan@...
Jul 13, 2008 6:17 am
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The popularity among Irish could be a result of the fact that Väsen have performed several times with Dervish (in Sweden and in Ireland). This winter there...
Don't thank me for that. I play in a local group and they play it in G! This may be a result of the fact that it's easy to learn tunes on a NH when you play in...
Hummm, have learned lots of Uppland tunes on nyckelharpa in recent years. Never found it easier in any one key. But then, I don't have a bunch of ancient...
For what it is worth, there are a number of us in California that also play Josefins dopvals in G. Toby ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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