Good afternoon all, Last night I was checking out youtube for any new nyckelharpa videos. I saw these two by what look like a group of Asian street musicians....
... Wow, that's pretty amazing! I count 5 nyckelharpas, 2 fiddles, 2 guitars, and that unknown instrument on the table. The two tunes are certainly ...
... Check more: http://www.nyckelharpajapan.org/ ... I would think it's a kind of dulcimer from that region. It's a Finnish kantele. Per-Ulf ... -- Per-Ulf...
Per-Ulf Allmo
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Dec 2, 2008 6:24 pm
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... Thanks -- I looked up kantele online, and that definitly seems to be it....
I'm about to restring my harpa, D'Addario giving Helicore cello strings a try (for the lower three strings, anyway). What do folks do with the "excess" length...
If you cut the string past the point where the colored thread is wound on, it loses internal tension and starts to unwind, and destroys the string. I'm told...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJOw6SPswZQ&NR=1 the taller guy in the folk costume seems as if he might be a "westerner" or Swede- any guesses as to who? and i...
It's pretty blurry, but going largely by the hat, it could be Leif Alpsjö...wonder if he's ever taught in Japan? Sheila...
Sheila
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Dec 24, 2008 7:08 pm
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I agree. It's Leif. I even hear him singing along with the tune while he plays. I guess it's also pretty good evidence that he's taught in Japan. John ... ...
Hi All, My bet is that it is definitely Leif, as he wrote to us recently that he spent two weeks in Japan this fall. SMILE, Virginia T. ... [Non-text portions...
Just read the japanese comment that in fact states that it is Mr Alpsjö..... ... Jan Winter The Liraman Experience: http://www.tongang.se/liraman/ Myspace:...
The nyckelharpa will be featured on the nationally broadcast show, WoodSongs – a weekly one hour show produced in Lexington, KY featuring folk, grassroots,...
Wow, that is quite something! Thanks for letting us know Doug! And Happy New Year to everybody on this list! Chiara _____ From: nyckelharpa@yahoogroups.com...
I plan to restring my harpa with cello strings in a few days, but want to make sure I understand the correspondence of the cello strings to harpa strings...
Hi Rob, That's not what I've used in the past, when I used cello strings. I used a Cello D as a harpa C(2), a Cello G as a harpa G(3), and a Cello C as a...
Rob-- I'd probably take the relevant strings (or the harpa) to the music store and have them measure the diameter of the strings, and then use whatever is...
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Jan 6, 2009 11:23 pm
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Rob, What Bart suggested is entirely correct. You use the three heavier (and more expensive :-( ) strings for the C, G, C. Then most people use a .20-.18...
Hey Rob. Here is another alternative: Cello D = Nyckelharpa C Cello G = Nyckelharpa G and Cello G = Nyckelharpa C (which I often tune to A or D). So long as...
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Jan 7, 2009 8:15 am
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I have found that I prefer the Helicore cello strings for all but the A string. They are much softer than the Prim regular nyckelharpa strings. I use them...
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I find myself with a new-to-me octav nyckelharpa and now would like to get new strings. Does anyone have suggestions? I have new strings for the resonating...
Renowned fiddler, composer, teacher, and scholar Sven Ahlbäck will come to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island this April 16-18. Sven will hold two...
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