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Scandinavian Camp at Mendocino Woodlands, Northern Calif. Several dozen Scandinavian dancers and musicians gathered at the historic Mendocino Woodlands, a...
Hej Marilee and Michael! Hope all is well with both of you! Is the Nyckelharpa Jam still going to happen at your place at the end of the month? We're...
This last message may be a mystery to some--I believe it refers to Marilee and Michael Cowan from near Portland, Oregon, who host a nyckelharpa stemma in June....
well, i was referring to this mystery message: "Hej Marilee and Michael! Hope all is well with both of you! Is the Nyckelharpa Jam still going to happen at...
I rec'd this from the Omaha area Contra Dance list: (hopefully someone from here will be able to enjoy this) On Saturday, March 19, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.,...
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 ...
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