Back from a great day of music at the Northern Streams festival; the nyckelharpa had a lot of exercise in the workshops and session (the only nyckelharpa there I’m afraid!). Superb workshops from Sally Simpson and Markus Räsänen (Swedish tunes) and Ingunn Bjørgo and Åasmund Reistad (Norwegian tunes). Ingunn and Åasmund also gave a fantastic performance at the concert in the evening – she does write some beautiful tunes. Also an interesting workshop on playing for dancing (that will be useful for the Greenbank Buskers ceilidh band!) and a session where we played what we’d learned as well as other songs and tunes – the nyckelharpa used for “Da Silver Bow” again (Sally knew that one), and did a duet of “Emma from Finland” with a friendly melodeon in the cafe!
Here’s a video from the TMSA (the Edinburgh branch organises the Northern Streams Festival) until the Facebook link breaks:
https://www.facebook.com/TMSAEdinburghandLothians/videos/979139718848812/?hc_ref=ARQTHTAvspSQgTIP2___gxq-6-llxZgUgk7miAgYWGUO6q1iyFv6SBpfotk5YD2Sk5Q