Gone with the Tide

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A really beautiful tune composed by Jock Agnew who sadly died in October this year. Written for border pipes - this is it played on Scottish Smallpipes in A.
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Enjoy
Vicki

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Dusty Pipes

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A nice little tune that I teach, so thought I should upload a video of it!
Enjoy
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Vx

Virtual Session in the bar at Halsway Manor - The säckpipa session!

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I'm pretty sure most people will know I spend most of my time on my nyckelharpa blog. I've been running a virtual session there since the middle of May. This week however, Jonny couldn't be with me and it became a säckpipa friendly session! So join in with me and see what happens when Jonny can't come!

The tune list is as follows:

• Långdans från Sollerön
• Menuetto efter Sven Donat
• Pollonesse efter Andreas Dahlgren Nr. 87
• Röra Röret
• Gärdsbygubbarnas Polska
• PDF of the dots
• Blog entry for this session

As we've said before, these sessions take a lot of time to put together and we definitely enjoy doing them. But I am up against a pretty hard deadline with the Virtual Halsway - so there may not be any sessions between now and then as I put together that weekend.

This leads me on to two little adverts!

The Virtual Halsway Weekend. I should have been at Halsway Manor on the 18th and 19th September with many other nyckelharpa players. As we can't do this I'm running some online workshops and session. You'll find all the information on my actual website - Click here! But we have Peter Hedlund, Leif Alpsj¨ø and Thor Pleijel doing some Zoom workshops. I am giving a nyckelharpa focussed Zoom concert in the evening. So check out the website and get yourself booked on!!

My second advert is for a Crowdfunding project I'm doing - an album of Dances from Terpsichore by Praetorius on nyckelharpa quintet. As of today I'm at 50% funded with three weeks to go.  Check it out!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/hearts-eyes

See you at the session on Sunday!

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Vicki

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Polska efter Oppigårds Lars

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A really popular polska this week!
Enjoy!
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Vicki

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Polska efter Lennart Skoglund

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A polska today. The full title is really - Polska ur Lennart Skoglunds Notbok. There are some lovely little quirky things in the rhythm in the second half so watch out!
Enjoy!
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Whist With A Twist

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It's time for a Scottish small pipe tune that I wrote today. It's a great tune for technique as well as rocking along. It's a four part jig that I wrote when I was playing around with the idea of implying chords within pipe tunes. You need to make sure your fingers are really accurate! Don't be sloppy when it's slow as it'll be impossible to play accurately fast!

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Vicki

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Schottis efter Axel Sjölander

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It's time for a schottis! We've not had one for a while! This is another one from Småland - Tingsås. It was found in the manuscript by Magnus Gustafsson.
Enjoy!
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Vx

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Menueto efter Sven Donat

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A really lovely simple little tune from the collection of Sven Donat in Småland.
Enjoy!
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Polska efter Rolig Pers Andersson

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Another tune from Dalarna, this time from Gagnef - a most excellent place! Enjoy!
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Polska efter Anders Lundin

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A polska from Älvdalen in Dalarna today. A lovely mix of swung dotted quaver/semi-quaver and semi-quavers. Enjoy!
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Hamburska efter Pehr Ericsson

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This is the last of my Swedish tunes on the Scottish smallpipes for a while as I switch back to the säckpipa for a while now. This has to be one of my most favourite tunes I play on the pipes. Watch out for the rhythm, let it swing and enjoy!
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Polska efter Måns Olsson

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Another polska on the säckpipa. Polska efter Måns Olsson from Jämtland.
Enjoy!
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Hambo Polska efter Theodor Freyland

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This is a hambo polska. The hambo is a great little dance and this fits perfectly on the Scottish smallpipes! Enjoy.

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Polska efter Per Gustaf Florell

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Today we have an 8-note polska. It's a great little polska on the säckpipa. Enjoy!
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Polska från Gladhammar

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This is really a slängpolska, so slightly slower than an eight note polska and we have three distinct beats to the bar, rather than the one-three-one that happens in the eight note. It's a great tune that I have done before on this blog - but it's worth coming back to!
Enjoy!
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Vx

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Polska efter Andreas Dahlgren (Nummer 87)

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Säckpipa tune time! A tune from Småland. Pollonesse efter Andreas Dahlgren, number 87.
Enjoy
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Polska efter Oppigårds Lars

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This tune is a really great tune from a Swedish piper. The trick with this tune is the staccato, short sharp notes at the beginning, trying to make them sound snappy like they do on the säckpipa.
Enjoy!
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Säckpipslåt efter Jont Lars Olsson

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A real classic säckpipa tune today, one that is or should be in everyone's repertoire. It's an eight note polska, meaning you swing it!
Enjoy!
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Polska efter Lennart Skoglund

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A polska today on the Scottish smallpipes. It's an eight note polska, so that means make sure you swing the dotted quaver/semi quaver figures. Watch out for the sei-quavers in the B part. It also needs a C natural thumb hole for the right hand. It's a great polska though - I love it!
Enjoy!
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Polska efter Gabriel Fredrik Johansson

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A polska today from Karlstorp in Småland - after Gabriel Fredrik Johansson. It's a slängpolska, so three distinct beats in the bar. A great tune, fits superbly on the säckpipa.

Enjoy!

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Schottis efter Axel Sjölander

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Another Swedish tune for the Scottish smallpipes today Schottis efter Axel Sjölander. This tune is from Tingsås in Småland and was found in the manuscript of Magnus Gustafsson. This tune is great for practising repeated notes and it has a lot of repeated notes!
Enjoy!
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Gammal Schottis efter Bengt Håkansson

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A schottis on the säckpipa today. This tune needs a thumb hole on the right hand to give you the minor third, the G natural. It was found in August Strömbergs collection in Småland.
It's a great little schottis, so enjoy!

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Menueto efter Sven Donat

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It's time for some Swedish tunes played on the Scottish smallpipes! This is a really pretty simple little tune found in the collection of Sven Donat. This is a tune from Småland - which as you've probably guess is my home area and something that interests me a lot!!
Enjoy!
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Min Lilla Lisa

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A really sweet little tune today. It's from Jät in Småland and was from August Strömbergs collection.
Enjoy!
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Vicki
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Lästringe Gånglåt

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A tune that I taught at Halsway Manor last year at the säckpipa weekend. This tune was written by Anders Andersson as is at it was heard played by Pontus Estling at the christening of Prince Alexanders Christening on the 9th September 2016. We were all so excited to  hear this at the time!
It's a lovely little tune!
Enjoy!
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Polska från Säfsnäs

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I got behind on sharing the videos that I made for the Halsway weekend last year, so here is another of those. Polska från Säfsnäs. I learnt this from the recording by Per Gudmundson and he lists it after Wictor Gustavson.
Enjoy!
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Vicki