Hello!
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!
:)
Vx
Hello!
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!
:))
Vicki
A great tune, it's a kontrabasharpa tune, but fits so well on the säckpipa that how knows which version came first! So as well as the version on säckpipa I've included it on kontrabasharpa so you can see how it turns out on that instrument! The full title is Kontrabasharpapolskan efter Calle Svankvist. If you wanted to dance to this a bakmes would be appropriate! More about him later!
Enjoy!
:))
Vix
Hello!
I felt it was time for another video. I've got some new mouth blown säckpipa so I really wanted to give them a real burst. I had a few problems with tuning, so I think we've got a way to go before them and me are really working together well, but it's not a bad start!
This is another tune from Småland and it works well on both the Swedish säckpipa and on the Scottish smallpipes - (as long as you have the raised 7th on both, which I do!)
It's a slängpolska and I've played it as a duet on both one after the other. There is a bit of a pitch slide going on in the middle to get both sets of pipes to meet and the nyckelharpa wasn't really that happy, but we all got to the end!
Enjoy!
:))
Hello!
I've bought some new software, so I've been playing with it today. I've recorded and videoed a nice little polska from Småland. I spent a while looking for a tune with the G natural in it because it had been requested, but I still wanted it playable on normal SSPs (i.e. not with the minor 6) and this is the one I found!
It's playable on both säckpipa and Scottish smallpipes as long as you have a thumb hole for the right hand. I spent so long on the arrangement that I ran out of time to create the Scottish small pipe version - but after you've watched the video I'm sure you'll forgive me!
The duet part that is included isn't playable as written on the pipes, but I thought you might like it anyway and it would be quite easy just to put the notes that are too low up and octave. This is how I played it.
So this is a polska I've found on my search for bagpipe-able tunes from Småland. Polska after Jonas Hansson and it's from the Carl-Erik Södling manuscript. I think it's gorgeous! See what you think!
:)
Vx
Hello!
A new year and a new start! It's definitely time to start blogging again, I'm in the middle of some pretty hefty work on Swedish säckpipa tunes and putting together a collection of tunes from the county of Småland, where my family is from. It's been a pretty intense time collating this collection. So for the next six months I want to share some of what I've found. As much as possible I'm going to try to blog versions of tunes on both Scottish smallpipes and the Swedish säckpipa, it won't always be possible, but here goes nothing!
So I'm kicking off the year with a tune called Polska fern Gladhammar after Johan Petter.
Enjoy!
:))
Vicki
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