How to play your first tones DHW 2024-12-08

How to play your first tones

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4:11h

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It takes som time to learn nyckelharpa

As a start I can admit that for me, starting to play nyckelharpa was a bit easier because I had already played the violin for many years. I was 16 when I started with the nyckelharpa and by then I had played the violin since I was 7. Why do I think the violin lead to a easier start with the nyckelharpa? Because I had learn how to old and handle the bow.

I say this because it is with the bow you will make your magic. To press the keys on the nyckelharpa with your left hand is just to teach your muscle memory, but to play with the bow is about feeling, rythm and all the other magic your brain and emotions can help you with.

You need to be able to play clean and nice tunes with your bow to be able to master the nyckelharpa. Therefor we will focus a lot on playing your first tones in this course. 

Completing this course will help you:

Who is the course for?

This is for the beginner but for you to have played another string + bow instrument before and for you to have never touched a bow

Learning Path

The bow is made of horse tail hair and when this moves against the string the string starts to vibrate. The vibration creates the tone.

It is important how you hold to bow and how you attack the string. You can go easy or you go in with full power, and everything in between. 

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Maybe one of the most boring practices to do, yet one of the most important one. You need to learn how to use the whole bow, because you paid for the whole of it. 

In this lesson we play two long tones on each string. Try to make take sound equally whatever part of the bow you are using. 

Video x Min  

Play short tones on each open string to get practice in a more fast bowing pattern

We practive both long and short tones where the bow needs to do both long and short strokes, all still on open strings

Video x Min  

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Questions, send me as many as you want!

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