from Robert ap Huw manuscript pages 56-57, as taught by Paul Dooley at the Edinburgh International Harp Festival 2010. Recorded in 2010 on something that was very noisy! I must redo it ....

Yddigan y Droell

Waltz after Lasse in Lyby from Skåne. Heard from The Nordic Fiddlers' Bloc; the dots are on folkwiki.se

Vals efter Lasse i Lyby

A very old traditional Shetland tune; Tom Anderson thought it is probably Norse. I think these old Shetland tunes will go well on the nyckelharpa.

Da Day Dawn

An old Shetland lullaby. There's a great recording on Kevin Henderson's "Fin da Laand Ageen".

Minnie o' Shirva's Cradle Song

Gradually getting (slightly) better - now have a few tunes I can almost play without fluffs. The repeats in this are not really right ...

Skålarna, skänklåt efter Byss-Calle (nr 9)

One aim with the nyckelharpa is to play some of the lovely old (and not so old) Shetland tunes that I think go really well on it. Not reels I think, but the slow "listening tunes" especially.

Da Silver Bow

First heard from Ruth Morris in Bellevue Rendezvous. Written by Erik Olsson, I understand as a young boy, for his father. A lovely tune - I decided to use the acoustics of an empty room, just decorated! Wish I could keep it that way .... ;-)

Låt till Far

Taught by Magnus Holmström at Halsway 2016 - played here in our Yule home session on nyckelharpa, with Iain Kelly and Les McPhail on fiddles.

Polska Efter Spel-Erik

Starting out with the kontrabas - finding tunes that I can use to learn how to play it! Still need a bit more control over the bow when moving from top to bottom string. The tune is by Pelle Svensson from Trönö in Hälsingland.

Flickorna Svensson

Testing out my new sE X1 A microphone - on fiddle, with guitarist and sound engineer Malcolm

The Shetland Molecule (John McCusker) - recording test

First test with my new Focusrite Scarlett Solo 2nd edition. Four nyckelharpa and two fiddle lines. First test - no retakes! Instruments panned across a bit and levels balanced a bit but that's all. The computer is a Raspberry Pi 3 model B which is clearly fully up to the task using Audacity.

Äpplebo Ganglåt

Another test with the new usb interface. Four nyckelharpa tracks with the melody, two fiddle tracks with the stamma and a "church organ" (my Yamaha piano!). Fun fun!

John Cooke

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