That's such a nice comment, and nyckelharpa and mountains are one of the best combos ;) Thank you

Wowm that's a compliment going straight to my heart, as contributing to the world's beauty is one of my main goals in life ! Thanks a lot !

Oh I'm really glad that it was helping you to feel better !

Thank you a lot ! Yes nyckelharpa is an amazing instrument, it never ceases to fascinate me.

@@EmelieWaldken I’m interested in potentially getting into learning how to play one. I know of a guy in the United States who builds them for people, but can I ask a little bit about how do you tune it if it gets out of tune? How do you maintain and care for it when you have no one around besides yourself? And perhaps most importantly? Where or how do you find and write sheet music for it?

@@usaskjock The tuning is not that difficult at all =) - The playing strings (4 big ones on top) are tuned C-G-C-A traditionally (I tune C-G-D-A for more versatility). From the closest one to you to the one closest to the fingers. Same range as a viola. - The resonance strings can have various tunings but the idea is to have the 12 half-tones of the full chromatic scale. Many people start on a G or G# and then go chromatically all the way. Basically any schema works as long as the strings are tensed just enough. For maintenance I highly recommend turning to a violin builder, or a good guitar builder. They might open weird eyes at first but they can help a lot. A hurdy-gurdy maker can help too, especially about the keyboard. Find other nerds ! Many can do some maintenance themselves and can help you. Also join some FB groups about the instrument for any question you might have ! You can play pretty much everything on nyckelharpa, so any sheet music of what you want to play will do =) G-clef (soprano) it is, or possibly viola clef if your nyckelharpa has 4 rows and therefore a viola range. Note that as it's a folk instrument we usually play entirely by ear, without sheet music (but many people do use sheets when needed).

Thanks to you for the compliment !

Tack så mycket ! Jag jobbar mycket på sväng och energi i mitt spel, då blir jag väldigt glad att du kan höra det !

Danke für diese nette Wörter :)

Thank you very much !

Thanks for your so nice compliment Anicet ! Nyckelharpa isn't the easiest instrument indeed, but it's also very generous and feels (to me at least) always so eager to please, somehow ^^ Have a great time with it !

Thanks !

Dziękuję bardzo ! I'm glad you like it !

Oh waaaw such a comparison ! Thanks a lot ! Savall has been one of my favourite musicians since I'm a kid !

Vilken fin historia om den nyckelharpan ! Javisst det vore jättekul att spela på den ! Gör det ! Oftast är nyckelharpan stämd CGCA (nerifrån) och om resonanssträngar varierar det men du kan börja med det enkla G-G#-A-Bb-B-C-C#-D-Eb-E-F-F# (alltså kromatiskt). Lycka till !

Emilie Waldken tack så mycket för svar 😊

Yes, I am, just search for "Emelie Waldken". Very little uploaded for now but it's gonna grow quite a lot in the coming weeks and months !

@@EmelieWaldken Thank you for that personal reply. 😎

@@EmelieWaldken I could not find your great songs on Apple Music @ all. 😔😯 What happened?

Nyckelharpa

The tunes I teach in my Scandi Folk Tunes videos, I give the scores for on my Patreon. Klinten, however, is a tune composed by Markus Svensson and therefore he is the only one holding the rights to its score =)

@@EmelieWaldken- OK, I managed to understand that as I found out who he is. Anyway I love the piece but it's too hard for me at the moment ! However this afternoon I visited your patreon site and "normally" subscribed, (e mail and bank identity, photo etc). I really like the pieces you use for your first lessons. However now I've done that how on earth do I accede to the scores? They don't say anything about that afterwards. And they give no access code either! I don't really understand how it all works! All they ask me is to say who else's work I like and give reasons. It feels a bit as though subscribing was a waste of time. I can only hope it all works out in the end! So here I am listening to the #1 piece, Harjedalen schottisch and writing it all down myself! I also spent all morning trying to understand all the Swedish written on the Wikifolk site, with a dictionary! I don't know if I got very far! Is there no way on the mobile of getting Google to put it all into English? No button to push? It would be so much easier! I've been working hard non stop all day! And still am! All help is truly welcome! I wish you a peaceful evening!

@@dididoo Don't panic, I will go see on my Patreon where I should find you in my Patrons now and I'll help you from there =)

Don't worry I never panic. Just wondering...,🧐🥴

@@dididoo If your name on Patreon is anything similar to your name here on KZfaq, then you are not listed in my Patrons sadly. Something hasn't worked out.

Thanks well I'm a pro ;) I have tried playing on a hardingfele once, it's definitely on my list of instruments I'd like to have, learn and play ! I love the sound of it, and the repertoire associated to it.

Haha well it's composed by a Swedish musician, in Sweden, on a Swedish instrument, but it is a "scottish" so... I guess one can hear what they want in it ^^

Super d'avoir construit ta propre nyckelharpa ! Quel beau projet ! Maintenant c'est la "récompense" : jouer dessus. Bien du plaisir dans ce 2e chapitre !