How NOT to play the Nyckelharpa (April Fools)
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- čas přidán 7. 08. 2024
- Bad mentality, poor technique, narrow repertoire and discarding history and logic altogether : all the bad clichés about swedish Nyckelharpa I could think of, mashed in one satirical video. Enjoy !
The instrument is a swedish nyckelharpa, more infos here : www.emeliewaldken.net/nyckelh...
Builder of this one : Jean-Claude Condi (Mirecourt, France)
Background music : 'Ögaht' by my new project Yrrdøth with Rutja Ålvarsson on drums and vocals.
(Fake band, fake name, cliché themes and style.)
Costume & tablet weaving by Elwidar : / elwidar
Wig by Grimalkin Cosplay (Stockholm) : / grimalkincosplay
Special thanks to Yukine for the wig-crashcourse : www.etsy.com/people/YukineCos...
Many thanks to Maria for the borrowed jewelry, and to Erik and Elin for all the help.
Usually I play (seriously) scandinavian folk music on nyckelharpa and fiddle.
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Recorded march 2021 in Uppland, Sweden. - Hudba
Digital reverb, for that authentic 10th century Viking sound!
Well ya know, they had lots of synthetizers in their cathedrals back then.
@@EmelieWaldken ah yes, the famous Viking cathedrals!
@@EmelieWaldken 🤣
Jesus Christ the sovereign God loves you :" ) I hope you can personally get to to know the Holy Trinity
God did a miracle in my life, God healed me of my chronic breathing issues that plagued me if not most nights then every single night for years
God did this healing instantly within group prayer over my health
My bandmate told me he wanted to incorporate a more “Nordic” sound so I tried to teach him a halling and a slängpolska, and he said “no, I mean more like this,” and put on Wardruna.
At least he didn't go with Wagner.
Aouch. Congrats for your attempt at leading him into folk music =) Hope it will catch, with time, maybe !
Brilliant! I'm going to apply all of these tips to my Irish fiddle playing. Truth is universal !
Irish Vikings on Da Fiddle !! Aye !
I came across this video while cleaning, i was only listening to it, and i didnt read the title, so the entire time i was just like, THIS IS AWFUL ADVICE
You're welcome =)
So loved it! Awesome as always!
One of my favorite videos of yours! 😁
Highly inspiring! Now I am sure I can achieve anything I want - in your previous videos you gave us the false impression that playing the Nyckelharpa takes more time and efforts. Thanks so much for providing us with a new way of being a Nyckelharpa specialist. Greetings from Úblauðr Guðmundurson
Hej Úblauðr, I am sorry if I gave you false impressions in my previous videos. I hope this video corrects them and helps you become a trve nyckelharpa viking specialist. You seem on a good path already.
For the bow, I'd just use my Southwest Archery Recurve. That way, if some Orcs attack, I can use it to shoot arrows at them.
Even better ! A Trve Viking Elf ! You, sir, are a born master of nyckelharpa.
@@EmelieWaldken Now all I have to do is buy one!
Now imagine being in the talharpa community.
All my empathy to you guys.
Love your outfit! This video was 100%! Laughed so hard... As the Scandinavian pagan I actually am, you can imagine how I try to keep an extremely low profile, in order to avoid the attention of people who have watched way too many episodes of "Vikings". That series have caused an immense harm to everything even remotely Scandinavian, which will probably last for decades to come... Next time I hear someone shout "Skoll Ragnar!" I will scream! Also: all those DNA tests... yuck. :-)
Exactly !! I feel you, and totally agree about the series !
Thank you! I just watched your video and now I cant stop yoiking!
Love this video! =D Gillar humorn =) love & Ljus till dig 💚
Excellent video. Very helpful indeed. I now suddenly feel very confident that I could play the nyckelharpa to concert standard, which is remarkable considering I have never played so much as a single note on any instrument ever. Thank you so much for your inspiration.
This comment makes me so happy, glad I could help you unlock your true natural talent so that you'll be able to make a living with your concerts from tomorrow on.
@@EmelieWaldken I've already sold 100 tickets, and I've just ordered a second hand nyckelharpa on Ebay. I think this will be life changing. Thank you so much !
HEAR MY VOICE THIS IS ODIN CALLING YOU
TIMES HAVE CHANGED I'M A GENTLE GOD
NO MORE WAR JUST DESIGN OF FURNITURE
MASTER OF IKEA!!
Emelie, sooooo fantastic!!!
I just have to add two rules more :-)
First: You need of course a four-rowed nyckelharpa because the trad three-rowed is only a "Beginner-instrument"! haha (Yes, I had some customers who told me this)
Second: Trade with the typical internet behaviour and ask only for the price when you purchase your instrument. Only 500 Dollar but full sound and in perfect condition with four rows, yes! Ask never about the quality or which will fit to you!
---- my two cents ---
Yeah, a pristine custom-made 4-rows NOT-BEGINNER nyckelharpa for 500 € demanded by someone who has no idea of anything about the instrument and will end up playing on 4 keys anyways and with a stick for a bow.
Also facepalm at the "beginner instrument". I'm all in for the 4-rows, having one myself and loving it, but there are so many amazing musicians who own 3-rows and do wonderful things with them...
I've also met the kind who buys the most custom and special and extended model (and bow) and constantly wants upgrades... but never practices. And therefore never plays good, never makes any progress, and then wants more special expensive extended features to solve it. AHEM. XD
@@EmelieWaldken What? You mean the instrument doesn't play itself?
@@Thomas.Wright The auto-playing nyckelharpa has not been invented yet !
@@EmelieWaldken They probably haven't figured out how to infuse it with Norse yet. Maybe if they use more Runes.
Oh my god! This is amazing. It had never occurred to me there would be hmmmm, nyckelharpa players of that particular type.
Well now perhaps there will be less ? Or more ? No idea, but it was fun to make ^^
April fools!
And become a pro, a truly Ás/Æsir, mastering no less than five notes, you can match your nails painting with your nyck’s keys of choosing. Then (but only then) you may even reward yourself with a copy of Bragi’s nickel nyckelharpa.
Thank you for making me laugh to tears 😂😂😂
Damn, I didn't think about the nailpolish trick ! You're welcome for the laughing ;)
Awesome video. Thanks for the tips, my wife is going to make me a viking outfit, that should take care of most of my problems..... I already don't listen much to what others say about their or my music, so.... and I am 50% Swedish!!!! You have saved my future careeer!!!!😊😊
You seem to be on the perfect path. Glad I could save your future career ! Cheers to your international success (in two weeks' time and without practice =P )
@@EmelieWaldken Too good.....😂❤
My nyckelharpa comes in the next month or so. I'll be sure to reference this video again once it arrives! 😂
Perfect, am glad I can help the future You !
Dearest Emilie, Should I get my first Nickel-Harp-eh before I get my blood tested for Nordickness?
I can already just FEEL that Sweedessh blood flowing in my veins. 😁
Now my arteries, on the other hand, may BE Australian. 😳 ??
❤️ Thank you for this refreshing tutorial. You ARE a great help on my journey in Life. And, a most amazing Life Coach!
Your "be Nordic" suggestion was right on the mark, and it can't hurt to have your bow hand adorned with a vegvisir.
For more Nordicness, paint Aegishjalmur all over your nyckelharpa, too !
I think it can actually be quite painful!
This video perfectly encompasses my frustration at how the "Neo-Viking" sound has completely erased global understanding of *actual* Scandinavian traditional music, which is such a rich, profound tradition being ignored by most.
Same here ! I don't mind the Neo-Viking music, some of it I actually enjoy a lot... but it's reached so high popularity at the expend of actual Viking Age music reconstructions, which ALSO sound great !
...Couldn't we have, like, both ?? Please ?
Thanks for stopping by btw =) Love your content
Hi Emelie, thank you so much for this video, I followed all the steps and I accidentally became a very famous musician!
But I have a problem. Someone recently told me my music is nice but "it's all in the same key". I'm confused, because (as you recommend in step six) I use at least 3 or 4 keys in each song, sometimes even 5. Can you explain?
Far vel, en sjaldan er ein báran stök!
Oh don't listen to people who criticize you (you know, step 7). They know nothing about keys. If you press 3 or 4 keys in a tune then it is not all in "the same key". Tssk.
=P
@@EmelieWaldken Oh, sorry! After step 6 the offers just came pouring in so I had to pause the video and play all these concerts. Anyway good to know it's okay like this. I might add one or two more keys just to be sure. Thanks again!
@@PhilipXanderMusic Be careful not to use too many keys though, else it will look like you're trying to cover up your lack of Trve Innate Talent by playing too many different notes !
Thank you for the tips! Those are the looks we wanted to see, now you look like a true nyckelharpa player! ❤ thorvid (something)dottir 🤣
Yeah I finally figured it out !
This is gold!
Lol...loved the eggs with “you” painted on them. I know this is a joke, but the makeup is on point.
I knowww these eggs still crack me up every time, it looks so cheap and silly ^^ The makeup was actually very caked (on purpose), the camera is just not good enough to show it ;)
Thats just savage! Extremly funny!!! 🤣
Ne touche pas les pierres-runiques, elles sont vraiment dangereuses ! Vielle sagesse viking dit que même la proximité suffit pour le but d'évoquer les puissances musicales ;) D'ailleurs vidéo très amusante. On voit ici et ailleurs que tu as (évidemment) un certain goût à "le théâtral". :) Joyeuses Pâques !
Dangereuse, je ne sais pas, mais en tout cas j'ai réellement recu l'inspiration viking mythique en présence de celle-là. Cela s'entend dans le morceau de background d'ailleurs !
@@Emptrapzor La musique est une blague en plus. Le groupe est entièrement fictif, avec les noms les plus clichés "true viking" qu'on aie pu trouver avec mon copain. Ainsi que les paroles, qui sont un ramassis de clichés nordiques qui ne veulent rien dire mis ensemble, et le style, bref : tout le morceau est un cliché.
I'm playing the Hurdy Gurdy and most of it is so on point for it too (especially the tuning, recording with too much reverb and workshop part)
I knowww I've heard similar problems happen in the gurdy community aswell (more with pirates than vikings though) (which is no better). I've started playing a bit of gurdy a few years ago, very shyly, so I haven't been confronted to such problems yet, but I've heard about them ^^
@@EmelieWaldken Oh yes, the pirates. I don't even get where it comes from. Because: who wants an instrument that's super sensitive to humidity and temperature on a boat that's surrounded by water xD
@@Monoceros15 Dry water, dat iz de key ! (pun intended)
HAHA!!! Excellent
Hi Emelie. I enjoy your videos. You impart much useful information. In this video, at 6:08, you show a piece by Eric Sahlström. Can you please suggest a source for his music or other Swedish composer/musicians. I’m in the USA, and such music is difficult to find.
BTW: I do play a nyckelharpabuilt for me by Ollie Plahn.
Thanks!
Thanks Jame ! If it's Eric Sahlström especially who interests you in terms of repertoire, I guess the best would be to get in touch with the Eric Sahlström Minnesfond and/or Eric Sahlström Institute in Tobo. They very probably have sources of tunes composed by or transmitted by him.
Else for general Swedish music the Svenska Låtar books are the best known source, one or several big books per region !
Lastly, here on this channel I teach various Scandinavian tunes - and I give the sheet music for each one on my Patreon : www.patreon.com/emeliewaldken
@@EmelieWaldken Thank you so much!
Awesome!! What the name of the book you hold at 6:22
@Germanno Falcão It is "Smålandsk folkmusiktradition, folkliga dansmelodier och ceremonistycken" by Magnus Gustavsson. Highly recommend !
Aside from all the other very excellent points made in this video, another thing that kind of irritates me is how instruments like the nyckelharpa, moraharpa, jouhikko, tagelharpa etc always just get called "viking" instruments in the first place. I've even seen people selling tagelharpas under the name "viking violin" or "viking fiddle" or something of the sort. Firstly, "viking" means raider, not Scandinavian person. Not everybody from Scandinavia during the viking period was a viking. Secondly, the viking era ended in 1066 which is waaaay before the time when all of these instruments are believed to have been invented. In fact, by the time they all came around, most Scandinavian people had become Christian. Seriously, if people actually genuinely cared about the heritage of these instruments then I don't think they'd be spreading all of this fantasy misinformation. If people want to play a certain style of music, that's their choice but I really am not a fan of spreading misinformation and trying to re-write history to fit a narrative.
Yep, totally agreeing with all your points there. I don't mind people playing and listening to the music they like, whatever that may be, but calling the nyckelharpa viking is just plain incorrect.
I actually made a follow-up video to this one, where I talk about that problem among others : czcams.com/video/uzR-HphoOpY/video.html
This oozes of trailer paganism, well done indeed!
Wonderful! Always felt that tuning was always over rated. Just get in there and play like you’ve done it all your life. Like your new look!
We’re suppose to get another 8 inches of snow. The dog mushers like it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was really good !
Your friend Thorvild dresses very nicely!
Great advice pretty lady!
LOOOOOOOOOL !!!
(et ça fait quel son avec un archet en branche et crins noués à l'arrache ? :-D )
Rien du tout, pasque je n'avais pas mis de colophane =D
@@EmelieWaldken mais t'as pas dit qu'il fallait de la colophane :'(
@@4laime4 Mais ça tu peux trouver l'info sur wikipédia voyons !
@@EmelieWaldken Quitte à tout faire "à l'arrache façon viking", t'as qu'à mettre du miel à la place de la colophane :-D
@@gerald4013 Quelle excellente idée, en plus je suis apicultrice, paaaaarfait !
Does it matter what the runes actually mean? Or do just any old runes do the job?
Any work. You can also invent your own and/or pronounce them in any way sounds more Norrrdikk to your ears.
How about putting the word "troll" in the title of every piece you play?
Not a bad idea per se ;)
Ha ha that was spot on 😂, I actually started playing moraharpa and I’m always telling people that I can’t play it the traditional way, but I use it more like a riff layers under my vocals, a bit more than three notes but close to ha ha , and I always says that I’m allowed to do that because I’m blond (and Nordic )(irony )🤣 the only thing I have as my defend is that I composed such kind of Nordic music since the early nineties before that genre was popular 😉
Hahaha your awareness about all this made my evening ^^ As I always say : "People, play what you want !" The only thing that annoys me is when people ignore the history or their own biases or choices/tastes. But as long as one is aware of these, please be my guest and play three-notes riffs ^^
@@EmelieWaldken yes exactly ,the job is to present what we know and don’t know. I’m a spoiler in this genre telling people that Viking music actually doesn’t exist , we don’t know how it sounded , cause nothing is left. I explain it here in danish around 2.54 czcams.com/video/zydJjYoH83M/video.html.
@@vinterstemme Aaaaaah THANK YOU for saying this to people !! There are so many people who really want to believe that we know how Viking Age music sounded like, but apart from a few instruments in bogs and such, it's entirely educated (or HEAVILY romanticized) guesses !
@@EmelieWaldken exactly only few pieces of instruments are left and lyrics written down in medieval times ,and we try with our modern peoples brains to make a interpretation of how we think they have seen the world at that time , we might have some heritage memory lines left from our ancestors, but it’s still just a guess. Interesting subject , maybe for a workshop/talk one day Emelie ;-)
Hahaha!! Effectivement! Bien joué, on voit tellement plein de tout ça!! Par contre, je dis ça comme ça, mais le mode Viking te va plutôt bien! Euh... Tu serais pas passée par une phase du genre?? ;) ;) gros becs!
Alors la reconstit' (plus ou moins) historique Age Viking, oui, tout à fait - et ça reste quelque chose que j'apprécie même si je n'en fais plus. Mais pas mélangée à la nyckelharpa/trad scandinave.
Ce que je trouve dingue justement c'est le nombre de gens qui disent se passionner pour l'un, l'autre ou les deux et persistent pourtant à vouloir les amalgamer. Quand on étudie deux minutes ces deux sujets, on comprend immédiatement que ce n'est vraiment pas du tout la même chose.
@@EmelieWaldken oui, trop de monde mélange les deux... Soit, c'est assumé en toute connaissance de cause (mais sans oublier de sensibiliser), alors là, ok, soit c'est du grand n'importe quoi...
En tous cas, je te sais très rigoureuse sur l'historique et le nyckelharpistique! (En espérant que personne ne prenne cette vidéo à la lettre, mais bon, c'est tellement gros!)
(je me vois trop souvent dire "non, cet instrument n'est pas médiéval, ni viking..." en devant expliquer pourquoi)
What's the full background music? I can't find it from your description.
It is in the description : it's a tune called "Ögaht" that my mock-band "Yrrdøth" recorded specifically for this video. It was done in one go and edited with the feet. Lots of laughs !
@@EmelieWaldken Do you have a mp3 link or something of it? I really like it, big fan of that type of music.
Classic myrkur
So when will we get to see Authentic Norse Emelie again?
XD I actually got an idea for her yesterday. You will see her again but the idea is not to let her take over the channel ^^
@@EmelieWaldken I wouldn't want her to take over the show, either. But I do think it will be fun to have her show up every now and then just for a chuckle.
@@Thomas.Wright It's precisely thought that way ;)
J'ai tellement ri XD Thorvild Fille de la Nuit, c'est parfait.
Et sinon on peut aussi se servir de la nyckelharpa comme d'un arc, non ? Non ? Ah ... C'est nul alors. Parce que les vikings aimaient bien utiliser leurs instruments comme arme aussi, si si, ils l'ont dit à la télé. Même que j'ai fait une arbalète avec ma lyre et que je compte bien m'en servir en utilisant ma voisine comme cible mouvante.
(Est-ce que j'ai frisé l'apoplexie avec le coup de la farine sur la nyckelharpa ? C'est possible oui)
Ah mais j'ai longtemps recherché le meilleur nom pour mon alter-ego vikinguesque ! Sinon pour la nyckelharpa comme arc je ne sais pas, mais sans rire, les deux premiers textes qui mentionnent la nyckelharpa sont des comptes-rendus de procès : le premier à propos de deux soldats ivres qui étaient entrés par effraction dans une maison lors d'une permission et avaient dérangé tout le quartier à grands renforts de clarinette et de nyckelharpa ; le second à propos d'un agriculteur qui en avait tué un autre à coups de nyckelharpa. Je me souviens plus des dates, mais comme dit ce sont les premières mentions de l'instrument en texte. Pas mal non ?
(Oui moi aussi pendant que je le faisais !)
I laughed hard at this. Especially when you marked those three notes that literally 99.9 of "viking" bands are playing.
Well better not confuse them with the other keys and start playing too many notes, amirite ??
@@EmelieWaldken Haha, indeed.
This looks easy, I have 10% Norwegian in my DNA which makes me a professional.... where do I get a Viking hat?
You can make it yourself, similarly to the bow : some tin foil and a bit of cardboard, then paint and tadaa !
Are you Myrkur's twin or what?
On April Fools' Day only !
BASED
Me playing lefty would make this even worse.
Well did a DNA test in the past. It turns out I'm Danish and German. So that's a good start. Lol
Ha-ha!!! I like it!🤣
hübsch und lustig!
I love your videos.
My problem with the piano, it was so frigging heavy, 250 kg, so I could not bring it with me, so I threw it on the dump.
Yes, Yes, I understand it is hard to play and you are beatiful eventhough you are not blond, now get to it, play som beatiful tunes.
Why have integrity and talent when you could have millions of uncritical followers!
That's a question I've been asking myself for quite some time.
Hilarious :DD. I missed the (maybe spiritual) "inner metronome" though, which is way better than a real one because a real one destroys your natural (nordic-wiking in that case-) rhythm completely!
>how to play nikelharpa
>step one : be a nordic
failed again
😂
So style over substance??, sounds very insta gram