“Nyckelharpa Etudes” is a collection of exercises compiled by internationally renowned virtuoso Marco Ambrosini to offer players of this unique instrument a way to improve their playing technique. This book is a fundamental contribution to the development of the nyckelharpa, a stringed instrument whose pitch is altered with a keyboard and which has been documented in music history since around 1350. <\/p>\n
The nyckelharpa is a stringed instrument in which the strings are bowed with a bow. The pitch is changed using the keyboard, the “keys”. Resonant strings contribute to the special sound. Depending on the design, the instrument has one or more rows of keys. <\/p>\n
The nyckelharpa has been known since about 1350, and it was used until the 17th century. played in various European countries. It is also described as a key fiddle by Praetorius and Agricola. From the 17th century it was used exclusively in Swedish folklore. <\/p>\n
Anyone learning a classical musical instrument is very familiar with etudes, as they are the appropriate way to improve playing technique, flow and speed. To master the musical potential of the nyckelharpa, a collection of exercises by internationally renowned virtuoso Marco Ambrosini is now available to musicians.<\/p>\n
The “Nyckelharpa Etudes” are notated for both 3- and 4-row “Swedish” tuned instruments (sixth-fourth-fifth), as well as for “continental” tuned nyckelharpas (fifth-fifth-fifth-fifth), which is preferred above all for instruments made in Central Europe.<\/p>\n
With the book “Nyckelharpa Etudes” the author has provided the growing scene of nyckelharpa players with profound working material. With his work in the CADENCE project and with this textbook, he has made a fundamental contribution to ensuring that the nyckelharpa receives the attention and dissemination it deserves. A comparable etude book will probably never exist for other traditional instruments.<\/p>\n
All texts and explanations in this book in Italian, German and English!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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