regina_nyckelharpista<p>The nyckelharpa is a folk instrument from Sweden 🇸🇪 with a long standing tradition there. "Nyckelharpa" is a Swedish word, "nyckel" meaning "key" and "harpa" being a general term for a stringed instrument. Its key features (hah, see what I did there?) are the sympathetic strings and a keybox full of wooden keys. Some translate it into English to "keyed fiddle" 🗝️ 🎻 "viola de teclas" in Spanish or "viola d'amore a chiavi" in Italian - although it is not a fiddle or viola ;)</p><p>How it works: I produce the sound with a bow on the strings, like on any other bowed instrument, but instead of touching the strings with the fingers of my left hand and pushing them down on a fretboard or fingerboard to play a melody, I press a key. The key moves a little wooden tangent to the string and tada, the note changes 🎉 The magical sound of the nyckelharpa is created from its sympathetic strings (usually 12) which are enhancing every note I play on the four melody strings. </p><p>If you want to hear some nyckelharpa music, you're welcome on my duos bandcamp <a href="https://aklejafolk.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aklejafolk.bandcamp.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or search for "Akleja" wherever you like to stream music. More names you can look for there are Josefina Paulson, Hazelius Hedin, Emilia Amper, Väsen, Daniel Pettersson / Sotali, Erik Rydvall - there are so many FANTASTIC players out there! 😭</p><p>The instrument pictured here was made by Mats Wester.</p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/nyckelharpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyckelharpa</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/musiciansofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musiciansofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/folkmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folkmusic</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/instrument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instrument</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/acousticmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acousticmusic</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/luthiery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luthiery</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/stringinstrument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stringinstrument</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweden</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/violin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violin</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/viola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>viola</span></a></p>