Lapp-Nils Favoritpolska - Scandi Folk Tune

Jämtland polska in F by the great Sámi fiddler Lapp-Nils. Not hard, but several tasty details to keep in mind, plus the typical triplet-bowing of that area. Also let's talk about Sámi people in folk music because they're too often ignored, and about Lapp-Nils' life and a few legends about him.

00:00 Play-through
1:01 Sámi & folk music
4:07 Lapp-Nils
8:07 part A
8:53 part A slow
9:28 part A tips
10:55 part B
11:22 part B slow
11:58 part B tips
13:51 Conclusion

Tune : Lapp-Nils favoritpolska from Jämtland region, Sweden
Difficulty : 3 (climbing on nyckelharpa, some unusual details)

I'm Emelie Waldken, I play nyckelharpa and fiddle, mostly Scandinavian folk music, which I teach along folk dancing.
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An interview https://sammasezine.wixsite.com/home/...

Learn more about the Sámi people https://www.lifeinnorway.net/sami-peo...
Online screening of a movie about 4 Sámi women and their link to a river, showing the forced resettlement of Sámis https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/eve...
Sámi dancer protesting against a mine construction (radio talk in Swedish) https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/sami...
Analysis of climate problems for Sámis by the Sámi Parliament https://sametinget.se/146073

Map embroidered by me.
T-shirt printed by Nymla https://www.etsy.com/shop/nymla/
The band knotted in my hair in the thumbnail was woven with a comb by me following a traditional Sámi pattern.

Recorded February 2022 in Uppland, Sweden.

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