Tune List
- Performance List Tunes:
(Note - This listing is no longer being maintained. Removal of category is pending)
- Core learning Tunes:
The assigned numbers indicate groupings to aid newer members in selecting tunes they might wish to learn. Those numbered (1) are the easier tunes, (2) are tunes with a polska emphasis, (3) through (7) are tunes that are good to learn in tune groups, (8) are tunes the Lag plays with others outside the Lag.
Last updated October 2021.
- Currently Played:
Currently Played tunes are tunes played by the majority of the Lag members in recent years. - Last Updated October 2021
- Dance List Tunes:
(Note - This list is no longer being maintained. Removal of category is pending.)
- Focus Tunes:
Those tunes recommended by the Lag’s Music Committee, with the intent that these tunes be eventually added to the Core Tunes List. These may be new tunes from workshops or other sources or may have once been previously played by the Lag. Last updated November 2023
- Uppland Allspel Tunes:
Those tunes that are currently played at major Uppland stämmor,
(1)Eric Sahlström - Vendal, (2)Gille och Nyckelharpa - Österby,
(3)Oktober - Uppsala, (4)Byse Kalle - Älvkarleby).
Last updated for 2019 stämmor.
- Other Tunes:
Those tunes in the database that have not been played previously nor are played currently.
The purpose of the TCNL is to educate its members and others about the nyckelharpa traditions as found largely in the Uppland region of Sweden; to conduct educational programs and activities that will promote awareness and knowledge of the nyckelharpa; to provide competent instruction in the traditional music associated with the nyckelharpa; and to provide practice and performance opportunities for its members.