Thanks @Mark.G475 there’s a link in the description to a tutorial for the Shetland Reel if you want to give it a go. We still have a strong living tradition of fiddle music and dance here, and many a good spree!!
@Mark.G475Ай бұрын
Ruth sent me here! The ShetlandTimes. Cheers from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🇺🇸
@Mark.G475Ай бұрын
I subscribed 😊
@MauriceHendersonShetlandАй бұрын
Thanks for subscribing, I hope you enjoy some of the Shetland music and videos.🎻
@SteveMincraftLegos2 ай бұрын
Davie is always here
@leannastoufer63332 ай бұрын
Just beautiful! I do love Shetland, in all its seasons!
@patrikcalloch79533 ай бұрын
quelle jolie navigation .
@songstermusic13 ай бұрын
Reel de St Antoine, love this piece. We play this piece in Canada.
@MauriceHendersonShetland3 ай бұрын
That one fairly gets the crowd going😄🙌🏻🎻
@redreuben52603 ай бұрын
That’s mental !
@MauriceHendersonShetland3 ай бұрын
With a bit of practice the crew get quite slick with the tacking😄
@redreuben52603 ай бұрын
Where’s the tack ?
@MauriceHendersonShetland3 ай бұрын
Here’s some tacking aboard the Sixareen Vaila Mae. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2SVgJiooN5rrJYsi=Ys6Rt_H9-q_p-5nA
@redreuben52603 ай бұрын
@@MauriceHendersonShetland Thanks for that, wow what a performance, way more involved than I thought ! I was actually expecting a windward jibe. I learnt something today 👍
@redreuben52603 ай бұрын
@@MauriceHendersonShetland Maurice I crew on a Trimaran in the Swan River Perth Western Australia. I don’t think our sailing experience could be more different ! Cheers, 🍻
@patrikcalloch79533 ай бұрын
ha ce n'est pas la côte d'azur et on aurait du mal à y tremper le bout des doigts de pieds mais , diable , quel joli bateau qui fend la mer et les flots . bravo! ( et en outre , on a la musique qui va avec )
@MauriceHendersonShetland3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment 🎻@patrikcalloch7953
@tombristowe8464 ай бұрын
I was screaming at the screen for one of them to tack ! So I could see how they do it. Lovely boats.
@MauriceHendersonShetland4 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment @tombristowe846 here’s a demonstration of some tacking aboard the sixareen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2SVgJiooN5rrJYsi=hPaQdP9_nP9fsEeS
@tombristowe8463 ай бұрын
@@MauriceHendersonShetland Thanks very much for taking the trouble to get back to me with that. It was interesting to watch. Not for single handers ! I also watched the video of a Sixareen square reefed and running; what a sight ! Historically, have they ever been decked over?
@MauriceHendersonShetland3 ай бұрын
@tombristowe846 the Sixareens were historically always fished and sailed as open boats. The Haaf fishing declined and the use of open boats, such as sixareens, for deep sea fishing towards the end of the 19th Century. The Gloup disaster of 1881 where 56 men were lost, the move to larger decked in vessels, as well as the herring boom of the early 1900s saw the Haaf fishing come to an end. Sailing drifters soon gave way to steam drifters and then the diesel engines and outboards pretty much the end of commercial and inshore sail fishing. Some Shetland boat builders continued to build craft based on the sixareen, more commonly with smaller dimensions and designed to accommodate an engine, forward shelter or wheel house and engine aboard. Also the smaller ‘Shetland model’ class boat saw the traditional craft used in sailing for leisure as well as inshore fishing, landing fish for the table. There are still some small clinker build boats working creels and some traditional boat builders in Shetland making fourareens, yoals and other traditional craft. The sixareen however, as you can see, really performs when under sail. I can recommend this book, Shetland’s Boats if you want to read more. There exist the lines of a few more of the old sixareens and hopefully someday soon we might see replicas of these built for sailing and out on the water again. shop.shetlandtimes.co.uk/products/shetlands-boats-origin-evolution-and-use?_pos=4&_sid=350a6715a&_ss=r
@tombristowe8463 ай бұрын
@@MauriceHendersonShetland Again, thank you very much for getting back to me. I was surprised, when looking up Sixareen on Wiki, to see that they were apparently originally imported from Norway in kit form, until the middle of the 19th Century. I hadn't imagined such commercial subtleties existed in those days. A diversion online into the history of trade had to be abandoned as it was threatening to turn into an all-nighter ! All the best and I hope you have a good summer's sailing.
@Clare-J4 ай бұрын
Wow, absolutely amazing footage! Beautiful light… especially in the shots of the shore birds from across the water. The underwater film of the scarfs and the drone film of the otters is excellent and it’s wonderful to see that dimension of their world. Great footage of the otters close up too. I love that you’ve captured the feel of winter in all its guises. Experiencing Eshaness and Steness in those storms must have been really thrilling!! I look forward to seeing the Voe in the spring.
@MauriceHendersonShetland4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the lovely comment, glad you enjoyed the footage and you got to visit the Voe, it was great to meet you. Stenness in that weather really is amazing to experience.
@davecooper32384 ай бұрын
Seen it many times. From a motorcycle when attending the Dim. Also other time from a car or coach. Always wondered what it is like close up.
@jeleth4 ай бұрын
Fantastic stuff as always Maurice, didn't know you played the box til seeing this!
@MauriceHendersonShetland4 ай бұрын
Thanks @jeleth I enjoy trying a few tunes on the single row box in the house but Fullsceilidh allows a rare stage appearance😄
@Lollygagger-k4p5 ай бұрын
Hauling the mail on the downhill run.
@valentinionita47986 ай бұрын
In spite of the fact that it is beautiful, I deeply resent it. Why not show how you tack and gibe? What you present i is beautiful but boring.
@hellapellanyc64656 ай бұрын
Bless you
@tizziejames90407 ай бұрын
Incredible footage!
@MauriceHendersonShetland7 ай бұрын
Thanks @tizziejames9040 , a spectacular sight.
@garyworrall33197 ай бұрын
Now that’s a lovely find on the inter web thingy……. Thankyou Maurice ❤
@MauriceHendersonShetland7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for your comment 👍🏻
@jonathondyson88137 ай бұрын
Why can’t you just swivel it and retie the bow line?
@johnstarkie99485 ай бұрын
Because it’s not really a square sail.
@MauriceHendersonShetland5 ай бұрын
It is a dipping lug, in Shetland we speak about it also as a square sail. The reason being that in the older form of the sixern sail it was less peaked and more of a square sail. This one has a squaring reef in the sail that allows you to take the peak out and put the yard more square across, you also move the tack further aft. This gives a very good downwind rig, that performs well improving how the boat handles. You can see us putting in the squaring reef for the downwind leg in this clip. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6Oclquujb99mdEsi=-MhURaqoCBhsELtB
@kjs9747 ай бұрын
It literally heals and restores my soul my listening and hearing this music!! 🎻♥️🎹Maurice you really know how to set the scene and feeling of the place!!
@richardwemyss43367 ай бұрын
Used to love him coming into the Marlex for a tune
@MauriceHendersonShetland7 ай бұрын
Jim certainly loved a good session. @richardwemyss4336
@emilyann26638 ай бұрын
Uncle Jim certainly is a huge miss!!
@marcweinzweig27058 ай бұрын
Brilliant video. I talked to Tom Anderson many years ago and he sent me a copy of "Hand Me Down the Fiddle" he was obviously a lovely man even though I never met him. He also explained how the fiddle was taught in the Shetland
@MauriceHendersonShetland8 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment Marc, much appreciated. That is nice to hear about Tom Anderson sending you the book. He did so much to keep the Shetland tunes and fiddle tradition going, and it is still going strong today thanks to his foresight to start teaching the fiddle to the youngsters. That book is a good source of Shetland tunes. You have maybe seen this book by the late Dr Peter Cooke on the Shetland fiddle tradition. An interesting read. All the best, Maurice www.drpetercooke.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Shetland-fiddle.pdf
@ednastewart28248 ай бұрын
Aww Jim, I will miss dee singing and playing. Xx
@MarionSutherland-u8r8 ай бұрын
Joost love dis, very special!
@forbesmeek63048 ай бұрын
Brilliant stuff kid.
@davem63288 ай бұрын
great post Maurice and great tune with Ewen.
@sisiphas8 ай бұрын
So they were strong men who lived on Fulmar eggs, meat and oil and the odd piltok?
@Amy-ue2sc9 ай бұрын
Maurice, your sound is so clean and at one with the natural world you're showing us. Thank you. Please watch out for Rhaki and Simmy when they get in touch. Best wishes too for 2024. Amy
@MauriceHendersonShetland9 ай бұрын
Thanks for your kind comments, glad you enjoyed the music and video. All the best for 2024🎻
@tizziejames90409 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Thank you SO much for putting this together.
@TonyKeyes9 ай бұрын
This is excellent, thank you Maurice! A real eye-opener for those of us on the other side of the planet.
@MauriceHendersonShetland9 ай бұрын
Cheers @TonyKeyes we just have to make the most of the winter, get out in the weather. It won’t be long before we’ll be hauling the boats down again in the spring for some sailing.
@phoenixdreamer79009 ай бұрын
awesome, thank you
@phoenixdreamer79009 ай бұрын
Fabulous! lived on Shetland for 18 years this is wonderful quality filming and totally captures the essence of the Shetland sea in winter, loved all of it beautiful shots of the birds and otters, beautiful fiddle music and beautiful aurora and I've also got a pair of those yellow wellies best wellies ever
@MauriceHendersonShetland9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your nice comment, much appreciated.
@annes86809 ай бұрын
great footage. the words are wonderful to explain things. thank you. really enjoyed watching this.
@MauriceHendersonShetland9 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed watching the footage, thanks for your comment and feedback.
@Clare-J9 ай бұрын
This is just stunning… the quality of the filming; the sense of stillness of being an observer and the creativity, especially in the later aerial shots. I love the bird and otter footage… and that’s some energy in those waves! The fiddle played in the Voe seems to have a sort of raw quality that matches the images. This really is excellent. Thank you for sharing.
@MauriceHendersonShetland9 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your kind comment and glad you enjoyed the winter footage. The fiddle was tuned AEAE and ADAE in the tunes played at the Voe, giving added resonance in the fiddle and with some ringing strings perhaps adds to that raw quality you mentioned, thanks.
@Clare-J9 ай бұрын
Ah, that’s interesting. Thanks. Look forward to the next instalment.
@richardashbee14779 ай бұрын
superb Maurice very professional.
@MauriceHendersonShetland9 ай бұрын
Thanks @richardashbee1477, a coorse night out there just now, Force 10 and still picking up.
@TonyKeyes10 ай бұрын
Beautiful! The time and effort you've taken to conceive, plan, shoot, edit and publish this are much appreciated.
@MauriceHendersonShetland10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your comment, and appreciation, glad you enjoyed the footage. @TonyKeyes
@paahto_c10 ай бұрын
This is a gem of a video. Thanks to Maurice, Ewan and The Scottish International Storytelling Festival for putting this together. I never considered Greenland in the context of tune sharing, this has blown my mind to be quite frank. As an Irishman, I was aware of our own exchanges with Newfoundland but Greenland never seemed to feature on my radar (no pun intended).
@MauriceHendersonShetland10 ай бұрын
Thanks for you kind comment, glad you enjoyed the stories. Greenland is a fantastic place to visit. I haven’t been to Newfoundland yet but some great music over there.
@gwainh10 ай бұрын
that was awesome, thanks so much! from the Hamiltons, now of Tbilisi, once upon a time of Unst, still fiddlers all...
@Clare-J10 ай бұрын
Lovely film. The footage at the end, combined with Catriona’s tune, is absolutely beautiful! About 10 years ago I worked in Lerwick for a year. I often paused on a night shift to look out at the sky lightening over the town and sea in the (sometimes) tranquil predawn hours. But I don’t think I ever saw Lerwick looking quite like this. What an amazing event. Thank you for these films, they bring back memories of a special year.
@MauriceHendersonShetland10 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the footage. Yes, Lerwick Harbour is often at its best in those predawn hours. We were lucky at the Tall Ships to have such lovely nights.
@Shetlander7510 ай бұрын
The best thing I’ve watched in AGES!! Thank you so much!!
@MauriceHendersonShetland10 ай бұрын
Thanks for you comment, glad you enjoyed it.🎻 In the video description there is also a link to an interactive dance tutorial we made with Maria Leask. Demonstration of the steps and dance.
@karenharley195311 ай бұрын
Hi Maurice. Just come across your video now, and so glad I did. I was there when you were all playing that beautiful mesmerising tune at the end with the harp. Could you tell me the name of it and if I can download it anywhere please? Thanks for sharing, it's much appreciated, Karen.
@MauriceHendersonShetland11 ай бұрын
Hi Karen, the tune is ‘Swan LK243’ composed by Catriona McKay on the harp. Fiddlers’ Bid recorded it on the album ‘Da Farder Ben da Welcomer’. It is also on Catriona McKay’s album ‘Starfish’. I can also recommend Catriona’s albums ‘Harponium’ and ‘Love in Secret’ if you want some stunning music.😊
@karenharley195311 ай бұрын
@MauriceHendersonShetland that's great, thank you! I'll have a listen to those recommendations. It's such a wonderful sound from the harp, as with the fiddle too, of course! ☺️
@whiskeymeadowspike11 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you!
@MauriceHendersonShetland11 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video😊
@kjs97411 ай бұрын
So good for your soul and incredibly peaceful and uplifting , just makes my day and life worth living. Thanks so much for this, I do miss Shetland and it’s people like you. It gives a flavour of the place, just like the Faroes and Iceland. Regards. Kenneth
@richardashbee147711 ай бұрын
Great video Maurice, the underwater footage is excellent good to see so many fish about. As always music great as well
@MauriceHendersonShetland11 ай бұрын
Thanks Richard, I’m looking forward to explore some more around the Voe through the winter.
@olivei248411 ай бұрын
Nice video, liked the underwater footage and the music. Vaisala is nice too.
@MauriceHendersonShetland11 ай бұрын
Thanks for your comment, glad you liked the video.
@fredbos599711 ай бұрын
Nice video Maurice. I' m a sailor myself and I like the old norwegian types of boats. The sixareen is a great seagoing ship and with group is seems a lot of fun to try the sea. The music is a blessing for the soul. Thanks!
@MauriceHendersonShetland11 ай бұрын
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video. The sixareen ‘Vaila Mae’, is certainly a fine boat, we usually have a weekly sail during the summer months, plenty of good yarns aboard with the crew. Looking forward to next season.
@kjs974 Жыл бұрын
Lovely footage, Maurice. Brings back very fond memories of when I was in Shetland during the centre for Nordic studies conference in 2014. All your boat videos are inspiring and great to see that these traditions Are kept alive. I really enjoyed the traditional Shetland Fiddle dance music and you exploring out skerries and looking into the history of the music. Keep up the traditions and don’t let them disappear, I’m glad the young generation are keeping it going. The Faroese chain dance and singing is still going strong. I’ve personal Faroese friends who are still keeping their traditions going. Keep up the wonderful work you do! Really appreciate these videos! Regards. Kenneth
@MauriceHendersonShetland11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for your comment Kenneth, it is good to hear that about the Faroese chain dance and singing. The boat is hauled up now for the winter, but time for some good music sessions with the nights drawing in.
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@MauriceHendersonShetland Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your nice comment, I’m glad you enjoyed the video.