{"id":6372,"date":"2016-03-02T23:10:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2017-09-03T13:52:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T11:52:15","slug":"heikki-lahti-folk-music-with-mandolin-from-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=6372","title":{"rendered":"Heikki Lahti &#8211; Folk Music with Mandolin from Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently discovered the videos with <strong>Heikki Lahti<\/strong>. Heikki Lahti is a mandolin player from Finland who plays polkas, waltzes, marches and other folk tunes from Finland. He plays mostly in a group together with guitar, double bass and accordion. But he does also play with a bigger group with fiddle players &#8211; or even with a mandolin orchestra.<\/p>\n<h4>Heikki Lahti with Mandolin Orchestra<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marjaanan Villen sottiisi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0zVsv-HEIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>One of the tunes played by Heikki Lahti are compositions by Master Fiddler <strong>Otto Hotakainen<\/strong> &#8211; it is said that he has learned all the compositions by this famous fiddler and composer.<\/p>\n<p>The most famous tune by Otto Hotakainen &#8211; who is also known as\u00a0Pokka-Otto -ist the October Polkka &#8211; or\u00a0<strong><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title \" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Kaustinen 2011: Lokakuun polkka - mestaripelimannit Heikki Lahti &amp; Risto Hotakainen\">Lokakuun polkka. <\/span><\/strong><span id=\"eow-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Kaustinen 2011: Lokakuun polkka - mestaripelimannit Heikki Lahti &amp; Risto Hotakainen\">You can find the sheet music for this polkka &#8211; see my link collection below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Lokakuun Polkka<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaustinen 2011: Lokakuun polkka - mestaripelimannit Heikki Lahti &amp; Risto Hotakainen\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hINXfAJipPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Playlist Heikki Lahti<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Heikki Lahti - Mandolin - Folk Music from Finland\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo_8Z1RfcQQoaQbZf4KPYCfr\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Playlist Otto Hotakainen<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Master fiddler Otto Hotakainen\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo_pVAFwcMGnkeitAZXkaEXb\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pinboard.in\/u:mandoisland\/t:otto-hotakainen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link collection Otto Hotakainen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently discovered the videos with Heikki Lahti. Heikki Lahti is a mandolin player from Finland who plays polkas, waltzes, marches and other folk tunes from Finland. He plays mostly in a group together with guitar, double bass and accordion. But he does also play with a bigger group with fiddle players &#8211; or 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