Isn't Swedish folk music great!??! I've just borrowed an Asa Jinder CD from a Finnish friend of mine, and it's brilliant!
I can't find any tunes on here though...
There are a few Swedish tunes here. However, this site is dedicated to Irish Traditional Dance Music, so if you have a specific interest in Swedish music, there are probably better places to look on th wen than here. I know Henrik Norbeck (a member of this site) has a collection of Swedish tunes on his site (see Links>>Search>>Tune Collections). Richard Robinson's Tunebook (also see Links) also has a good number of Swedish tunes in it, as well as some Norwegian, Danish and Finnish. However, I would say that Swedish tunes, polskas in particular, are extremely difficult to learn from sheet music (even more so than Irish tunes).
Where do you live? There is a fiddler living in Brighton, England, Ben Paley (son of American Old-Timey musician Tom Paley) who is a very good exponent of both Swedish and Irish music.
Try www.folketshus.dk and click on "folkets hus spillefolk" and look for the online tune collection. Lots of Scandinavian tunes there. There are plenty of Swedish tune types that are easy enough to get the hang of, but MG is right, learning a polska from paper will give you no idea of the correct rhythm. It's hard enough to get by ear.
....or even Alban Faust. I heard their CD and learnt a swedish bagpipe tune from it - here's my rough version (wmv format so might take a while to download, but fun!): http://www.danceofdelight.com/gallery/till_frestersbyn.wmv - and why not Swedish / Manx / whatever. But I'm not trying to hijack the site - I know it's about ITM!!
My information is that the Swedish Jig was in fact originally a Swedish folk tune, but once the lads from Donegal got their paws on it, it sped up and became a jig, and thus the Swedish Jig...in fact, Jim, it was Monty who, as one of its finest exponents, told me the story.
As for Swedish music - I have this album by Kurbitts of the Dalarna area. Dalarna is supposed to be the best exponent of Swedish fiddle music. Superb stuff, very much so, with all them Polskas (reels!) but you need to listen a few times to get into the groove...maybe in that respect it's like Donegal music!
....as for Finnish music...played on the button box...mmmm...sublime.....take it from me...remember, they invented the Tango, not, as is commonly held, the Argentinians ...but they (Argents) perfected it ...with thon big concertina thing...the Bandona or something?
And still on the vibe of non-Irish/Scottish (stubbornly refusing to embrace the vacuous term "celtic") music, try getting yer hands on some nice Italian box music - youse may be pleasantly surprised.
Sweden! I had a pleasant week or so there in the '80's, in Umea and Uppsala. I encountered some very strange food, but having been used to English boarding school food in the '60's I think I can take on most things. I insisted on trying surstromming ("Rotten herring") though my friend said I wouldn't like it. This was all too true, but I managed to wash it down with lots and lots of aquavit. There's a story that Sweden was a successful military power in the past because the soldiers ate this stuff and their breath smelt so bad the enemy wouldn't come near them. It was with relief that I turned to coffee with bits of reindeer in it.
I don't know any Swedish tunes and buy few CD's, but I'm told Scandinavian tunes are coming into some Scottish sessions, so they might end up in North East England, like most things eventually do.
I have many freinds from Sweden.....all musicians....and I took a LONG time to get the hang of the polska!!
but, notes DO help alot, as many Swedish tunes have ALOT of notes!
I have seen English, Scottish tunes on here.....so if its "only Irish"....!?!?
where's the Swedish tunes....i say!!!
Swedish!
Swedish!
Isn't Swedish folk music great!??! I've just borrowed an Asa Jinder CD from a Finnish friend of mine, and it's brilliant!
I can't find any tunes on here though...
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by Dormant Potato
Re: Swedish!
There are a few Swedish tunes here. However, this site is dedicated to Irish Traditional Dance Music, so if you have a specific interest in Swedish music, there are probably better places to look on th wen than here. I know Henrik Norbeck (a member of this site) has a collection of Swedish tunes on his site (see Links>>Search>>Tune Collections). Richard Robinson's Tunebook (also see Links) also has a good number of Swedish tunes in it, as well as some Norwegian, Danish and Finnish. However, I would say that Swedish tunes, polskas in particular, are extremely difficult to learn from sheet music (even more so than Irish tunes).
Where do you live? There is a fiddler living in Brighton, England, Ben Paley (son of American Old-Timey musician Tom Paley) who is a very good exponent of both Swedish and Irish music.
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by ragaman
Re: Swedish!
"on th wen"?? I think I meant to say, "on the web".
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by ragaman
Re: Swedish!
I actually prefer Ånon Engeland, Bukenne Bruse, and Annbjørg Lien.... ;)
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by Pádraig
Re: Swedish!
Try www.folketshus.dk and click on "folkets hus spillefolk" and look for the online tune collection. Lots of Scandinavian tunes there. There are plenty of Swedish tune types that are easy enough to get the hang of, but MG is right, learning a polska from paper will give you no idea of the correct rhythm. It's hard enough to get by ear.
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by LongNote
Re: Swedish!
sigh, padraig you amuse me. Nice name by the way dormant potato!
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by banana512
Re: Swedish!
Not altogether folk music, but try to get some CD's of Vasen. Great "Swedish" music!
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by wolferen
Re: Swedish!
....or even Alban Faust. I heard their CD and learnt a swedish bagpipe tune from it - here's my rough version (wmv format so might take a while to download, but fun!): http://www.danceofdelight.com/gallery/till_frestersbyn.wmv - and why not Swedish / Manx / whatever. But I'm not trying to hijack the site - I know it's about ITM!!
Mark
# Posted on February 20th 2005 by Mark Harmer
Re: Swedish!
I believe Arthur Darley composed Swedish music of some kind...
:-|
(well, _somebody_ had to say it!)
# Posted on February 21st 2005 by patrick cavanagh
Re: Swedish!
banana512... takk.
I do try.
# Posted on February 21st 2005 by Pádraig
Re: Swedish!
And I think I should mention that JPP is Finnish, while Annbjørg Lian and Bukkene Bruse are both from Norway.
# Posted on February 21st 2005 by Pádraig
Re: Swedish!
OK, JIm, once and for all, is it "Arthur Darley's", or the "Swedish"? Inquiring minds want to know.
# Posted on February 21st 2005 by Kerri Brown
Re: Swedish!
My information is that the Swedish Jig was in fact originally a Swedish folk tune, but once the lads from Donegal got their paws on it, it sped up and became a jig, and thus the Swedish Jig...in fact, Jim, it was Monty who, as one of its finest exponents, told me the story.
As for Swedish music - I have this album by Kurbitts of the Dalarna area. Dalarna is supposed to be the best exponent of Swedish fiddle music. Superb stuff, very much so, with all them Polskas (reels!) but you need to listen a few times to get into the groove...maybe in that respect it's like Donegal music!
....as for Finnish music...played on the button box...mmmm...sublime.....take it from me...remember, they invented the Tango, not, as is commonly held, the Argentinians ...but they (Argents) perfected it ...with thon big concertina thing...the Bandona or something?
And still on the vibe of non-Irish/Scottish (stubbornly refusing to embrace the vacuous term "celtic") music, try getting yer hands on some nice Italian box music - youse may be pleasantly surprised.
# Posted on February 22nd 2005 by Alf Tupper
Re: Swedish!
Ach - I remember now - the Bandoneon!
# Posted on February 22nd 2005 by Alf Tupper
Re: Swedish!
....Ånon Egeland is also norwegian - as am I
More examples of good bands in that genre can be found on Northside's Nordic Roots sampler CD series:
http://www.noside.com/
Go fetch!
eivind
# Posted on September 10th 2006 by eivind
Re: Swedish!
Sweden! I had a pleasant week or so there in the '80's, in Umea and Uppsala. I encountered some very strange food, but having been used to English boarding school food in the '60's I think I can take on most things. I insisted on trying surstromming ("Rotten herring") though my friend said I wouldn't like it. This was all too true, but I managed to wash it down with lots and lots of aquavit. There's a story that Sweden was a successful military power in the past because the soldiers ate this stuff and their breath smelt so bad the enemy wouldn't come near them. It was with relief that I turned to coffee with bits of reindeer in it.
I don't know any Swedish tunes and buy few CD's, but I'm told Scandinavian tunes are coming into some Scottish sessions, so they might end up in North East England, like most things eventually do.
# Posted on September 10th 2006 by nicholas
Re: Swedish!
I have many freinds from Sweden.....all musicians....and I took a LONG time to get the hang of the polska!!
but, notes DO help alot, as many Swedish tunes have ALOT of notes!
I have seen English, Scottish tunes on here.....so if its "only Irish"....!?!?
where's the Swedish tunes....i say!!!
ROB
# Posted on June 7th 2007 by rob_heron