Key signature: Dminor
Submitted on February 27th 2010 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as The Ice, Oude Passepie.
X: 1
T: Ijswals
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmin
de | f2 f2 g2 | a2 ga b2 | a2 gabg | _agfede |
f2 f2 g2 | a2 ga b2 | a2 gabg | a4 :|
|: d2 | e2 e2 f2 | g2 f2 e2 | a2 gfed | ^c2 A2 d2 |
e2 efge | f2 d2 a2 | g2 fed^c | d4 :|
|: D2 | A4 E2 | F2 D2 A2 | d2 defg | ed^c=B A2 |
d2 A2 E2 | F2 ED A2 | d2 defg | e4 :|
e2 |: a2 a2 e2 | f2 ef d2 | g2 gabg | a4 A2 |
A2 d4 | ^c2 a2 e2 | f2 gfef |1 d^cdefg :|2 d6 ||
Ijswals (waltz)
A 4-part 17th century Dutch tune. The name means "Ice Waltz", so it is suitable for late February in the Northern Hemisphere! The pronunciation of the Dutch and English is close enough for the linguistic resemblance to be fairly obvious.
The original 17th century name of the tune was Oude Passepie ("Old Passepied"), a relatively slow dance in 3/8 time. In 1925 a waltz (in 3/4) called "Ijswals" was devised to be danced to the old tune, and the new name has stuck.
I was taught it at last Friday's session (26 Feb) by a visiting fiddler. The A-flat at the start of the 4th bar of the A part is deliberate, but is optional (some instruments might find it a problem).
# Posted on February 27th 2010 by Trevor Jennings
Ijswals (waltz)
I think this tune would go well with some of the Playford tunes (same period, of course).
# Posted on March 1st 2010 by Trevor Jennings
Twee violen en een bas
This tune has been published in a collection called 'Twee violen en een bas' by Jos Koning, providing a second violin part and a bass part.
# Posted on March 1st 2010 by Henk Bos