Let's learn a very interesting polska, composed "in a balkanic style" by Ola Bäckström, a contemporary fiddler from Dalarna, Sweden.

Difficulty level : 2-3
(no climbing on nyckelharpa but fast passages and bowings)

NOTE : I say in the video that this polska is straight, I've always felt it like this (and the "1 and" accents to be just accents, not beats), but you could also very much consider it as a SHORT FIRST BEAT POLSKA (with some straight bars). Actually it's probably indeed composed as a short first beat polska ! It's just me feeling it a certain way I guess. It's a good example that the difference between "straight" polskas and short first beat ones is not very sharp at all (something we already saw in the Salomon Högens godnatt låt some months ago).

Credits music in the intro : CD 'Norsk folkemusikk på radio - Dei fyrste åra på radio', track 10, tune 'Vill du vara venn min'

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Recorded november 2019 in Uppland, Sweden.

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