Description
The right hand of this G minor dance barely moves, staying between F-sharp 4 and D5 as it repeats a single dotted rhythmic pattern. No. 14 is about thirty seconds long and one of the smallest pieces in the first part of Traditioner af Swenska Folk-Dansar. The collection came out in Sweden in the early nineteenth century in three parts, recording for keyboard the dances heard around the country; individual makers are not named.
In G minor and 3/4. The right hand is a single line with no chords at all, and quarter notes, dotted eighths and sixteenths appear in exactly equal numbers: the piece moves by repeating one rhythmic pattern. The right hand stays within the very narrow span of F-sharp 4 to D5, while the left adds chords in quarter and half notes. The minor-key tune moves on by repeating one pattern, which shows the plain character of the dance well.
It is rated beginner, with only 136 notes. The right hand barely has to move, so attention can go to the accuracy of the dotted rhythm rather than to fingering. Place each sixteenth short and clear so it is not swallowed by the dotted note before it. Starting at a slower playback speed and copying the right-hand rhythm is a natural way to learn the spring of the dance.
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