Description
Sixteenth-note triplets keep breaking into the right hand's run of sixteenths, so an ornamental line spins on for nearly a minute and a half in this D-major dance. It is No. 30 of the second part of Traditioner af Swenska Folk-Dansar, a collection of anonymous folk dances issued in three parts in early nineteenth-century Sweden, and among them it is a large-scale piece.
In D major and 3/4. The right hand moves mainly in sixteenth notes, with many sixteenth-note triplets as well, keeping up a busy, ornamental line. The left hand keeps up eighth notes almost throughout, with chords of up to three notes. The lowest note is B1 and the highest B5. It is written with a great many notes, densely packed.
It is rated advanced, with 1036 notes in 88 seconds. The main challenge is to tell the right-hand sixteenths and triplets apart so the rhythm never turns vague. Note that the low B1 lies below a 61-key keyboard (C2 to C7), so on one, play with an octave shift. Begin with the playback well slowed and check where the triplets fall in the score view. Raise the tempo section by section with the A-B loop, and build the stamina to play the whole piece through.
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Traditional
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