polska (sweden)

off to scandanavia now on this musical journey inspired by songlines magazine
tracing their 50 rhythms of the world using youtube posted videos
here's what songlines had to say about polska
not to be confused with polka - a fast duple-beat dance from bohemia
the polska is a slow lop-sided waltz from sweden
which can be tricky for newcomers to get their feet around
rather than accenting the first beat as in a waltz
the polska accents beats one and three
once you've fallen under it's spell it's quirky magic
is powerful both in concert and on the dance floor
do a youtube search for polska and mostly what comes up is polish based music
so there seems also to be a genre of music out of that country labelled polska
which would make sense when separating the syllables in that word
songlines also suggested a 3 piece outfit called frifot
but nothing i saw was that inspiring so i then dug through the amatuer videos
it seems most searches on youtube will throw up any number of such clips
fans emulating their heroes or wannabees seeking fame and fortune
which youtube has provided on any number of occasions
but in this case i found a short clip of a swedish chap named fredfredrik
here's the text accompanying the tune he recorded and posted
finally my mandola (octave mandolin) arrived in a brown package today
a mandola has been on my wish list of instruments forever
(10 yrs? probably since I discovered swedish traditional folk music)
but not untill today i finally have my own
he belts out a very strong tune on his new instrument
sounds like a cross between a mandolin (obviously) and a steel guitar
thanks fredfredrik - very nice
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