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Another month, another update. I've a concert coming up in less than two months, so lately it has been a lot of work towards that. The program hasn't been set in stone yet, but it will most likely be a Bruramarsj frå Vefsn duet and a group project on Rein Islender. In March I've been working on Kattapols, although my Pols rhythm kinda fell off while I was recording. Feel free to critique whatever seems necessary, I need all the help that I can get.
Edit: Removed two video links.
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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Bruramarsj frå Vefsn was my favorite of the three. Although I liked the bowing in Kattapols and you seemed like you liked playing that one. I wasnt familiar with any of these. Bruramarsj frå Vefsn reminded me of a Christmas carol. I cant think of the name.
So if I wanted to search for tunes like this would should I search for Scandinavian folk tunes or is it more specific to each country?
Nice playing! I think youll be ready for your concert!
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Thank you. @ABitRusty Kattapols is pretty fun when getting the hang of the pols phrasing at the rapid bow changes. I still got a long way to go.
I would search specific to each country, although Scandinavian folk are quite similar and have closely related roots. Actually I made a playlist the other day on Youtube on Norwegian folk music specifically. Mostly hardingfele, but it has some neat flat fiddle/violin too. Maybe it would be of interest.
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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Yes thank you! Ill check that out. Ok..so what is Pols? Im not familiar with that term as it relates to fiddle. Is it a style of tune...like a polka?
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The term Pols is believe to stam from Polish dance. It's similar to polka and masurka. Uneven 3 beat in moderate tempo. Usually an accent on the first and third beat.
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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Ok..waltz-ish then i guess.
I really liked that 3rd tune in the list.. If I have heard a hardingfele played I probably thought it was more than 1 fiddle or some great double stop player 
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The first tune, fanitullen, is played on a hardingfele indeed. Just one fiddle I think, it usually is, but its kinda hard to tell with audio only. Would be pretty nice to have one of those. 
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Kattapols was my fav, too, HP... and I agree with Greg on the cool bowing!
I'd love to hear more about your up coming concert. It sounds like you're playing in a group. How did you find them, how often do you get together to practice, where is your performance? I'm not curious, much
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@bocaholly It's a concert arranged by my music school. Just a concert wrapping up the end of the semester. Apparently it's not so big, although it's most likely big enough for me at this point. My teacher talked briefly about a group project, which he thought it would be a good idea. After what I could tell he wanted all of his students to get together to play a in common repertoiare. I don't know any of his other students though, so that would be pretty interesting.
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I'm with Greg. I liked Bruramarsj frå Vefsn best. You'll do well at the concert. We're all cheering for you!
Jim
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Thanks @MoonShadows for encouragement. I think I'll go with Bruramarsj, I like it, and I'm more familiar with the tune so I think it would be the safest option.
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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HP,
Thank you for posting, sounding good, good luck with concert.
Mark
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Thank you, Mark
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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That recital sounds like a nice opportunity on lots of fronts, HP!
Glad you're looking forward to it. Your preparation work is terrific and bearing fruit!
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Yeah, I think it would be nice to get to meet other musicians as well. It's kinda anti social to learn to play a new instrument, so it would be a nice change. Pretty nerve wracking though, but I guess it's better to get it over with sooner than later. Thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it.
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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Great stuff @HP. Thanks for the post and the fanitullen video link.
"The richest person is not the one who has the most,
but the one who needs the least."
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Thank you, Pierre
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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Nice!! Thanks for sharing this. Nice to hear music from all over. This was a new one for me.
Playing very well.
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You're welcome, Timothy. And thanks.
Update on the concert:
The concert went a lot better than I expected it to. My memory kind of failed on me though, but after the second attempt it went well. I felt old though, the rest of the group were kids. I'm look forward to the next concert, I believe that would be in November if I'm not mistaken. Hopefully my memory and playing would be better by then.
'Armed with theory, practice becomes meaningful. Through practice, theory becomes fulfilled.' - Egon von Neindorff.
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