Slängpolska - Scandi Folk Nerd #2
Channel: Emelie Waldken
Date: 01/11/2017

Emelie Waldken provides a basis about slängpolska : what it is, where to find it, how to make the difference from "regular" polska and how to play it with good swing. SLÄNGPOLSKA (also called "polonäs" or "slängis") is a type of POLSKA to be differenciated from "REGULAR" POLSKA. Slängpolska are very usual in the South-East of Sweden : Skåne, Småland, Östergötaland, Gotland, and especially Södermanland (Sörmland), with a good concentration in Mörkö.

A tune played in both styles : Slängpolska efter Stare nr. 8

Bowing techniques to practice slängpolska :
- "WO-A WO-A" to get the swing, with the light backbeat
- "TI-A-TA-TA" : bowing pattern for 16th-notes
- "TI-A-TI-A" : other (less) common pattern for 16th-notes
Tune to practice all that : slängpolska från Barsebäck

Thanks to friends and all who gave great feedback and suggestions after the first video on short first-beat polskas : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--merswt1Bk

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Recorded october 2017 in Jura, Switzerland.