Ornamentation - Scandi Folk Nerd #4
Channel: Emelie Waldken
Date: 2017-12-16

Emelie Waldken gives informations about ornamentation in scandinavian folk music, in the form of a list of traditional and modern ornaments and some tips on how to play them.

COMMON & TRADITIONAL ORNAMENTS
- trills including trill-from-down and mordents
- unison including "norwegian trill" aka unison+trill
- drones (tune : 'Herr Olóf' from Sweden)
- changing drone on a scale aka simple double-stops (mostly Värmlands polska & Røros pols)
- dajstråk (tune : 'Flödens död' polska efter August Bohlin)

MODERN & "COOL" ORNAMENTS
- slide (up or down)
- chop (tune : Halling etter Hilmar Alexandersen)
(check the masters : Casey Driessen, Darol Anger, Rushad Eggleston)

SELDOM OR SPECIFIC ORNAMENTS
- long trills (mostly in Siljan region in Dalarna, Sweden)
- rolls
- vibrato

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Recorded december 2017 in Jura, Switzerland.