Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 2, No. 30)

Traditionnel suédois (arr. 1814) · Level 4 (Intermediate) · traditional · Piano

A public-domain piece from the Mutopia Project catalogue. D major, 3/4, 48 bars (about one minute), complete score.

▶ Play this piece with the interactive score

How to practise it

• Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
• Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
• Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
• One hand sometimes plays two voices: hold the long notes for their full value and let the main line sing louder than the accompaniment. Triplets and other tuplets must be perfectly even: count them aloud with the metronome. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together. Fast writing: work section by section in Wait mode, then in dotted rhythms, and raise the tempo in steps of 5–10%.

More pieces by Traditionnel suédois (arr. 1814)

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• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 13)
• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 2)
• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 22)
• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 3)
• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 31)

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