Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 3, No. 11)

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

A public-domain piece from the Mutopia Project catalogue. C minor, 3/4, 32 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. The left hand makes wide leaps: look at the landing note in advance and move early, without rushing the rhythm. For chords, shape the hand in the air before landing, all notes together.

More pieces by Traditionnel suédois (arr. 1814)

• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 10)
• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 11)
• Swedish folk dance (Traditioner collection, part 1, No. 12)
• 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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