Austrian polka: Schön Marie

[Martin Jonas]

We don't talk a lot about Austrian or German dance music here, so this is slightly off-beat.

This is a traditional polka from the Mühlviertel region of Upper Austria, and well-known in its vocal form throughout Austria and Germany. It's normally played on accordion, but I think it translates quite nicely to mandolins and is fun to play!

I'm playing it on two mandolins with tenor guitar backing in an arrangement by Michel Van Der Meiren:

http://www.tangosite.com/concertina/...9/schoen-marie

An alternative transcription, with words and a video of the dance, is at:

http://www.volksmusik.cc/volkstanz/schoenmarie.htm

Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin
Ozark tenor guitar



Martin

[rubydubyr]

I never like polkas before, but now that I've heard one on mandolins, I believe they are quite nice! ty for sharing!