Re: Schottis från Idre - Swedish folk (dance) tune
Originally Posted by
Simon DS
Thanks, it’s a great tune, do you know if there’s a way to get the .abc file?
An .abc/PDF option comes up on the site but only for half a second, and very confusingly they’ve written everything in a strange foreign language! What is that?
-just found this too!
https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/g...scussionid=641
On my computer, Chrome browser, clicking the .abc file (at your first link) causes it to be downloaded. I don't do ABC, so no idea if it would open in an app designed for it.
And, that first link may be be a "schottis från Idre," but it's not the one commonly played by that name. Every little village/crossroads, or "by" in Swedish," might have tunes from there that get passed around and even transcribed, but the one video that played in that 2nd link is the tune, if not the rhythm.
I would probably not play the rhythm quite like our son did, though it's very close, and the tempo is fine. But, he'd picked that up off some other video, so I followed as best I could. If we do another, I'll try to get the first shot at and see how it turns out. It's also common that when these are played, there are a *lot* of fiddles and even nyckelharpa players, so the tempo can get a bit indistinct!
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