Title Needed for This Polka

[Mix O'Lydian]

Can anyone tell me the title of this polka, please?

 

The ABC code is posted below

 

(You can paste the ABC text into the Tune-O-Tron Convert-A-Matic and submit it to get the PDF and midi).

 

Thanks in anticipation of any assistance.

 

X: 1

T: Polka

M: 2/4

L: 1/8

K: D

|:A>G FA|d/c/d/e/ d d|cd ec|d/c/d/e/ ff|

A>G FA|d/c/d/e/ d d|cc BB|B2 A2:|

|:g>a ge|f>g fd|e>f ec|d/c/d/e/ fd|

g>a ge|f>g fd|e>f ec|d2 d2:|

[Mix O'Lydian]

Thanks to the co-operative efforts of several members of session.org (where the ABC code was also posted) I now have the title of the tune, which turns out to be Danish in origin.

 

It's called: "Bal I Sønderho" - roughly translated as "Dance in Sønderho"

 

The dance: "Sønderhoning" associated with the tune comes from a small island called Fanø off the west coast of Denmark.

 

Historically, the main occupation of the locals was fishing and sea trading. The dance is supposed to suggest a ship's rising and falling movement across the sea.

[Mix O'Lydian]

Here'a link to a YouTube of the dance & tune:

 

[JimLucas]

Thanks to the co-operative efforts of several members of session.org (where the ABC code was also posted) I now have the title of the tune, which turns out to be Danish in origin.

 

It's called: "Bal I Sønderho" - roughly translated as "Dance in Sønderho"

Aha! I thought it sounded somewhat familiar when I tried to play it from the notes, but the music you gave had it labeled as a polka, so when I read it I was playing it much too fast, and that was enough to throw me off.

 

Couldn't have given it a name, anyway. Scandinavians don't generally make a big deal of naming their tunes like children or pets. If you ask, they might say, "Oh, that's a polka from Lars-Erik Jensn" or "that's a totakt [two-step?] from [the town of] Gilleleje," but otherwise they just play them. In fact, there's a well known song to one of the popular Sønderhoning tunes, but I've yet to hear anyone call the dance tune by the name of the song.

[JimLucas]

Here'a link to a YouTube of the dance & tune:

 

Thanks for that.

I know the musicians in that one.

And it shows clearly that in its native environment the tune is not a polka, though it could certainly be used as one if played at polka speed.