Swedish? Dance Tunes - Anyone To Identify? Corrections?

[Wolf Molkentin]

Hi everyone,

 

as part of a widespread attempt of aggregating and shaping my repertoire I recorded and posted a set of

 

 

three Nordic dances

 

 

yesterday. It's from old memory, and at points completed where it appeared fragmentary to me.

 

Does anyone know one of the tunes? recordings, dots, corrections, suggestions?

 

Any feedback appreciated!

 

Best - Wolf

[Gjert]

Hi there, the first one is a tune from mainly the south part of Sweden and it's called "Var det du eller var set jag?" (Was it you or was it me…) roughly translated. The second tune is a little bit fragmentary but there are a couple a passages that are a little bit familiar. The third one sounds Finnish, but I don't know. But here's a link for the music of the first tune:

http://hem.bredband.net/stefanelinden/visa%20Var%20det%20du%20Visvals%20fr%20Oland%20m%20text.pdf

Cheers from a sunny island of the swedish west coast,

Gjert

[SteveS]

"Var det du eller var set jag?" (Was it you or was it me…)

"Var det du eller var det jag?"

 

Often played as a long dance.

Edited May 30, 2014 by SteveS

[Wolf Molkentin]

Hi Gjert,

 

thank you so much for the information, great to have one tune identified (which I completed where it's in fact just the - repeated - questioning), interesting differences in the B-section! And it's nice to have lyrics behind the music! Finally, a waltz instead of a polska...

 

I will consider all that and maybe skip the added second half of "my" A-part.

 

And I will resume my search among Finnish tunes then and keep you updated...

 

Thank you again!

Best wishes across the Baltic - Wolf

Edited May 30, 2014 by blue eyed sailor

[Wolf Molkentin]

 

 

"Var det du eller var set jag?" (Was it you or was it me)

 

"Var det du eller var det jag?"

 

Often played as a long dance.

Thank you for the additional information Steve! Would it still be a waltz/vals then? and still without my completions (or equivalent) in the A part?

 

Best - Wolf

[SteveS]

 

 

"Var det du eller var set jag?" (Was it you or was it me)

"Var det du eller var det jag?"

 

Often played as a long dance.

Thank you for the additional information Steve! Would it still be a waltz/vals then? and still without my completions (or equivalent) in the A part?

 

Best - Wolf

 

No not a waltz - more akin to a polska

[Wolf Molkentin]

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Var det du eller var set jag?" (Was it you or was it me)

 

"Var det du eller var det jag?"

 

Often played as a long dance.

Thank you for the additional information Steve! Would it still be a waltz/vals then? and still without my completions (or equivalent) in the A part?

Best - Wolf

No not a waltz - more akin to a polska

... which had been my starting point...

 

(and thank you for the link; am I mistaken when taking the music similar to a mazurka then?)

 

So I'll have to make a decision as to my instrumental version, or expand it to including both approaches...

[Wolf Molkentin]

Here ist my new take (description at soundcloud),

 

 

Var Det Du Eller Var Det Jag - Set

 

 

Thank you so much Gjert and Steve!

 

Best - Wolf