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Traditional

Polska from Norrbotten

Swedish folk dance from Traditioner af Swenska Folk-Dansar, part 1 No. 1 (1814)

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
G minor
Time
3/4
Length
24 bars
Plays in
about 1 min

Practise it

Needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet.

The opening bars of Polska from Norrbotten
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out, so every one is still the real piece. Print any of them free.

  • As written422 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand334 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots174 notes
  • Right-hand melody150 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from G3 to G5, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major or G minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals, flats outside the key
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: octaves, 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths
  • Hands playing together, moving the hand to a new position, one hand moving while the other holds, hands in different rhythms, hands taking turns

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Score typeset by Erik Sjölund for the Mutopia Project (CC BY 2.5), adapted for Clefsight; the composition is a traditional tune. Credits