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Traditional

Polska from Hälsingland

Swedish folk dance from Traditioner af Swenska Folk-Dansar, part 3 No. 12 (1815)

Level
3 of 5
Key signature
G minor
Time
3/4
Length
36 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 Hälsingland
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 written326 notes
  • Melody and a simpler left hand298 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots192 notes
  • Right-hand melody156 notes

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from A3 to G5, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from D2 to E4, 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, dotted half notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 6ths, octaves, 4ths, 7ths
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

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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