Emelie Waldken provides a basis about short first beat polskas (kort etta polskor) : what they are, where to find them, how to play them, and how to describe and recognize four types of them.
1 - VÄRMLANDS POLSKA / JÖSSEHÄRSPOLSKA
Region : Värmland (!), Sweden
Tune : ’Music Music’ after Mia Marin
Fiddlers in the Värmland tradition : Nina Pérez, Mia Marin, Mats Berglund...
2 - SPRINGLEK
Region : western Dalarna (mostly), Sweden
Tune : springlek efter Lissmyr Erik
Fiddlers in the “springlek-tradition“ : Mattias Helje, Lars Halvarsson, Kalle Almlöf...
3 - BODA POLSKA
Region : Boda, Dalarna, Sweden
Tune : ’Jässpödspolska’ från Boda
Fiddlers in the Boda tradition : Hans Röjås, Knapp Maria Pettersson...
4 - RØROS POLS
Region : Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Tune : ’Storbrekkingen’
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