Norwegian polka (trippar) with blue notes - Scandi Folk Tune #25

Blue notes all the way and as catchy as can be : here comes a Trippar from southern Norway which I learned from Mia Marine. A great exercise for all of you who want to practice their non-tempered scales and double-stops... and a super fun tune in general ! Tune : Trippar etter Lars Mjåland frå Åseral i Vest-Agder, Norway Difficulty : 3 (some climbing on nyckelharpa) A tempered version on piano adapted and played by Sverre Eftestøl : Malungs Folkhögskola, which I recommend in the video : Blue notes or micro-intervalls are all the notes outside of the western tempered chromatic scale (aka : all notes in-between the keys of a piano). Quarter-tones are the blue notes right in the middle of a tempered half-tone, but there are many more blue notes. These notes are common in several Scandinavian folk repertoires, notably mountainous Norway and w
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