Village Idiot Waltz - Scandi Folk Tune

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Step-by-step tutorial for a Swedish traditional waltz with a funny title. Also creative choices inspired by Monty Python. Also also tips for ornaments & variations.
0:01 Playthrough
0:58 Tune name & info
2:34 Part A
4:26 Part B
7:22 Part C
11:02 Final thoughts & Patreon
12:33 Bloopers
Tune: "Idioten" vals från Enviken, Dalarna, Sweden
Known from the album "Öst och Väst" by Kalle Almlöf & Jonny Soling (2005 Giga)
I'm Emelie Waldken, I play mostly Scandinavian traditional music on nyckelharpa and fiddles. I also teach music and folk dancing.
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Baroque violin bow by The Bow Studio (Stråkstudion), Gävle, Sweden.
Special thanks to Freja and Elin for the clothes.
Special thanks to Erik Orvehed for the off-camera help and impromptu starring.
No thanks to the wind for noises and tractors for the same reason.
I guess they do have to work though, it's the countryside after all.
Thanks to the llamas for being so silent, that was refreshing.
Comment "Next time with a tape recorded up your nose" if you've read all this.
Recorded June 2023 in Uppland, Sweden.
#nordicfolk #folkmusic #montypython

Пікірлер: 54

@yeoldfart8762 11 ай бұрын

Some of my favorite tunes are the simple ones. Haven''t commented for awhile. Still recovering from a tree falling on me. My little finger on my left hand barely works after a year. Always a joy listening to your music!

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

My, it sounds so much worse than the whole body falling off a log laying peacefully on the ground. Hope your recovery goes well !

@aftertheendtimes 11 ай бұрын

blir så glad av å lyssna till & och på dig 😄🥰

@hannafiddler 11 ай бұрын

I saw the title and knew, this had to be either Dalakopa or Idiotvalsen! You never disappoint. 💚

@Eldrvak 11 ай бұрын

Amazing as usual!

@oldbrokensqueezebox 11 ай бұрын

Something so special about the haunting/beautiful sound Scandi folk music often conveys, it resonates with a deep part of my being, the tunes seem to translate memories much older than the songs themselves. Folklore has the same effect. Love your videos, and I checked out your Spotify and I am hooked! thankyou for doing what you do! Long live folk music!

@PsychedelicChameleon 11 ай бұрын

Thank You Emelie!

@cjsingle 11 ай бұрын

Ah, my theme music!

@rohwermusicstudios 11 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@user-do5hd7zb4x 9 ай бұрын

Very nice I liked its simplicity! Your not an idiot. Your very talented and you have good tone. Very hard to achieve on the violin.

@andreas001 11 ай бұрын

Hi Emelie, loved this video! I am not a violinist, nor, at my age, do have aspirations to become one. I'm getting a bit interested in the Nyckelharpa and Hurdy Gurdy though. The credits at the top of the video were brilliant.

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

Thank you ! There is no age limit to start learning an instrument, you know =)

@pammarx1 6 ай бұрын

Un talent Génial 🥰🌹🕊

@Didymus20X6 11 ай бұрын

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

'Tis but a scratch

@MickCorgi 11 ай бұрын

I would inquisite this as not authentic Irish fiddle. Thank you for your conservation works of Scandinavian folklore. Now I know is it’s not all Yngwie or Birgit.

@noelplouffe6245 11 ай бұрын

thank you

@javi9038 11 ай бұрын

¡Buen trabajo Emelie! El titulo de la canción me hizo recordar una pelicula muy buena ''El tren de la vida'' del director Radu Mihaileanu👍

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

Never heard of it, but I guess it's a comedy ? ^^

@javi9038 11 ай бұрын

@@EmelieWaldken Comedia/ drama. La banda sonora es bellísima.

@Otri86 11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂❤️❤️ thank you!

@hilsr2117 11 ай бұрын

Love the tune. Less so the act. But love the tune and teaching.

@Alkusanat 11 ай бұрын

I wasn't expecting such a laugh! cool tune as always to add to my repertoir!

@isabellalucia7820 9 ай бұрын

Making fun of differently angled people is just not funny, however lovely the tune.

@timb8744 9 ай бұрын

02:35 04:33 07:49 Need this for playing along :-)

@tobiaslarsson1302 11 ай бұрын

Nice! Also top marks for the Python-esque opening titles. Next time with a tape recorder up your nose!

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

I might be an idiot, but I'm not a fool ! This parrot is no more.

@seriksson9721 11 ай бұрын

@@EmelieWaldkenkzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5eJfZNq29-akmw.html

@michaelbishop. 11 ай бұрын

Love the tune, though the title led me to expect something odd during the video, rather than Emilie being totally normal…for her.🤪

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

Totally normal here ! Nothing special to see =P

@user3141592635 11 ай бұрын

In Swedish it is called "by-fåne", in Danish "landsby-tosse" and in Norwegian "by-tulling" :) A short lecture of the word "village-fool" or "village-idiot" in Scandinavian. I do not have the word in Icelandic or Farose though, help me please, for I want to know them all, for I collect them all as a Scandinavian and linguisticually. You on the other hand are no fool. A skilled musician instead.

@JoanieAdamms 11 ай бұрын

Once a respectable figure, now an idiotic rabble! - Ah, but you must know that I am inspired by the idiots and tricksters the most! - I love your jest in this one Emelie!

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

The trick is to be able to switch from one to the other and back as fast as lightning !

@JoanieAdamms 11 ай бұрын

@@EmelieWaldken Call you lightning, indeed!

@custodialmark 11 ай бұрын

i cud do dat. grew up wi various tunes in the black hills.1968 broked leg gave me much time up to learn guitar. i share my practices hear as repyouguitar' this tune sounds family . dispite decades of schoolin an higher education nun hurt me nun. Sioux Falls area has more Norwegians, See ed sulivan shows, and Larry Welk, polkas. many tunes i do not know names. sum grade school, and college couse child growth development had music to teach with...

@mccypr 11 ай бұрын

Here our“Village Idiots” are playing on their Radio Computers and we’re suffering as a consequence. Great stuff! Thanks! 😆👽🙂😎

@twWhistle 11 ай бұрын

7:29 what's happend?!!! LOL

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

Someone passed by !

@YouPeasant888 7 ай бұрын

Hey! Where's the moose? I didn't see it!

@JustFiddler 11 ай бұрын

matur suksma

@garybridgham5432 11 ай бұрын

Next time with a tape recorded up your nose. -- now see what you make me do! I enjoyed the video, thank you.

@seriksson9721 11 ай бұрын

Excuse a perhaps stupid question, but why change the name of an already known music song? I find that a little strange, almost like trademark infringement, if such a thing exists in Scandinavian folk music.

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

I don't know the story behind that new name to the tune - only that it apparently happened during the mentioned album's recording. In general, for traditional tunes, if it doesn't already have a "title" (but only a descriptive name giving info about the collector and/or place of origin), it's commonly accepted to give the tune a new name. It can actually be a good thing, as we sometimes have several "polska efter Sven Donat" (for example). So giving them more "personal" names/titles helps distinguishing them !

@fiedelmina 2 ай бұрын

the men who re-named the tune are very renowned fiddlers in their community who have a high status that absolutely allows them the right to rename a tune which they teach to new people.. Also they didn't really re-name it - before, it had no name and was just called by the village it came from - Enviken. I learned this waltz myself from Jonny Soling as Idioten's vals. (The way he told it, the new name was rather about a person who regularly played this tune not being very.... nice. Not as in "not intelligent".)

@seriksson9721 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for a detailed and reasonable explanation. In general, I think it's sad that the same song has, is known, under several different names. This applies regardless of whether it is folk music or schlager festival music. That's just my opinion, though.

@fiedelmina 2 ай бұрын

@@seriksson9721 I think if you call this a "song" you need to learn a bit more about music. It's an instrumental dance tune, not a song.

@seriksson9721 2 ай бұрын

I agree, I have a lot to learn. Thanks for your reply.

@christiandegrassi 11 ай бұрын

Hi, I really liked your tune and I like your channel, but I am just a bit unhappy about making fun of people with challenges. Sorry, I think you could have spared that.

@EmelieWaldken 11 ай бұрын

Hello, this is actually not making fun of people with disabilities. It might look like it but it's an homage to Monty Python's Village Idiot video, in which the "idiots" are by no means stupid people, but in fact manipulating the society to make a living. Here's the video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKxdds5-1bfYnI0.html

@isabellalucia7820 9 ай бұрын

I love you videos and this tune, but I don’t think you have any idea how completely offensive that whole ‘village idiot’ routine is. If you don’t know what I mean, consider what someone with cerebral palsy would think watching you make weird gestures and silly sounds. Time of an edit! (If you must play the idiot, go with the witty Shakespearean fool instead)