HOW TO DANCE & PLAY A SWEDISH POLSKA Grind Hans Jässpodspolska (aka CEG / CiG) | Mel Biggs Melodeon

I was inspired to create this video after seeing so many people say how much they struggled to get the rhythm for last week's Tuesday Tunesday tune Grind Hans Jässpodspolska (aka CEG or CiG). It's certainly got a few different interpretations out there, and whilst I'm no expert on Swedish music or the Polska, I have picked up some stuff over the years as a Trad musician and dancer so I thought it was worth putting it out there. I hope it helps! Thanks to Vicki Swan for her fantastic tutorial on this tune and it's quirky rhythm. Watch her video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd-MeFkoCTg Andy Cutting playing CEG with a nice spoken introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgPOCvEFFpM&t=4s Ben Potton's useful polska metronome: http://www.tradtunedb.org.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1_LwLKbBXaqCskw78jivnRgPf14EpsxYt-vW3Ikw4IkC_bUGH9WhpbHtk#/metronome Tuesday Tunesday Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tunesdaytuesdays Swedish Polskas dancing: https://youtu.be/2AKiNeZheYg?si=hkgxYLWXW7TBvrKM Becci & Marcus' beautiful RiverKnits hand spun & dyed yarn! https://www.riverknits.co.uk/ 0:00 Grind Hans Jässpodspolska in G on a DG melodeon 3:33 Introduction 5:32 Trad music chat: A bit of backstory on the name and key signature of this particular polska 8:18 Grind Hans Jässpodspolska in C on a GC melodeon 11:53 Trad music chat: understanding the dance form 13:07 Small disclaimer: there are different polskas! 13:59 The dance steps 18:22 Pick up & play: Taking the dance into our music 22:02 Summary 23:31 Outro: CEG played by Becci & Marcus Pamely-Bast, Lisa Heywood and Me in the RiverKnits studio Played on a 4th button start Castagnari Trilly D/G and a G/C/Letron-Laloy Handry 18 melodeon https://www.melbiggsmusic.co.uk Like my style? Check out my ONLINE CLASSES available when you are: https://melbiggsmusic.co.uk/product-category/online-group-classes/ If you have enjoyed this video or found it useful please consider supporting my work through Patreon! Sign up for EXCLUSIVE teaching content and become one of Mel's Angels: https://www.patreon.com/melbiggsmusic The Mel Method: Why I should be your melodeon teacher: https://bit.ly/2rtpw52 MY ALBUM IS OUT NOW: Available to buy physical CD and/or digital format: https://bit.ly/2SzHWl7 Listen via streaming on Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/2SyPdC0 THE MEL BIGGS TUNE BOOK AVAILABLE HERE Physical/Digital: https://bit.ly/34olm1K Mel Biggs Music is proudly supported by Acorn Instruments: https://www.acorninstruments.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find and follow… Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelBiggsMusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelBiggsMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melbiggs_me... SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mel-biggs-music