JAM AND MUSIC
There is a lot of jamming at ROD. Big jams for group dances, smaller jams for the kitchen team doing the dishes, or a cozy sofa jam for an early morning coffee. You can always find someone to play with on ROD. If you are new to jamming folk music, below you can find some of the tunes that are often played on Rod.
POLKA
Polka is a classic Danish dance melody. It is characterized by a relatively fast pace, and is energetic without being hyperactive. You can think of it as a type of melody that gets a dance floor going and keeps the energy up. It is usually the first tune played at a ball, and the dance is relatively easy.
Kingo Pedersen
Præstø Polka
Aalborg polka
Forkert polka no 16
JIGS
Jigs is a tune in 6/8, which is found a lot in Ireland, but it's also used in a number of community dances in Denmark. Jigs and Reels are very popular at ROD, and you can always find someone to jam Celtic repertoire with.
Da Lounge Bar
POLSKA
Polska is a dance type from Sweden that exists in a plethora of variants. It is a couple dance with 3 beats and a lot of twirling around. It can be played anywhere from slow and breathing to running and pushing forward. But ask a Swede, we have many of them at ROD;)
Vankarin "shot gun" polska
Julottan
SCOTTISH
The schottish is slower than the polka, and it's often characterized by a steady groove that either lies straight on the beats or shuffles quite a bit. The accompanying dance is close and bouncy, and one can dance it for ages with a multitude of different variations.
D molliskotisch
Birthday schottisch for Lars
WALTZ
Most people know waltzes as something you see in fancy movies or at weddings, with long arcs and long waltz steps from side to side on the dance floor. But the Nordic waltz within folk music is widespread, and is more characterized by a "bouncy" playing style that mirrors the slightly more bouncy dance.
waltz no. 113
SÖNDERHÖONING
One of the very popular jam tunes is Sønderhoning, which is a type of melody that comes from the island of Fanø. If you hear them played on Fanø, they usually go faster and are played with more bite than when they are jammed in the rest of Denmark. Here they are played more floating, "prettier" and slower. However, both versions are jammed on ROD.