http://web.telia.com/~u24106999/Sidor/Att%20lanka%20till/historik_lank.htm

Gånglåt från Mockfjärd and the Swedish Walking Jig

Gånglåt från Mockfjärd is a Swedish walking tune made popular by the playing of Anders Frisell in Sweden and by David Kaynor in the US. Gånglåt are walking tunes and this one is from Mockfjärd, a little village in the area of Dalarna in Sweden.


I’ve been playing this tune for years because it is just right. The mp3 below is Sam Zygmuntowicz on fiddle and me on Anglo concertina playing our version of the original tune.

Gånglåt från Mockfjärd mp3



The other day I was fooling around with it and out came this very nice jig. Here is us playing the jig and segueing into our band, Grand Picnic playing the same at a contra dance here in New York City.

Swedish Walking Jig mp3

October 2007