A PLAY WITH TRADITIONS //  PART I  //  ILL. IV

Left: Ornament example from Norwegian rosemaling (decorative painting) (Sjøvaag, 1977, p. 14)

RightE-mail from Øyvind Torvund to Ingfrid Breie Nyhus with one of the tasks towards Det abstrakte i folkekunsten, stating: 'I have an idea for a new etude, only described by words. -Piano reduction-: Take one of Grieg's dances, or a short excerpt. Change the original pitches, or reduce the note material to only a fifth in several octaves. Listen to the original dance, focus on rhtyhm, timing and dynamics. I am looking for a result that sounds like a rhythmical analysis, a rhythmical essence of the slått, a true piano reduction.' 

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