Pekkos Pers Storpolska

Pekkos Per was an outstanding fiddler from the village of Bingsjö, in Dalarna.  He got his name “Pekkos” from the farm he lived on, and his descendants still live on the same farm and still play the same music.

This tune, Pekkos Pers “Masterpolska”, is shown on paper the way I learned it in the 1970’s.  In it, the first reprise of 5 measures is played once, and all the other reprises are played twice through.  Nowadays, most fiddlers combine the first two reprises to make one 11-measure reprise, which they play twice through.  Pekkos Gustaf, a descendant of Pekkos Per, plays the first 5-measure reprise twice, then the others all twice, too.

Pick the way you want to play it yourself, and it will be ok.