Mazurka musicality - Balfolk tutorial with Michael Parmenter
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- A lock-down Balfolk tutorial with Michael Parmenter on Mazurka musicality. You will find plenty of fine mazurkas on You Tube to practice with but here's a fine tune to start with: La Candela by Brotto Lopez
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From US and travel occasionally to Europe for Bal Folk. Mazurka is one dance I never seem to get. Thank you so much for breaking this down in such an understandable way.
A same! Thanks from the Nederland's :) Good work!
Where were you when I was in Auckland on exchange from the Netherlands! Great to hear that Balfolk is getting a bit of a foot in NZ too :)
Fab! Just when I was wondering how to do a mazurka! Thank you!
hi Juliet, Just a reminder that this is a contemporary Balfolk mazurka. The Ballroom mazurka, though it has the same rhythmical structure, has a more lifted, hoppy quality, captured in the mazurka @ 3:23 in this You Tube clip czcams.com/video/gr2JrloB7pc/video.html Happy dancing Michael.
Very well explained for us as absolut beginners! Helped us a lot getting a real feeling and understanding of mazurka dancing. Best wishes from germany.
Thank you very much, very helpful
Thank you! 🎉
J'adore cette musique ☺️
The Mazurka is still a magic dance, perhaps because of the lack of tutorials :)
Tres bien le ROSBIF..!😀
Nice and a funny re-interpretation of the Mazurka. That's very neo-folk way of dancing mixing different styles, and very latino. We call that marshmallow dancing here in Belgium. Enjoy bal folk!
Thanks for your message J-E. I had a nice laugh at this. The first time I danced with my fellow Balfolk teacher here in NZ (d'origine francaise) it was a mazurka and she told me I danced a 'marshmallow' style.
I finally get it... Thanks! And do you know Remi Geffroy's Mazurka called "Au bord de l'eau"? It's a wonderful tune and a wonderful French musician. Check him out!
Yes, a mazurka with a lovely swing to it.
More of these would be awesome, there's verry little information on french dance in English on YT.
Since when is Mazurka Franch? The very name of the dance signifies "from Mazovia", which is Central Poland.
@@shylockwesker5530 Certainly that's where it originated from, but I was talking about 'balfolk' generally which is 'dancing as done in France and central Europe'. These seem to be a whole bunch of different versions of the mazurka dance.
Really wondeful tutorial on my most beloved dance. But - may it's because I'm german but he should think about his t-shirt...
Vielen Danken Sonniges, My apologies. This t-shirt is iconic in New Zealand, it is a play on NZ and the Union Jack which is on our flag. It never occurred to me that it could be misinterpreted. Very much appreciate your comment.
@@michaelparmenter3357 Thanks a lot for your nice comment, I didn't wont to bother you and I didn't know about the meaning of the shirt's meaning, so I'm fine with it :-) Please let us see more of your wonderful dancing lessons!
I have a question (and a lot of gratitude!):
Is it important to start the cycle with a 'Mazurka' rhythm or can I start with 123? I think you started once with 123
Hi Pablo,
It isn't necessary to start with the Mazurka figure, but generally in most Mazurka tunes the first 3 counts of a basic 6-count phrase have a stronger Mazurka-feel than the 456. It's almost as if each 6-count phrase were a boat and it's wake: the 123 is the boat and the 456 is it's wake or echo, the mazurka feel is still there but to a less obvious degree. It just feel right to do the mazurka figure there. But for sure, one can absolutely mix it up and have a conversation with the music rather than always doing the same as the music. Cheers M.
@@commongrounddance8951thank you for your great answer
It's not a regional french dialect. Thank you for the dance, but stop there if you don't know the matter...
Thanks Miguel for the correction. I wasn’t at all working from a script and that was indeed an error: more a slip of the tongue than a lack of knowledge.