Country: Thy, Denmark
Type: set dance
Formation: 2 couples, facing
Steps:
hurretrin (buzz step),
trippetrin,
gangtrin (walk),
vals (waltz)
Sheet music:
(1) 'Almindelig firtur fra Thy' after Viggo Gade 358:186;
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1985, pp. 40-41. ;
(3) 'after Karl Skårup 1993 & N Vestergårds ms notebook 1912' Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. pp. 48-49.;
(4) Hamborg, Svend/ Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] I. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, [1981]. p.21.
Recordings:
Gangspil 'Gravers Nørgaards nodebog' Gangspil 2 cd 2 track 05;
Jensen & Bugge 'firetur fra Thy after Sonnich Lydom' Hav og land track 06;
Jydsk på Næsen Blod på tanden track 05;
Lang Linken Lyst track 14;
Skårup, Jens et al Thybal track 02.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression: |
| |:1-8:| | 1 (a) | Circle: All form closed circle, w-hold, and circle CW, 16 walking steps. |
| 9-16 | (b) | Trippetrin: All take 2-hand hold with partner and dance 1 trippetrin away from opposite couple (9-10), 1 trippetrin towards opposite couple (11-12), and repeat (13-16), As in totur fra Thy. |
| 9-16 | All take 2-hand hold with opposite M/W, and dance 1 trippetrin away from other couple (9-10), 1 trippetrin towards other couple (11-12), and repeat (13-16), As in totur fra Thy. | |
| 17-20 | (c) | Circle & chain: Closed circle, circle half-way round CW, 4 walking steps. |
| 21-24 | R-hand chain half-way round the circle, 4 walking steps. | |
| 25-28 | Circle half-way round CW, 4 walking steps. | |
| 29-32 | R-hand chain half-way round the circle, 4 walking steps. | |
| |:25-32:| | (d) | Waltz: Waltz hold, the two couples waltz around each other moving CCW, 16 waltz steps. |
| Parts (b), (c), and (d) are the same in all sequences. | ||
| |:1-8:| | 2 (a) | Swing: Swing partner CW, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 3 (a) | Swing: Swing partner CW, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 4 (a) | 1-hand star: Right hand star CW. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 5 (a) | 2-hand star: Two-hand star CW, 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 6 (a) | Back basket: Back basket hold CW. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | 7 (a) | Circle: Closed circle CW. 16 buzz steps. |
| |:1-8:| | Swing: The dance finishes with swinging own partner on the spot CW, waltz hold, 16 buzz steps. |
Note: this is part of a sequence of dances that were always danced one after the other, consisting of: totur, tretur, firetur, halvfemtetur, femtur, tolvtur, and Dronningens livstykke.
See videos from/with Varde 2019, Lang Linken 2010, Søborg Vognfjeder fabrik 2011.
Source: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Gamle danse fra Mors og Thy. 4th ed. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1985, pp. 40-41
See also:
-- Jacobsen, Jack & Gitte Thofte/ Thybal - en spillemandsbog. s.l.:Folkekulturværkstedet Broby gamle skole, 2008. pp. 46-49.
-- Hamborg, Svend/ Beskrivelser & noder til Thydanse [vol.] I. [Thisted]: Thy Spillemandslaug, [1981]. p.6.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2011-10-19, rev. 2023-02-08.
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