Here is a brief continuation from the same CD notes about Norwegian
folk rhythms:
"Apart from the Marj (March), the oldest rhythms in Norwegian folk
music tradition, as heard on this album, are:
Gangar (walking-dance) in 6/8 meter
Sprinar (running-dance) in 3/4 meter
Halling (a man's acrobatic solo dance) in duple meter
The pols, in 3/4 triple meter, has been described in the text above
(see previous post).
The Vals (waltz), also in 3/4 meter, has three distinct forms
illustrated in this recording:
Springvals (running-walz), in quick tempo;
Nigvals (dip-walz), a particularly rollicking rhythm;
Stegvals (stride-waltz), in relatively slow tempo and likely related
to a pre-polska rhythmic form.
The Reinlender (Rheinlander), in double meter, the Norwegian equiv-
alent of the schottische.