Røros by Arto Järvelä

September 2021

This tune was written at Arlanda airport, Sweden, on Arto’s way home from his second visit to Røros Martnan market in 1997. It is a wonderful town in Trøndelag, Norway, with great fiddlers and welcoming people.

Røros is a beautiful, lyrical slow tune with a very Scandinavian feel to its rhythm. Long tied notes add interest to the melody and keep you counting when you are first learning the tune! It has two distinct parts with each part being repeated. The second part of the melody leaves you wanting more with its unresolved final chord. 

The tune is included in The Slow Session Tunebook (available in our online shop) and an audio file is included below as an example of how it can be played.

Simon Ireson has recorded a version of this tune for you to play along with.