Gånglåt's in prog

Simply put, a gånglåt is a Swedish musical form and it is a kind of tradition for artists to include a gånglåt on their albums. So naturally, a lot of Swedish prog rock bands have made gånglåt's of their own too.

Kattvals - Gånglåt från Valhallavägen
Agusa - Gånglåt från Vintergatan
Kebnekajse - Gånglåt från Dala-Järna
Atlas - Gånglåt
Änglagård - Gånglåt från Knapptibble
Kontinuerlig Drift - Gånglåt från Vettet
Arbete och Fritid - Gånglåt efter Lejsme Per Larsson, Malung
Mårran* - Gånglåt från Zinken

*not really prog, but it features members from Kaipa Da Capo and Karmakanic

List more examples, if you will!

David_D wrote: It may be good to know that gånglåt means a march or something like nomad ballad.

It's a Swedish folk tune format. Not really a march and not a ballad either. I'd say its most characterictic feature is its unique rhythmic construction with super heavy emphasis on the downbeat made to resemble 'walking' motion in a way (hence the name, gång = walk), and a very geometric, classicist even, formal approach to melodywriting. Traditionally performed on a fiddle or a nyckelharpa, but proggers have used all kinds of non-traditional arrangements for their gånglåtar.

Come to think of it, Skogspromenad by Kaipa is very much another prog gånglåt.

Hrychu wrote: David_D wrote: It may be good to know that gånglåt means a march or something like nomad ballad. It's a Swedish folk tune format. Not really a march and not a ballad either.