Friska

{{Short description|Term in Hungarian folk dance}}

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Friska, also known as Friss, (from {{langx|hu|friss}}, fresh, pronounced frish) is a term used in Hungarian folk dance. It's used in Hungarian dances where there is a sudden shift to a faster tempo in a certain section of the dance. This faster tempo section is called the friss or friska. Examples of Hungarian folk dances which have a friska section include the csárdás and the verbunkos.{{Cite encyclopedia|date=2001|entry=Friss|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10287 |title=Friss }}

Portions of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies (all except rhapsodies 3, 5 and 17) take their form from the csárdás and contain a friska section.{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=György |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qGy1AAAAIAAJ |title=Hungarian Folk Dances |date=1974 |publisher=Corvina Press |isbn=978-0-8002-1518-7 |language=en}} The friska is generally either turbulent or jubilant in tone. The Friska of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is also the most well-known of the Hungarian Rhapsodies.