Last year I have made several videos with Greek music. I have recently been asked about where to get this music to able to play it. In this post I will give some sources for sheet music of Greek folk tunes. Playlist Greek Music for the Mandolin Sources for Greek music The book that I […]
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Some time ago I have discovered a great recording by Christina Pluhar, the Hasapiko from the CD Mediterraneo: Hasapiko – Christina Pluhar und L’Arpeggiata – CD Mediterraneo The ensemble L’Arpeggiata plays a long version with many improvisations. You can hear many different instruments like hammered dulcimer, plucked instruments like saz or the Kretian laouto, stringed
Frigg – Hot Fiddles from Cool Scandinavia Frigg – a folk and dance band from Finland – will take part in the folk festival in Rudolstadt, Germany this year. Last year Frigg were on tour in the UK and in Switzerland. Frigg has published 5 CDs and is very successful in Scandinavia. The last CD
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In the homepage of DUNAV – a homepage dedicated to the folk danes of eastern Europe and Asia – I have recently discovered this simple but anyway interesting folk dance tune: Tin Tin Tini Mini Hanim The melody is composed of only 5 different notes, but it is possible to play this tune for a
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Some time ago I have discovered a site with a collection of free sheet music for the fisarmonca – the accordeon. Its mainly a collection of Italian tunes, folk songs, folk dances and also some opera melodies. When I visited this site again I looked at some Tarantellas and decided to write a post about
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The Kujawiak by Henry Wieniawaski belongs to the preferred pieces for recitals of young violin players – you can find many examples as youtube videos – here you can see the Kujawiak played by young violinist Martin Zayranow from Bulgaria: Martin Zayranov Wieniawski Kuyawiak.avi During the late 19th century this famous piece was also played
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Mike Marshall and Chris Thile played one piece during their woodsongs duo concert named Sedi Donka. This is a Bulgarian folk dance tune in 25/8, divided in 7 + 7 + 11 eights. Before they played the tune Chris and Mike demonstrated this rhythm to the public. The rhythm goes like this: ti – ke
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