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Fiddle Music From Central and SE Europe
Seeking origins of Bohemian and Gypsy fiddle music.
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Violin Republic (YT Channel) has some fairly EASY tutorial/play-along videos!  

Balkan Folk Songs (8) - Violin Republic Playlist

The playlist includes traditional songs from Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Northern Macedonia and Serbia!  A few in 7/8 time, a couple duets & even a trio!  

Couple examples:

"Chukanoto" Bulgarian Folk Song in 2/4 - Violin Tutorial.  Note the ornaments!  

 

"Jovano, Jovanke" North Macedonian Folk Song in 7/8 time - Violin Duet.

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💥💥💥I did find a wonderful site dedicated to Bulgarian (and Balkan) folk tunes - that explained some ornamentation to expect, but not see in notation! 

Jan Wollring's Studio ЯНВ (Amsterdam)  

 

This website is set up to provide sheet music and background information on folk music, often from Bulgaria and other Balkan countries, and sometimes from other regions.

Each article contains sheet music and music examples. This way you can hear exactly what the sheet music is based on, because reading notes alone does not work well with folk music. The sheet music only serves as a memory aid!

All sheet music is downloadable and printable. The music examples are mostly on YouTube, which is freely available to everyone.  

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