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my idea of the best time ever is listening to a bunch of old ladies trying to outsing each other. but it has to be in bulgarian. no, really. i really mean it.
more rhythms - this time aligned to dances
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i'm realizing that part of the complications is that dance rhythms and song rhythms don't match....so here's a summary of the dances and their rhythms ....
Trite pati (2/4); step rhythm quick-quick-slow = 1+1+2.
Pravo (2/4)
Shopsko horo (2/...
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reading
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really enjoying the dry prose of buchanan's Performing Democracy, especially the musical history of the evolution of orchestral dance music. she mentions, but does not discuss, from an ethnological perspective, the fact that at one time, before B...
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red moon
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how freakin cute are we????
good work, me!
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i started again on my singers/regions/songs/styles catalog - felt good. I'm getting better at geography and also moving beyond the cadre of older singers I know best. the bulgarian radio site is excellent, if inconsistent in its ability to provide...
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rhythms?
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i feel like a nimwit when i can't remember what name goes with what rhythm. so i'm gonna write it out and maybe that will make it stick
paidushko - 2 3, like moravka devoike
chetvorno - 3 2 2 like snoshti e dobra
ruchenitsa - 2 2 3 like mjata...
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i'm realizing that part of the complications is that dance rhythms and song rhythms don't match....so here's a summary of the dances and their rhythms ....
Trite pati (2/4); step rhythm quick-quick-slow = 1+1+2.
Pravo (2/4)
Shopsko horo (2/4)
Paydushko (2+3).
Chetvorno (3+2+2; 7/16).
Rachenitsa (2+2+3 or 4+3; 7/16).
Daichovo (4+2+3 or 2+2+2+3; 9/16)
Elenino (2+2+1+2, 4+4+2+3, 3+4+2+3; 7/8, 13/16, 12/16),
Petrunino horo (2+2+1+2, 4+4+2+3, 3+4+2+3; 7/8, 13/16, 12/16)
Gankino...
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really enjoying the dry prose of buchanan's Performing Democracy, especially the musical history of the evolution of orchestral dance music. she mentions, but does not discuss, from an ethnological perspective, the fact that at one time, before Bulgaria engaged in the western tradition of orchestras, women provided almost all the dance music. one or *maybe* two musicians would accompany groups of singers who would perform, antiphonally, dance songs while dancing, and they would do so in a "...
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how freakin cute are we????
Mon, August 6, 2007 - 5:46 PM
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i started again on my singers/regions/songs/styles catalog - felt good. I'm getting better at geography and also moving beyond the cadre of older singers I know best. the bulgarian radio site is excellent, if inconsistent in its ability to provide downloadable files. although i'm always convinced it's some work thing where they block fun file types.
Mon, January 15, 2007 - 8:39 PM
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i feel like a nimwit when i can't remember what name goes with what rhythm. so i'm gonna write it out and maybe that will make it stick
paidushko - 2 3, like moravka devoike
chetvorno - 3 2 2 like snoshti e dobra
ruchenitsa - 2 2 3 like mjatalo lenche or gano ganke
daichovo 2 2 2 3 - like snoshti otidex mamo na horoto
gankino or kopanitsa - 2 2 3 2 2 - vido vido (also called krivo?)
pravo 2 2 nine le
so what is gjurgu le gjurgju junake? 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 + 2 2 3 2 2 3 + 4
Wed, January 3, 2007 - 6:38 PM
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