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Nice Tunes Jack!
« on: September 02, 2016, 06:31:39 PM »

At last night's Panards Dansants session in Leeds we played a tune that had been learned at Whitby by several members of the cast - "Bulgaros". I caught a glimpse of the dots and it was part of a collection of Moldavian Csango Dances, put together by Jack Campin. This, and "Pingvin", were played with much gusto, and talk about the "lovely man with the ocarina", as well as confusion between Moldavia and Moravia. Thank you Jack!

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Re: Nice Tunes Jack!
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2016, 07:47:12 PM »

Thank you.  Here's the collection.

In this file, they're all in the key most commonly used in Moldavia, which suits an A whistle or fiddle.  At Whitby I played the Bulgáros on a C whistle, which puts these tunes in the key most often used by folkies in Budapest.  Take your pick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH_fhqbE1aI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9oYTDi7ink

The first version is fairly normal "tanchaz" (ceilidh band) style.  The second is much more archaic with some seriously out-there whistle ornamentation - I might try that next year, but no way could most Eurosessioneers pick up the tune through all those twiddles and no melodeon could respond fast enough.

This shows the dance though it's musically off beam (played ok, but that lineup is western Transylvanian, not Moldavian):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INpLjaQx-YU

and another one like that (even further west Danubian combo of hurdy-gurdy and bagpipe, typical young dancers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulyL4CXVTVk

This is probably the best overall idea of how it ought to go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ajl-gMpF3w

I saw that band in Budapest last year - apart from the sloppy drummer they're pretty good.

BTW the name of the dance is misleading - it's called that by Hungarians in Romania but it's probably Serbian, not Bulgarian.

I may come back to "Pingvin".  It has an amazingly complicated story.
« Last Edit: September 02, 2016, 07:49:24 PM by Jack Campin »
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