‘La mula de Parenzo’ is a folk song dating hundreds of years ago, from Istria, a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea shared by Croatia, Slovenia and Italy. The name translates to ‘Dekle iz Poreča’ (Slovene) or ‘The Girl from Poreč/Parenzo‘ (English) and it is sung in various Italian dialects. One of its most popular recordings […]
La mula de Parenzo – Dekle iz Poreča (Istrian folk song) [Sheet music] Read More »
“Kol’kor kaplic tol’ko let” is a traditional Slovenian drinking toast, which is often sung at parties, festivals, gigs, and so on. It translates roughly to “as many drops as years”, as to say “let us be blessed with as many years as there are drops in this glass”. Learn to play: 📝 Sheet music pdf
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This is a traditional Austrian polka which goes by at least 3 different names: Pretuler Polka, Stoarigler Polka and Radltruchn Polka. It is often played fast but doesn’t have to be. If someone knows what the names mean, let me know so that I can it add to this description. I assume they are names
Pretuler Polka – Stoariegler Polka (Traditional) [Sheet music] [Tutorial video] Read More »
This is a popular Austrian traditional polka which was initially referred to as ‘Tramplano’ or ‘Zillertaler Tramplan’ before being adapted and popularised in the 1980s by one of the most popular Volksmusik bands from Austria, Zillertaler Schürzenjäger. Read more about this interesting folk song on Wikipedia. ‘Learn to play’ package (includes sheet music) Tutorial preview
‘Gretl Boarischer’ is a popular Austrian traditional instrumental, commonly played on the diatonic button accordion (Steirische harmonika) but is fun to play on piano or chromatic accordion as well. It’s most commonly played in Eb, so I’ve arranged sheets in Eb as well as F. Preview: ‘Learn to play’ includes:– Sheet music in pdf in
Here are 2 basic variations of Slovenian folk song ‘Hisca ob cest stoji’. First version was recorded by Boris Frank, second by Kvintet Avsenik and later by Alpski Kvintet. To keep it simple, it’s only the melody of the folk song itself, and not the extra instrumental sections created by these bands. Sheet music:📝 Sheet
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