‘Gruss in die Ferne’ (Greetings to afar) is a polka by Franz Arh, accordion player from Austrian Oberkrainer ensemble Lechtaler Buam. Franz Arh also wrote other great songs for Lechtaler Buam including ‘In deinen augen‘. Although this song is always performed by a quintett, my arrangement hopefully makes it enjoyable to play solo on accordion […]
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‘Nikoli sam’ (Never alone) or ‘Goldene finger’ (Golden fingers) is a fast, complex polka by Robert Goter, a Slovenian world champion of the diatonic button accordion (1999), who has written many songs, released several albums, and is a teacher of the diatonic button accordion. He is also known for his successful apps which teach the
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This is one of the most popular songs by Štirje kovači, who are the oldest active Slovenian popular-folk (Oberkrainer) ensemble. All of their songs were written by Franc Šegovc, their leader and founder. The name of this song means ‘Where does the time go?’. Tutorial preview: ‘Learn to play’ package:📝 Sheet music pdf (E♭) +
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‘Danes pri vas’ (Ger: ‘Die Oberkrainer Kommen’) is a polka by Vinko Štrucl, a Slovenian composer, conductor, trombone and baritone player. He wrote many songs for Slovenski instrumentalni kvintet (Oberkrainer Sextett Janez Kalšek), hundreds of compositions for brass and wind orchestras, and also stepped in for Mik Soss on baritone for the Avsenik ensemble. This
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“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
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