Level: Intermediate Archives - Phillip Nadvesnik

Slovenija, odkod lepote tvoje – Slowenien, mein Heimatland (V. & S. Avsenik) [Sheet music] [Tutorial video]

am Juli 17, 2022

in Author: Slavko & Vilko Avsenik, Cost: Coffee, Country: Slovenia 🇸🇮, Lernmaterial, Learn to play, Level: Intermediate, Rhythm: Waltz, Sheet music, Tutorials

This is one of the most popular waltzes by the Avsenik brothers, from their 1974 album. It is an extremely heartfelt song with a beautiful melody and lyrics describing Slovenia’s unique beauty.

Thank you to my supporters who have sent so many messages asking for me to create learning material for this song. I hope the sheets and tutorial video helps you learn this song, including its challenging diminished chords and its ending in D flat.

Preview tutorial video:

‘Learn to play’ package:

📝 Sheet music pdf (G) + 📹 slow tutorial video (G)

Sheet music only:

📝 Sheet music pdf (G)

A cover of this song with backing track from mojansambel.si

10 songs by Rudi Bardorfer [Sheet music] [PDF book]

von Phillip

am Juni 21, 2022

in Author: Rudi Bardorfer, Books, Cost: Coffee, Country: Slovenia 🇸🇮, Lernmaterial, Level: Intermediate, Sheet music

Rudi Bardorfer (1933-2000) ist einer meiner liebsten, slowenischen Komponisten und Akkordeonisten. Er nahm mit seinem Trio und dem Ensemble „Rudi Bardorfer“, teilweise ergaenzt durch das Vokal-Quartett „Vokalni Kvartet Zvonček“, in den 1950er bis 1970er Jahren mehrere Alben auf. Danach ging er aus politischen Gruenden ins Exil in die Schweiz. Die offiziellen slowenischen (jugoslawischen) Rundfunkanstalten spielten ab diesem Zeitpunkt seine Musik nicht mehr und seine Lieder wurden mehr und mehr vergessen. Ausnahmen waren das 1RTV Ljubljana-Album und einige Jugoton und Radio- Televizija Belgrad Aufnahmen, deren Tontraeger in slowenischen Familien erhalten blieben. In seinem neuen Leben in der Schweiz und spaeter Oesterreich (Vorarlberg) komponierte er weiterhin Titel fuer slowenische Ensembles. Neben verschiedenen Taetigkeiten hatte er ein eigenes Tonstudio und kaufte darueber hinaus sogar eine kleine, italienische Akkordeon-Manufaktur.

Old Timers Polka – J. Pecon & Wishbone Polka – E. Habat [Sheet music]

von Phillip

am Mai 21, 2022

in Author: Eddie Habat, Author: Johnny Pecon, Cost: Coffee, Lernmaterial, Level: Intermediate, Rhythm: Polka, Sheet music

This my transcription based on a performance by two prominent Cleveland-style (Slovenian-American style) figures; Walter Ostanek (Canada) and Eddie Habat (USA) at Lojze Slak’s 30th anniversary concert in Slovenia, 1994. They performed 2 shortened Cleveland-style polkas: ‘Old Timers Polka’ by Johnny Pecon and ‘Wishbone Polka’ by Eddie Habat. You may notice that the first part of ‘Old Timers Polka’ resembles a Slovene folk song (the name escapes me at the moment).

This arrangement is limited to the recorded performance and may not include all parts of the original songs which I have linked to below. I’ve tried to capture how it was played on this video, instead of the original recordings, including a few nice runs by Ostanek. The bass runs are also loosely based on Slak’s bassist Franci Sever as he played it in this video (below).

Sheet music:

📝 Sheet music pdf (F)

Recording of ‘Wishbone Polka’ – Eddie Habat on archive.org

Recording of ‘Old Timers Polka’ – Johnny Pecon on archive.org

Performance of these 2 songs in 1994 by Walter Ostanek and Eddie Habat with Lojze Slak’s bassist and guitarist Franci Sever and Milan Ferlež

How I tried to play this several years ago

Med narcisami – Narzissen Walzer (V. Muženič) [Sheet music]

von Phillip

am April 29, 2022

in Author: Vito Muženič, Cost: Coffee, Country: Slovenia 🇸🇮, Lernmaterial, Learn to play, Level: Intermediate, Rhythm: Waltz, Sheet music

This waltz by Vito Muženič (Dobri Znanci, Ansambel Vita Muženiča, Avsenik’s 1990s studio ensemble, Hišni ansambel Avsenik) translates to ‘Among the Narcissus’ or ‘Among the Daffodils’.

Sheet music:

📝 Sheet music pdf (G) + 📝 Sheet music pdf (A♭)