Gorenjska Polka – Klarinetten Polka (V. & S. Avsenik) [Sheet music] [Tutorial video]

Gorenjska Polka (Slovenian for ‘Polka from Gorenjska‘) or Klarinetten Polka (German for ‘Clarinet Polka’) is an instrumental polka by the legendary Avsenik brothers, Vilko and Slavko Avsenik from Slovenia, dating back to the 1950s (not related to the older ‘Clarinet Polka’ or ‘Polka Dziadek’ from Poland). ‘Gorenjska’ refers to a region in Slovenia known as […]

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A Krainer is meiner (S. Binder) [Sheet music] [Tutorial video]

A Krainer is meiner (German rhyming which implies “Oberkrainer music is my passion”) is a popular instrumental polka by Siegi Binder, accordionist from the Lechner Buam, a legendary Oberkrainer style folk music group from the Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) state of Austria. Siegi Binder is a fantastic and successful music teacher, composer, and stage musician who

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Majski ples – Tanz im Mai (F. Mihelič) [Sheet music] [Tutorial video]

Majski ples (Slovenian for “May Dance”) or Tanz im Mai (German for “Dance in May”) is an instrumental polka by Franc Mihelič, one of Slovenia’s most popular and influential accordionists and composers in the Slovenian Folk Music or Oberkrainer style of Alpine Folk Music. Mihelič is a virtuosic Styrian Diatonic Button Accordion player as well

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V prostem času – Freizeit Polka (B. Prešeren) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track]

This is a very unique and beautiful polka by Brane Prešeren (legendary Slovenian trumpet player Ivan Prešeren’s brother) and released by Alpski Kvintet (Alpenoberkrainer) from Slovenia in 1986. The Slovenian title, ‘V prostem času’ means ‘In my spare time’, and the German title, ‘Freizeit’ pretty much means the same thing (‘Spare time’ or ‘Leisure time’).

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Slovenian Home Polka – Moj Prijatelj (M. Hoyer) [Sheet music]

Slovenian Home Polka is a popular Slovenian-American or Cleveland-Style polka, originally released as “Moj Prijatelj” (Slovenian for “My friend”) and was written by Matija Arko (also known as Matt Hoyer), a Slovenian from Sodražica who migrated to the United States and settled in Cleveland in the 1910s. Matt Hoyer made a name for himself as

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Na smučišču – Auf der Schipiste (I. Podpečan) [Sheet music]

Na smučišču (German: Auf der Schipiste) means “On the ski slope” and was written by Igor Podpečan, recorded by Igor in Zlati Zvoki (Igor und seine Oberkrainer) from Slovenia in the 1990s. This early line-up of Igor in Zlati Zvoki (Igor and the golden sounds) featured many notable names from Slovenian folk or Oberkrainer music,

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