Razposajene Harmonike – Harmonikas, Los! (I. Brüggemann) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track]

“Razposajene Harmonike” (Slovenian for “Cheerful accordions”) or “Harmonikas, Los!” (German for “Accordions, let’s go!”) is a fast instrumental waltz for the accordion written by Ingrid (Inge) Huberti (née Campestrini, Brüggemann), an extraordinary vocalist, accordionist, lyricist, composer, and yodeler from Austria who has contributed immensely to the Oberkrainer style of Alpine folk music. Ingrid has written many popular songs in the Alpine folk music repertoire across both Slovenian and German languages, including “Ko muzikant od doma roma” (Ein musikant kennt kein zuhause), “Veseli Muzikant” (Mit Musik), Mladost je kot veter (Vergangene Zeiten), and many other polkas and waltzes which are currently performed throughout Slovenia, Austria, Bavaria, North Italy, and North Croatia. […]

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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’). The composer is also the mastermind behind some of Alpski Kvintet’s most unique and energetic instrumentals such as Ob šilcu slivovke (Oberkrainer Slivowitz) and Ko sonce vzhaja (Morgensonne), and many of his compositions excellently showcased his brother Ivan’s virtuosity on the trumpet. It features a melody that could be considered perhaps a little jazzy or

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Hegl Boarischer – Rehragout Boarischer (Bavarian folk song) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track]

This is a traditional folk song which is said to have originated from Bavaria, known as ‘Rehragout Boarischer’ which translates to ‘Venison stew’ and is a Boarischer (basically a slower paced 2/4 dance from Bavaria). In the 1980s it was adapted by an incredibly popular Austrian folk music group from Tirol, Zillertaler Schürzenjäger, as ‘Hegl Boarischer’, despite not crediting it as a folk song initially (later compilation albums did). According to some sources ‘Hegl’ is a Tyrolean dialect term for a pleasant young person, or possibly for a young boy. Although both versions have lyrics in part C, it can also be played as an instrumental, and is often played

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V pomladnih dneh – Luisen Polka (J. Burnik) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track]

This is an instrumental polka by legendary Slovenian popular folk music and Oberkrainer music composer and accordionist Jože Burnik. The Slovenian title “V pomladnih dneh” translates to “In spring days” and was recorded originally in the 1960s by Ansambel Jožeta Burnika, then either in the late 1970s or early 1980s by Alpski Kvinet/Alpenoberkrainer from Slovenia with Jože Burnik. It isn’t widely played, but is really fun to play (and learn), especially in the more challenging F-sharp major key which it was recorded in, so I’ve provided arrangements and accompaniment/backing tracks in both F sharp major, and the less challenging F major key. Sheet music and accompaniment package 📝 Sheet music pdf (F♯

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Srečno otroštvo (R. Smolnikar) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track]

This waltz titled “Srečno otroštvo” means “Happy childhood” and was written by Robert Smolnikar, a highly regarded Slovenian accordionist who performed in one of Slovenia’s highest calibre Slovenian folk-pop music and Oberkrainer style ensembles called Štajerskih 7 (which means Styrian 7, relating to the region of Slovenian Styria, not to be mistaken with the bordering Austrian region of Styria). Robert Smolnikar has composed many terrific songs including a beautiful waltz “Zapri oči” with a musette influenced accordion solo in the second part, which is so lovely to listen to, but very difficult to play. Smolnikar currently plays in his own trio, Robert Smolnikar Trio, yet his songs from his Štajerskih

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Rad te imam – Auf nach Kranjska Gora (J. Burnik) [Sheet music] [Accompaniment track] [Tutorial video]

‘Rad te imam’ (Slovenian for ‘I like you’) or better known by its German title ‘Auf nach Kranjska Gora’ (which means ‘Off to Kranjska Gora‘) is a polka by Jože Burnik and recorded by Alpski Kvintet (Alpenoberkrainer) in the early 1980s. It has also been performed on YouTube by Ansambel Juhej from Slovenia as “Veselo v Kranjsko Goro”. It’s a fast, energetic polka from an era where Burnik was the accordion player in Alpski Kvintet, and the ensemble had become very well known across Austria, and by the mid 1980s had influenced many other Austrian folk music ensembles, who began emulating the ‘Alpski’ sound which Alpenoberkrainer have become known for

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