I don't know if this is the right place for my question but I Think someone could give some information anyway..
I play Irish trad and now I've started to play Bal folk with another band and I was searching some Links where to find the tunes, and some words about this music with all kind of dances and other elements...
Bal folk is not well known as Irish trad is.
I suspect what EastPole calls "not-so-strictly-traditionnal" fest noz. Although it should be noted that there are plenty of other traditions in France apart from those in britanny.
This site (in French) has a pretty amazing forum: www.tradzone.net (in the subsection "recherches", pegged at the top are some links to sheetmusic)
if you find out Angel i'd love to know. i work at www.raidiofailte.com and while we have a lot of Celtic music, Irish folk music,etc., i don't recall any mention of Bal folk. if i get a minute with one of the presenters today i'll try and check it out
Ball folk can probably best be translated as a folk ball. It's a dance with primarily French and Belgian tunes (most of the time I heard it) but with other European traditions mixed in. There are a few set group dances (a cercle, gigue/jig) and a few more free-form dances for couples (scottische, polka, mazurka, waltz). It's popular in Holland, Germany, Belgium and France as far as I know.
Compared to a traditional English ceilidh (the only ones I've actually been to) there are more complicated steps and dances (the mazurka and scottische for example) and less complicated figures (the cercle and jig are about as complicated as it seems to get, and those could be done at any ceilidh as a beginners dance).
As for finding the tunes, I've found some stuff on the Session, but haven't found a site like this for the more European tunes. If someone has resources, I'd be really happy. My French is pretty awful, but I can read bits and pieces. The tradzone site had some information, but not all that much that I could really read.
BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
Hello Friends!
I don't know if this is the right place for my question but I Think someone could give some information anyway..
I play Irish trad and now I've started to play Bal folk with another band and I was searching some Links where to find the tunes, and some words about this music with all kind of dances and other elements...
Bal folk is not well known as Irish trad is.
Is there anybody who could help me?
Thanks a lot!
Slàn
Angel
# Posted on March 29th 2009 by CORK
Re: BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
Does Bal mean Balkan?
# Posted on March 29th 2009 by nicholas
Re: BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
or is it bal folk, like a not-so-strictly-traditional fest noz?
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_folk
Elaborate, please.
# Posted on March 29th 2009 by Janek
Re: BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
I suspect what EastPole calls "not-so-strictly-traditionnal" fest noz. Although it should be noted that there are plenty of other traditions in France apart from those in britanny.
This site (in French) has a pretty amazing forum: www.tradzone.net (in the subsection "recherches", pegged at the top are some links to sheetmusic)
As for videos, some of the best:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PjdwNaiMI (bourrée de champagnac (trad) by Komred - bourrée 3t)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDxUcYlwTMI (les doigts de carmen (evelyne Girardon) by Eutherpsychore - scottische)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f01t02qV7k (Horizonto (Andy Cutting?) by Blowzabella - chapeloise)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lemIpKLTzGw (Lève toi et danse (brothers Champion) by Bardane - bourrée 2t)
# Posted on March 29th 2009 by Tirno
Re: BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK5Et0GiEgw (Flatworld (Andy cutting) by Rhizottome - waltz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW4lp60rVIM (Ai tant montat (trad) - small session - bourrée 3t)
# Posted on March 29th 2009 by Tirno
Re: BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
if you find out Angel i'd love to know. i work at www.raidiofailte.com and while we have a lot of Celtic music, Irish folk music,etc., i don't recall any mention of Bal folk. if i get a minute with one of the presenters today i'll try and check it out
Gerard, www.raidiofailte.com
# Posted on March 30th 2009 by Raidio Failte
Re: BAL FOLK VS. irish trad
Ball folk can probably best be translated as a folk ball. It's a dance with primarily French and Belgian tunes (most of the time I heard it) but with other European traditions mixed in. There are a few set group dances (a cercle, gigue/jig) and a few more free-form dances for couples (scottische, polka, mazurka, waltz). It's popular in Holland, Germany, Belgium and France as far as I know.
Compared to a traditional English ceilidh (the only ones I've actually been to) there are more complicated steps and dances (the mazurka and scottische for example) and less complicated figures (the cercle and jig are about as complicated as it seems to get, and those could be done at any ceilidh as a beginners dance).
As for finding the tunes, I've found some stuff on the Session, but haven't found a site like this for the more European tunes. If someone has resources, I'd be really happy. My French is pretty awful, but I can read bits and pieces. The tradzone site had some information, but not all that much that I could really read.
# Posted on March 31st 2009 by kasperl