Key signature: Ddorian
Submitted on February 5th 2010 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Maramarosi Tanc
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
[D2A2] [DA] [D2A2] [DA][DA][DA] | [D2A2] [DA] [D2A2] [DA][DA][DA] |
dddc cA A2 | AFAF FD D2 | AFAF FA c2 | AFAF FD D2 |
[Aa][Aa] [Aa] [Ag] [Ag] [Ae] [A2e2] | [De] [Dc] [De] [Dc] [Dc] [DA] [D2A2] | [De] [Dc] [De] [Dc] ce g2 |
ecec cA A2 | [C2D2] [CD] [C2D2] [CD] [CD] [CD] | [^C2D2] [CD] [C2D2] DDD |
dddc cA A2 | AFAF FD D2 | AFAF FA c2 | AFAF FD D2 |
_B2 B B2 ^ccB | _B2 B B2 ^ccA | _B^c ABc ABc | A4 ^G^F3 ||
Maramarosi Tanc
You'll see the reason I submitted this tune in http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/23746#comment493844
The tune is my solo arrangement of a little piece by this name, composed by Bartok. It is #32 in his Violin Duets Op 44. In English the name is "Dance from Maramaros" - a county in eastern Hungary.
I have made a small number very slight modifications to the original for the purposes of this solo piece. In particular, the first two bars would have been played by violin 2, with a pizzicato open D and A done by violin 1 on the 3rd beat of each of these bars. I also left out a 2/4 bar immediately before the 4th bar from the end; violin 1 is silent in this bar and violin 2 has a couple of quiet off-beat pizzicato chords [G,Dde] on the 2nd and 4th quaver (1/8 note) beats in that bar, if you want to play them.
Most of the time, in this piece, violin 2 is doing a lot of syncopation, and often in a different key to violin 1.
I haven't put in any bowing indications, but the player should be aware of the implied syncopation in the violin 1 part, and should be prepared to slur off the beat in several places.
Speed? Bartok suggests crotchet (1/4 note) = 132.
Dynamics? Mostly forte, but bars 4,3,2 from the end are best played quietly, with a quick crescendo to a full forte for the final bar.
Key? Bartok plays around with the tonality a bit, especially as I mentioned above with the two violins frequently playing in different keys, but I decided that D dorian is possibly the closest for the purposes of this web site. The final chord in the original is a resounding D major.
You can probably find performances on YouTube (I haven't looked), but you can listen to an extract on
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Duos-violins-104-Vol-Maramarosi/dp/B001LZYC4I/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1265339655&sr=1-7, or perhaps purchase the track for a small sum.
# Posted on February 5th 2010 by Trevor Jennings
Maramarosi Tanc
Oops! I got confused about the title of the Bartok violin duets. I should have written "Bartok 44 Duos for 2 violins, BB 104" (BB is the equivalent of opus number for Bartok's compositions).
Must have been dozing at the back of the class again.
# Posted on February 6th 2010 by Trevor Jennings
Thanks
as I am new to the fiddle and looking for a zillion tunes to play I'll play around with this one !
from the land of beer, chocolates, brussels sprouts & waffles
yrs sincerely
Patrick
# Posted on February 8th 2010 by Patrick Dirickx
Maramarosi Tanc
Great to hear that someone else loves these tunes. I learnt some of these Duos at school, about 57 years ago, performing them with my violin teacher. I have always been strongly influenced by Bartok and by Eastern European folk music in general, while grounding my fiddling in Irish Traditional techniques. Though I now find my real, natural roots in English traditional tunes, I wish I could play like the Taraf de Haidouks!
# Posted on February 8th 2010 by gemtrimmer
This reminds me of a women's song-dance, though I can't remember the name for it and haven't the resources on hand to chase it up. Thanks for reawaking that pleasant memory...
# Posted on February 8th 2010 by ceolachan
Discussion: Typical Hungarian tune
# Posted on February 4th 2010 by meddyg
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/23746
There's more to be found here...
# Posted on February 8th 2010 by ceolachan
Maramarosi Tanc
I was taught this tune by my violin teacher, and we sometimes play it together at the end of a lesson to wind down. My teacher is a great enthusiast for Bartok and Eastern European folk music (as well as English, Irish and Scandinavian), and has taken her band on tour in Hungary on a number of occasions.
# Posted on February 8th 2010 by Trevor Jennings
I'd count that as lucky LH, to have a teacher with an appreciation that wide, and experience.
There was a project to make Bartok's recordings available for sale, and I think I remember it being in the tens. I have a vague recollection of seeing they had been digitized and burned to CDs. I don't know if they are still available. I did manage to hear some of his recordings and they are wonderful, priceless. I had no difficulty seeing how they would inspire someone with a heart open to them, as they did Bartok and others, and continue to educate and inspire...
# Posted on February 9th 2010 by ceolachan