Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on October 11th 2003 by NeilBarr.
This tune has been added to 24 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Gruncharsko Horo
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Emin
|:DE EDB, E2E2|EF G2D G2G2|GA B2A GFE2|GFD ^CB, E2E2:|
|:GA B2A GFE2|GFD ^CB,^CD EF|GF A2F G2G2|F2D ^CB, E2E2:|
|:{d}e2 e2d e2e2|e2 e2d dcB2|d2 edc B2FA|{c}d2c BA B2B2:|
|:A2 ABc d2cB|cBA BG A2GF|EEE FGA2 GF|GFE FD E2E2:|
Gruncharsko Horo
The middle tune in Andy Irvine's "Pamela's Ruchenitsa" set. Expect the first tune in another week or so. The third, Bakers Dozen, is already in.
Whoops. Forgot to insertthe manual 9/8 signature. oh well. Pretend its a barn dance.
# Posted on October 11th 2003 by NeilBarr
Pamela's Ruchenitsa
This is a great tune, and with all three parts to this set it should keep us busy for a long while. Excellent job Neil................so whats next East Wind........................KS
# Posted on March 28th 2004 by KS
For More of the same - - -
For a nice collection, I recommend:
"The Balkan Folkdance Music Gig Book"
by Maimon Miller - a fine fiddler, musician and person
Available also from Andy's Front Hall:
http://www.andysfronthall.com/
Basically, for those with the curiosity, the rhythmic definition is in long (3 count) and short (2 count) beats, and a knowing percussionist is nice to have on hand, to give that extra swing at 1 and the following two beats, in that swing and roll. And here's a 9/8, a count shared but not the same between the Balkans and Eire, for example:
|N3 N2 N2 N2| long-short-short-short
or as given here:
|N2 N3 N2 N2| short-long-short-short
It's the way you tap your feet, or the beat you follow in dancing to this dance music...
# Posted on July 23rd 2004 by ceolachan
Gruncharsko Rhythmic Grouping
The grouping of notes in the transcription seems a little misleading; the rhythm should be 2322 throughout (at least on the Bulgarian original; I don't have Andy's recording to compare it to). I forget who the original Bulgarian recording was (original meaning "where Andy learned it from"); I think it was a live recording of a clarinet player. I have the cassette somewhere.
The Gruncharsko 9 (2322) is relatively rare in Bulgaria; Daichovo (2223) is more common.
# Posted on August 5th 2004 by finsko
Great transcription work nonetheless, Neil. These tunes are really cool, and it's good to have someone around who is clued up and can write transcriptions you can actually use to learn the tune from, as opposed to the no-barline 51/16! tunes you find elsewhere on the net.
# Posted on August 5th 2004 by Dow