Traditional music of Transilvania

[bingzaniGercel]

I think this the music in east and especially in balkan , the music hs no change since medieval time. Before 600 years the music in western europe was the same, and its sad that the music in western europe changed to modern form in 17 and 18 century.

[QuintinPenola]

reminds me of castlevania

[GoldenRaeGirl]

Foarte bun. :)

[Fabyr]

@GoldenRaeGirl

mulţumiri!

[Sora368]

Wow I really liked the tune and the vibe it gives off. Really nice! :]

[Fabyr]

@Sora368

Thank you, very kind! Regards, Fabyr

[RoberTastic]

wow awesome performance

[Fabyr]

@RoberTastic

Thank you very much!

[wetukman]

good stuff I lived with a guy from your country in tenerife I hated him but loved the music, well done

[Fabyr]

@wetukman

Thanks

[paixiao7]

do you always play solo?

[paixiao7]

i searched our national folklore institute in bucharest and i found only some bartok..nothing more...i was looking for codex vietorisz(1680) , the oponice manuscript/hungarici saltus a dionisio(1730), fr.j sulzer-the history of transalpinic dacia(1781-1782), f.roushitzki-musique orientale(42 chansons et danses moldaves,valaques,greques et turcs)(1834) have you heard of these???

[paixiao7]

do you have sheet music for this music?i am from transilvania and i am a musician..it would be helpful for me

[Fabyr]

@paixiao7

Hi! This piece was recorded in 2007:at the time I found a collection of traditional tunes in some libraries in Romania and in Hungary. I suggest you to try a research in good libraries: some music encyclopedias give several examples of music scores of traditional music. But the best way is learning by authentic folk music masters: as you know folk music is above all oral tradition and listening. Best regards, Fabyr

[celebration81]

Romanians are late immigrants in Transylvania, shepherd nomadic romanians (Vlachs) migrated in the 13th century.

[dolfyn]

@celebration81 don`t wanna spoil your dream but you are wrong. The Vlachs were already there when all the nomad ppl invaded from today Russia and beyond. If u thing when the Roman retreat tooked place, all the people left and let the land barren? The vlachs as u call them (actually the vlachs are in the south of Carpathians, north of the Danube) have the ancestors from a Tracian faction the Dacians.

[LintonGypsy]

Its a dulcimer he is playing

[Fabyr]

@LintonGypsy

Although it seems a dulcimer it's a cytara or zither. Anyway the sound and the technique of playing is similar.

[Smbsmth]

Oh, that`s great! I`m fond of traditional music of Italy and Eastern Europe, especially 14-17 cent. A.D.

Unfortunately, travelling musicians of that age couldn`t make records. So your`s give me a lot of pleasure)

[Fabyr]

@Smbsmth

Thanks for commenting! If you try a research in some library / phonoteque maybe you'll find the collections of recordings published in Eastern Europe by Bartòk and Kodaly. There are several publications of transcriptions from oral tradition and -although rare- even folk musicians keeping alive the heritage. Regards, Fabyr

[rapsodiccargobot]

WOW! Can music be more perfect than this?

Fantastic! 5/5

[Fabyr]

@rapsodiccargobot Grateful for your kind comment and appreciation of this tune. Regards,Fabyr

[Rearsiekk]

you have a great talent, i enjoyed listening

[chela008]

Beautiful music, thanks for sharing, I hope some day I´ll travel to your continent and hear more of this wonderful culture. Greetings from Mexico.

[Draugoul]

Thanks for uploading, such hauntingly yet beautiful song.

[Fabyr]

@Draugoul

Thanks a lot for commenting and appreciating the music. Regards, Fabyr

[r4reading]

this is VERY cool what instrument are you playing?

[Fabyr]

@r4reading

Thanks for appreciating this improvisation on ancient folk music of Transylvania.The instrument is an old cytara or zither.

[davidfernandesf]

@Fabyr OMG is it an improvisation??? it veryy goood amazinggg by you im starting loving transilvanian music HAIL FROM PANAMA

[Fabyr]

@davidfernandesf

Yes, I was just improvising on scales and traditional tunes of the Transylvanian old tradition for a sound check.

Thanks for your friendly and nice comment ;greetings to you from Friuli, Italy. Fabyr

[pamelacotte]

Thank you so much for this beautiful and moving song.

[Fabyr]

@pamelacotte

Thanks for watching and commenting the video. Very kind.

[prosperous101]

Fantastic What a Beautiful Song Thank you very much for uploading !

[Fabyr]

@prosperous101

Glad you've enjoyed the piece although it's not well recorded. Thank you very much for your friendly comment.

[NintendoCentralFan12]

Do you mind if i use this music in a school project?

its only background music for a presentation, im not gonna sell it or anything like that.

You can watch the video in my channel.

[Fabyr]

@NintendoCentralFan12

Very glad of your polite request. Hope the music will be useful for your video. Good luck for your project and thank you for appreciation.

[NintendoCentralFan12]

Very nice.

A shame Transilvania is only well known for Dracula, cuz' im sure there's much more to it than just an old vampire tale.

[Fabyr]

@NintendoCentralFan12

Thanks for commenting. Transilvania is a very interesting place and there's more to know about its history, culture and music, beyond fantasy tales.

[lisakelliher]

I watch this every night. It is very relaxing and hypnotic. Thank You for the beautiful music..

[Fabyr]

@lisakelliher

Grateful for your friendly comment! Regards

[Olimpya10]

Very nice!

[Fabyr]

@Olimpya10

Thank you very much!

[Railroadridersbo]

Thanks Fabyr,

It is a sweet sound, and a nice tune. I wonder if you sometimes plays it with a flute as well?

Bravo!

[Fabyr]

@Railroadridersbo

Thank you very much for your kind comment! I've never tried to play this kind of music on the flute but , yes , I think it would be possible, although the effect would be quite different.

[Railroadridersbo]

Thanks Fabyr, it is sweet sound. I wonder if you sometimes use flutes

[venetiancat]

Just beautiful, transports me to another time and place. Complimenti!

[Fabyr]

@venetiancat

Thanks a lot! Nice to know you've enjoyed the music I've played.Greetings!

[TAJours]

Beautiful , where is the location where you playing ?

[Fabyr]

@TAJours

Thanks! I'll send information about this particular location in a personal message.

[RabbitMB]

Does this genre of music have specific name? I love it.

[Fabyr]

@RabbitMB

The general denomination of this kind of music is Traditional Folk or Ethnic. You'll find music of this type searching" Romanian" or" Hungarian" traditional music .Often the folk tunes have no specific titles.In the collections they have just a code-number.

[RabbitMB]

@Fabyr Thanks :]

[artistdancing]

;~})

The reverb is easily something to ignor for the joy of the instrument and the instrumentalist....HaPpiNeSs & Light comes from the tune & tone...thank you

~love on wings~

Tracey

[Fabyr]

@artistdancing

Thanks a lot for your kind comment, Tracey!

[Ojoe2010]

Great tune! Believe it or not, this januari I will give up everything I have here in the west to travel there and study your music and instruments. Do you also do public performances? I'd love to drop by and enjoy, listen and learn.

[Fabyr]

@Ojoe2010

Thanks a lot for your appreciation! My main activity is teaching musicology .I usually perform concert-lessons in which explain the technique and structure of traditional instruments.Best regards.

[DJALIENPHANTOM]

nice

[Fabyr]

@DJALIENPHANTOM

Thank you!

[The096757]

it would be nice if this type of music was incorporated into electric hard rock witout the american black or african influence.which is forced in everything western now.

european and middle eastern music are all good.

[Fabyr]

@The096757

A few groups have integrated this kind of music in rock. I agree with you: there's a lot in the european and eastern tradition. Thanks for your comment.

[modernaught]

what is that instrument? I want one.

[Fabyr]

@modernaught

Eastern zither or citara.

[tiki2188]

Also, what song is this?

[Fabyr]

@tiki2188

The piece is an improvisation on some fragments of melodies recorded in the very first twenties of the 1900 by ethnomusicologists. A collection of these melodies can be found in libraries of musicology, but generally every piece has code number. Titles are quite rare. A reference can be Bartok's works or Kodaly's books and recordings.

[tiki2188]

@Fabyr

I figured something as much

[tiki2188]

What is that instrument?

[Fabyr]

@tiki2188

The instrument is a kind of zither or citara diffused in Hungary, some parts of Romania and other countries of East Europe.

[tiki2188]

@Fabyr

Thank You

[tiki2188]

Amazing

[Fabyr]

@tiki2188

Thanks a lot!

[katitababe]

nice try but please don't write transilvanian write improvisation made on that land..

its like me going to spain play some whatever own created castanetta music and call it original spanish song

COME ON MAN!

[Fabyr]

@katitababe

Before write such comments some people had to read-if they could- the collection of traditional music of department of musicology or hear the recordings on the field. Sorry, you speak like a person who doesn't know the matter.Typical polemics of those who speak without demonstrating anything. COME ON MAN!

[shabadaows]

Beautiful traditional music...You are AWESOME !!!

[Fabyr]

@shabadaows

Thanks,very kind of you to comment!

[TheMladenius]

Good Playng

[Fabyr]

@TheMladenius

Thanks a lot!

[csaszarhuni]

:) fools!

this is not traditional transilvanian music. this is rennaisance music played on zither.

[Fabyr]

Thank for commenting,but...have you never seen the collection of folk music of Transylvania at a

department of musicology? This is FOLK music and its authenticity is attested by recordings" on the field" and documents of ethno-musicology.What are your sources to be so sure? Best regards.

[csaszarhuni]

@Fabyr I hadn't any source when i said that. Only thing on what I based my statement was my transilvanian identity. I am a szekely, from East Transilvania and this music didnt sound familiar to my ears as folk song, neither as hungarian, neither as romanian folk music. Anyway, I'm not a musician, and I'm not a specialist of the folk music, just I hear to my first impression: as a member of transilvanian people, i dont feel familiar this music as a music of transilvanian people.

[Fabyr]

@csaszarhuni

Glad to have your comment and specification that it's your own subjective impression.

Every polite comment and critic is always welcome here.Best regards.

[Kovasna]

frumos de tot!!

[Fabyr]

Multumesc!

[randox16000]

respect for romania!

[magnoid]

this song is awesome, i just gota say.

i always find myself replaying it when it's turn comes up on the playlist

[Fabyr]

@magnoid

Thanks! Sorry for the audio,but this video was taken directly without microphones and far from the sound source. Maybe I'll try to play this piece with amplification.Regards!

[1974marb]

ermosa musica solo que poco comercialisada por aca

[Fabyr]

@1974marb

Thanks a lot, I've been greatly surprised that this kind of ancient music had so many views.I'm grateful.

[putoader]

57000 views are you fuking kiddin; me?

i want 1 million

[Fabyr]

@putoader

I had been surprised to receive even one thousand views,for this video. Happy to know someone out there loves folk music in a world where everything that's not on TV is out!

Thanks for your comment and best regards.

[codenamepsychedelic]

extraordinar, iti multumesc pentru acest video

[Fabyr]

@codenamepsychedelic

multumesc pentru comentarii. Bucura-te.Thanks a lot.

[GermanDulcimer]

Pure Awesomeness! Even though I don't know what kind of instrument that is :P

Greetings from Germany

[Fabyr]

@GermanDulcimer

Thanks a lot ! Danke! The instrument on which I play is a cythara, a sort of zither-dulcimer of East Europe.

Similar instruments are mostly diffused in Hungary.I've found my own cytara in Transilvania and have learned the basics by Rumanian and Hungarian folk musician.

[GermanDulcimer]

Well, after all it definitly sounds good. Thanks again.

[raiden551666]

super frumos:Dimi place:X

[Fabyr]

@raiden551666

Multumesc! Thanks for your comment!

[ViciousLatina]

I think its delightful. Really great.

[Fabyr]

Very kind, you have been so nice to write your comment here.Thanks a lot!

[fusionfreemysoul]

frumos...

[Fabyr]

multumesc!

[RockyMissouri]

Thank you!

[Fabyr]

Thank you for your visit here!

[hannahjuani101]

that sounds so beautiful :)

[Fabyr]

Thank you for your nice words. If you like this kind of music a new piece is coming next week, with a better audio quality.

[simo8827]

maestro perchè non vieni a suonare in castello a Gorizia? sarebbe bellissimo . Sono sempre io ENRICA.

[Fabyr]

Ti ringrazio per l'invito,Enrica! Sarò lieto di suonare in castello quando ci sarà l'occasione. Un saluto...a presto! :)

[RoseeLab]

I see, well I am Canadian and I love this one and Georgain Song and Tzigan instrumental. I can't wait until Fabyr does more...They have such spirit. :) Keep them comming...please.!

[cajonnegro]

Divina..!!!! Quiero vivir allaaaaaá!!

[Radioshack77]

Funny , your profile says US.

And by Transilvania I belive you say ROMANIA.

[RoseeLab]

I can not wait until you are able to play more of these tunes. You play so well that I keep wanting to watch and listen over and over. Thank you so much for sharing your talents.

[Fabyr]

Thanks!! Beautiful to have listeners like you! Hope you'll enjoy also next videos about folk music. Cheers!

[Fabyr]

Thank you for commenting. I've learned these tunes in Transylvania many years ago by different ways of improvisation about the main melody. II don't know if this particular piece has been also written but I've got a great collection of folk music with music score and can send some parts to you(easier if we become friends in youtube).Excellent stuff can be found in Bartok and Kodaly's researches and collections. It's a precious treasure about folk music of Romania and Hungary.Greetings.

[MacAria1984]

great!!!

this piece have a name??

congratulationes!

[Fabyr]

No, it's just an improvisation based on ancient folk tunes of Transylvania. I've put together some melodic fragments and scales. More complete pieces will be soon added here on my channel.Thanks for commenting and for your kind congratulations.

[gadyuka32]

Wow! It's great!

I love this kind of music and will be waiting for more from you :).

[Fabyr]

Thank you,gadyuka32. I'll play other transylvanian pieces possibly with a better audio.

[Immortalgrim]

Very interesting music! I like it a lot.

[Fabyr]

Thank you very much. I'm going to put new videos about this kind of music with a better audio.Hope to have you again as guest in my channel.For now receive my greetings and acknowledgements for commenting.

[MissGarbo]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.

[Fabyr]

Thanks a lot. Glad you've appreciated the video.

[marker853]

Hungary comes from the name Onogur

[Nekronn]

Fabyr,where are you from?

[Fabyr]

Italy, North East, Slovenia is a few minutes from my home.Austria is one hour from here by car.

[eirineus]

The huns was a kind Mongolian people, and they origin was in east of Gobi desert. do not mistake with hunagarians who was an turkmen people of Uralo- altaic branch. The asian specific of music it diapason with 5 notes, the sharps of ours diapasons. the most knew music instrument is is an guitar with 3-5 cord keyed in minor third played with a bow. it is a chinese music instrument who resemble whit ztitera by name guquin, but it have a specific sound because of 5 tone diapason.

[eirineus]

The ancient name of tzitera is greek -- kitaron (musical instrument with many cords), and all actual name was derivative of this name with specific of pronounce of each people.

After this demonstration I please to write about you know, and live the ideologies who is a badge of identity absence.

[Budapestitest]

háháháháháhá

gobi desert háháháháháháhá

huns magyars we are all türk

[ajbarish]

I am Romanian and I can tell there IS a word for cythera in our language : it is tzitera .

[Greifwelpe]

Does it realy matter if this music is traditional transilvanian? I think it is just graet!

[VLADofVALAQUIA]

BEAUTIFUL!!

I love your music!

Mulţumesc foarte mult!

Kind regards from Argentina.

[tinroofbusted]

Great Grandmother used to play music like this, sometimes she would add words. I never understood them, My Father said they were old words spoken by old people. they were never spoken again in our family because no one knew the language. They were a soft spoken words I fell sleeping to as Greatgrandma stroked my head. I still wonder what she said. I still hear them as I sleep sometimes. I think old stories and family history. She only spoke this and old Slavic my Dad understood.

[Spagiria]

Beautiful...

[Greifwelpe]

Realy nice! :)

[Greifwelpe]

Oh please - what is the name of this instrument?

[Qongrat]

It's a type of zither (in English). Sorry no idea what it is traditionally caled in Transilvanian dialect.

[CoffinPuppet]

Beautiful

[melodykentucky]

Very nice. The natural reverb does come through a bit. You've given me an idea. Thank you!

[zeledee1]

lovely!!! :)

[88franz88]

bella

[AndreiM999]

The ancient thracians were singing by cythera and even the thracian priests used to greet the enemy armies (as obedience) with songs by cythera (as an ancient greek historian wrote about) . Perhaps similar with citera ..tzitera..zitera.. it,s a metter of language . Did anybody who invent the ..citera ? I guess not.

[Qongrat]

I believe the proper English word you are looking for is zither. There is a huge variety in this intrument. Its popular also in Nothern and Eastern Europe in countries like Finland, Lithuania and Russia. And funny enough Chinese and Koreans have a few ver

[Qongrat]

have a few versions of this intrument. Interestingly, niether Finish nor Chinese are indoeuropeans. But really it's only a neckless guitar LOL. Though the sound is hautingly beautiful.

[AndreiM999]

Zither-english,german.Țitera(r­ead tzithera) into romanian (there is no transylvanian dialect; romanian language have regional accents and no dialect, except maybe, the idiom of the south romanians branch (aromanians)from Greece,Macedonia.. As I,ve comment before, I don,t know if this instrument is identical with the ancient thracian (main romanians ancestors) cytehera but certainly this belongs to the same instruments family. Curiosity: there is also a CETERA instrument (chethera)

[Porolisum]

Moon and Mars are also hungarian cause hey, you even have names for them in hungarian. :)

[eirineus]

this instrument is tzitera, a kind of santuri, a very old instrument, it is a Romanian popular instrument.

[eirineus]

this instrument is tzitera, some kind of santuri, who is an indoeuropen instrument... an the hungariens are not indoeuropens, they are uralo-altaic origin.

[dameofrunes]

Are you listening to music or using this space as a battle field for insulting each other? I think this good musician does well his work. Music can unite people beyond differences of culture, history, language.

[berserkrro]

This is nothing to do with Transilvania. Is a creation of a boy, not even related to the medieval music, just a simple song. Don't let be fooled of this kind of nationalist advertising!

[kamikoe]

This amazing! You are an amazing musician and this song is simply haunting. Which is fitting for it's region. (:

[Budapestitest]

what are you talking about oláh when this song was first played there were no romania but Hungaria (you should know that)

[lordtyk]

lol

[berserkrro]

This is nonsense. Transilvania is not the land of other people that romanians. What thsi guy is doing has nothing to do with transilvanian floklore, is his own creation, not related to the specific of the country.

[ajbarish]

To Budapestitest : It was the Hungarians who settled in Transylvania after the Romanians were already there, not the other way round. What you may refer to is the Habsburgs' Empire ( Austria + Hungary) that occupied and governed Transylvania for a few centuries, but this is different.

[Budapestitest]

eey man

who told u this?LOL

i understand that u wanna justify ur rights in transylvania but please this is non sense

U KNOW THAT

[ajbarish]

I do not need to justify anything. Historians do it far better. It is your right to tell me I am wrong, but bring arguments ! It is easy to say "nonsense" , but "nonesense" means nothing without at least one single counter-argument.

[Budapestitest]

well what should i say you told me that romanians were in transylvania before us but when we arrived here more than a 1000 years ago there were no people calling them selfs romanians nor wlachs

those who lived here before us were slavic tribes

your ancestors the wlachs (oláh as we say) did not even exist at that time.

im not saying this because of any racism it is just the way things are.

[eirineus]

I believe that you are a victim of a century of ideologies Where are the dacos? They vanished, to do pleasure to Hungarians? Near to Baia Mare exist a forest of chestnuts. Do you believe that this Mediterranean tree grow up in a cold region like that.

The trees was bring by Romans army to use there for the wood of mine. And do you believe that a rich region like Tranilvania have no people? Are you so naive? There war valahs the old name of Romanians, the dacos populations who was romanized

[Drauclrom2000]

It doesn't make a difference, its just as much our land as it is yours. Even if what you say is true, we still worked, bled, fought, died , and love this land...

[Budapestitest]

you are absolutely right but dont forget that you guys want us to give up all our rights in the region you oppress us you call us bozgor and you want us to go back to asia

that is not a friendly attitude you must admit

[BuvarKundW]

i think u ár right!

[Kamadeva01]

romanians are of latin descent while hungarians are central asian migratory fino-ugric branch(like Finland).

doesnt matter what you believe or want,history records this stuff.

great music and performance!

[Fabyr]

Thanks for your comment, Kamadeva01.

[tengere]

I don't understand why you search to provoke, It's simply a beautifull music.

You all are experts in history of music in Transylvania? Many thing you don't know about your own culture.

[adnanyzy]

traditional music of transilvania=ROMANIA

[carinalillithkell]

That's a beautiful instrument! Reminds me of different Dead Can Dance songs, but they were very influenced by various music from the Balkans

[flamady28]

this is the medieval music that in the old times was played in transilvania only.......

[flamady28]

its roumanian but roumania is divided into regions each one with his own traditional clothes ,food , traditions and music....and tris music is from transilvania

[maxsound87]

This music has nothing to do with the Transilvanian Traditional Music...This sounds more like...medielval music which is still played in some medieval cities in Romania.

[babyfreshpony]

hot. totally hot.

[tengere]

I think is a renescimental time music from transilvania, is not say about acctually music. Just for this the fortress is a good decor. I heard something similar on a disc about rennaisance (16 sec) music in Transilvania.

[Linadeg]

Wasn't Wallachia part of Transylania?

[Blackbeard86]

Wallachia was a more or less independent Lordship, fyi.

[maxsound87]

No , Valahia wasn't a part from Transilvania.Transilvania is the northeren part of the actual Romania.Valahia is the southern region of Romania.

[catalin112233]

the true is many romanians were defformed by comunism-they make reprehensible deeds in the countries they emigrated, and many hungarians were defformed by comunism-they are free on internet, where spread venom and hate.

[mischadarnell]

dear szyria,i agree with you that transilvania was hungarian,BUT it isn't anymore.Also,before you say that romania has 0% culture and 0% history,you should consult a history book.romania has lots of history and just saying that it doesn't makes you look...um...a little stupid.sorry,but it's true...

[mischadarnell]

ungur prost,de ce?pentru ca stie mai multa istorie decat tine?:))te simti jignit in onoarea ta de mare roman rusinat ca esti frate cu ungurii?=))

[mischadarnell]

de ce esti asa de violent cu privire la maghiari?ai fost educat sa discriminezi pe baza de nationalitate?rudolf69mike are dreptate.transilvania a fost sub dominatie maghiara!acum nu mai e...asa ca pastreaza-ti lipsa de cultura pentru tine.

[Blackbeard86]

Sry, but you are mistaken. I am neither Romanian nor Magyar, but I have to say that Romanians descent from dacian and thracian people, which are native to their lands. Magyars came from far east and just settled along the Danube River than, and that was around 400 BC. So you have to admit that Romanians were just a people without country through the history, but nevertheless a native people. Desteapta-te, Romane ;)

[mischadarnell]

i live in transilvania and that's not the traditional music we have here:|

[tengere]

I live too in Transilvania and I heard similar music, but every region has different music.

[Blackbeard86]

I think its more likely for the Szekler Magyars. Germans in Transsylvania (Siebenbürgen) also made other music.