Norge-Bulgaria 10-11

This is my arrangement of a beautiful song i heard performed by Farmers Market (the best Balkans-Jazz Band of all times!). The time-signature is a really cool mix of 10/8 and 11/8. The tempo is slow and relaxed. i am using a home-made kaval (Bulgarian flute). Opinions and suggestions are appreciated. :)

the musicians are: Carl Testa on double bass, Christopher (Isto) White on acoustic guitar, Garrick Zoeter on clarinet and myself on kaval and clarinet.

http://thebalkansituations.wordpress.com/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• balkans
• gypsy
• bulgaria
• bulgarian
• music
• gergely
• wesleyan
• norway
• norwegian
• kaval
• hungary
• clarinet
• balkan

[djackulate]

nice tone on the home made kaval.

i play saxophone,and have recently got a kaval. I am looking for any advice/tips on playig it.

can u or anyone out there help me?

[gergelykiss]

hey, unfortunately i am nowhere good enough to give you advice - you can find a good deal of info on the internet, perhaps including some instructive videos on youtube ;)

well, i guess if i can give any advice at all then it would be: Patience! :) and don't use too strong an air-flow.

good luck, mate!

[pympym1]

Great work!

Saw Farmers Market live with a full orchestra a few days ago here in Oslo and came back with my eyes soaked in tears from both musical beauty, craftmanship and humour. Norwegian TV and radio did record the event. Can't wait...

[gergelykiss]

oh i envy you so much!!! its good to hear that they are still performing - the last time i went to their website they haven't been updating it for years. if you get your hands on the TV recording please drop me a line! i never seen them (neither live nor on video).

oh and thank you very much for the comment - i am glad that someone who loves farmers market liked my arrangement! :)

bye,

gergely

[rsxmario]

Hi i've been seeing ur videos I love balcan music but im pretty geographycally far from them, =)

Can u tell me some of wich are the key musicians on balcan music and some more to learn and increasy my knowledge about?

[gergelykiss]

hello!

if you like Balkans music be sure to give a listen to these bands:

Taraf de Haidouks, Fanfare Ciocarlia (both Romanians), Besh o droM (Hungary), Kocani Orkestar (Macedonia), Ivo Papazov and Yuri Yunakov (Bulgaria). Plus there got to be a large number of amazing Greek-Macedonian and Turkish Gypsy bands i don't know.

have fun with them! :)

best, gergely

[pikasoll]

They are really great, I listened to them alot when I was a kid :)

[Grovetussen]

Farmer's Market is a Norwegian band, that has made the song they are covering..

[onestepcloserthetrut]

What has this with Norway to do?

[rolfbuechler]

gute handgemachte musik

[scoppit]

Very nice! =)

[AndreasII]

I've got a recording of this concert if you want. No video, but a good quality recording.

[kavalanina]

I am really crazy about Farmers Market.

Nice!

[KlankOntwerp]

I love it! I saw Farmers Market last year in Holland finally! Have been enjoying their music since 2004 and thus know this song by heart. You have done a real good job here, very nice!