Entering another world of Hungarian Romany music
Today we shall wake up with this lively dance song by Romanyi Rota:
The Rombase online encyclopedia again provides a really nice article on the music itself, and how it developed from purely vocal and body percussion into a band line up with plenty of instruments. Lots of listening samples and further reading advice:
Romany people itself started only recently to write down their own history, so the best thing we can do to explore the music and culture is listening. Kalyi Yag (Black Fire) is another great band of this genre, here a little taster:
One of my own performances of the famous Vlach Gypsy song: Amarisi Amari:
The other way of exploring the culture is, learn yourself 😍 Here a succession of video tutorial to the Gypsy song: Muro Shavo:
Muro Shavo Chorus: https://youtu.be/J61-P5yVBOg
Muro Shavo Verse: https://youtu.be/W20H3AzI4_g
Muro Shavo vocal riffs and practice: https://youtu.be/TdKBgsRDvSU
Sheet Music with lyrics: https://gundulagruen.wixsite.com/magicviolin/product-page/muro-shavo-sheet-music-with-lyrics
Yet another tribe, with a similar history, and a similar music style to Vlach Romany are Boyash Romany, here a sample of their music:
Lets finish our day in relaxing fashion with another lovely sample, here a slow Boyash Gypsy song, performed in the old ways without instrumental accompaniment:
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