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Balkan Dance Rhythms Guide

The document describes various folk dances and rhythms from Balkan countries, noting their time signatures according to a "Balkan code" where "q" represents a quick beat and "s" represents a slow beat. It lists over a dozen dances from countries like Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Macedonia, and Transylvania along with their rhythmic patterns in the Balkan code.

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Balkan Dance Rhythms Guide

The document describes various folk dances and rhythms from Balkan countries, noting their time signatures according to a "Balkan code" where "q" represents a quick beat and "s" represents a slow beat. It lists over a dozen dances from countries like Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, Turkey, Macedonia, and Transylvania along with their rhythmic patterns in the Balkan code.

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A Potpourri of Balkan "Prime-Time" Rhythms

(Dick Atlee)
Balkan code: 2 = "quick", 3 = "slow", so 3-2-2 = "slow-quick-quick" = s qq
Time signature: 2 x q's + 3 (e.g., "qq s" = 2x2 + 3 = 7) Pronunciation: s = sh, c = ch

2 or is it 6?........................Pravo Horo .......................Bulgaria


4 dum-da-dum-dum.......Karagouna.........................Greece
4 1 2 3 4.............................(lots of others)...................Serbia
5 1 2 3 4 5..........................Ali Pasa...............................Turkey
q s (2 3) .......................Paidusko ............................Bulgaria
7 s qq (3 22)...................Lesnoto(s), Kalamatian .Macedonia, Greece
qq s (22 3)...................Ruchenitsa .........................Bulgaria
9 s s s...............................De Alungul ........................Transylvania
9 q s qq ...........................Fatise Kolo.........................Serbia
qqq s ..............................Daichovo............................Bulgaria
11 qq s qq.........................Gankino Oro ....................Macedonia
15 qqqq s qq ....................Bucimis ..............................Bulgaria
18 [s qq] [qq s qq] .........Jove Male Mome ..............Bulgaria
22 [qqq s] [qqq s] qq.....Sandansko Horo...............Bulgaria

A Potpourri of Balkan "Prime-Time" Rhythms


(Dick Atlee)
Balkan code: 2 = "quick", 3 = "slow", so 3-2-2 = "slow-quick-quick" = s qq
Time signature: 2 x q's + 3 (e.g., "qq s" = 2x2 + 3 = 7) Pronunciation: s = sh, c = ch

2 or is it 6?........................Pravo Horo .......................Bulgaria


4 dum-da-dum-dum.......Karagouna.........................Greece
4 1 2 3 4.............................(lots of others)...................Serbia
5 1 2 3 4 5..........................Ali Pasa...............................Turkey
q s (2 3) .......................Paidusko ............................Bulgaria
7 s qq (3 22)...................Lesnoto(s), Kalamatian .Macedonia, Greece
qq s (22 3)...................Ruchenitsa .........................Bulgaria
9 s s s...............................De Alungul ........................Transylvania
9 q s qq ...........................Fatise Kolo.........................Serbia
qqq s ..............................Daichovo............................Bulgaria
11 qq s qq.........................Gankino Oro ....................Macedonia
15 qqqq s qq ....................Bucimis ..............................Bulgaria
18 [s qq] [qq s qq] .........Jove Male Mome ..............Bulgaria
22 [qqq s] [qqq s] qq.....Sandansko Horo...............Bulgaria

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