ablatures, Sheet Music, Guides and Instrument Practice

I create three types of resources for musicians:

1. Balkan Music Theory Guides: rhythms, modes, chords, and harmonies. At the moment, these are on Patreon, but are being moved here, on the website. 

2. Balkan Music Exercises for guitar and treble clef instruments (violin, accordion, piano, etc.), focusing on playing scales over uneven time signatures.

These are now moving to Gumroad.

3. Tabs and standard notations for guitar, bouzouki, and treble clef instruments of my own and some Balkan folk tunes. 

The tabs and notations are on Bandcamp. Below is a list of available tabs/notations:

Balkan Music Folk Style
Greek/Balkan Folk & Blues/Rock Fusion Style
Balkanised Christmas
  • The First Noel | Baglamas instrumental, also arranged for guitar, 9/4 Zembekiko Time Signature (2+2+2+3)

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If you're on YouTube, the following playlists may be of interest:
MUSIC THEORY, SONG INSPIRATIONS, ANALYSIS
TIME SIGNATURES

Musicians' Resources News

I have just released the tabs, notation and backing tracks package for Bluesy Kamilieriko on Bandcamp, you can find it here: https://tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/bluesy-kamilieriko.

It's a Greek/Blues fusion instrumental for 2 bouzoukia. It dances between blues and typical Greek melodic phrasing, over jumpy 9/8 (Kamilieriko); with a bluesy chord sequence. Could be comfortably performed by one player. Bass guitar tabs and notations included as well.


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I updated the tabs and notations for 'The Rush', a Greek Duet Bouzouki instrumental in Karsilamas, 9/8 Time Signature (2+2+2+3/8).

The notations live here:
https://tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/the-rush


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I just updated the bouzouki tabs and standard notation files for Jovo Vlavot, a Greek bouzouki instrumental in Rebetiko style. Added  a full staff (instead of the 1-liner staff) rhythm pattern and bar numbers.

The song and its notation files lives here: tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/jovo-vlavot


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London's Rebetiko is a Greek baglamas instrumental in a four dotted quarters time signature. While |I have written baglamas tablature and standard notation, today I also added guitar tabs - an arrangement of the original baglamas melody. 

I also added a rhythm template suggestion.

To see, hear and download the package, go here:
tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/londons-rebetiko


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Macedonian folk dance in 18/8 (2+2+3+2+2+3+2+3) time. Download the backing track.
  • Majsko Oro - Backing Track
    Audio file
  • Majsko Oro - original track, transposed in D
    Audio file

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English (Cornish) / Greek Folk Fusion. The popular Welsh Christmas Carol is arranged in Zeimbekiko, 9/4 time signature rhythm. It's a bit of a stretch, literary speaking:-)

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A new educational release of a peculiar Macedonian song, sang in Turkish

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A new exercise released on Patreon and Bandamp

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New Patreon/Bandcamp educational release.

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