Chetvorno Horo 

I hope you learn this piece and I hope you have a friend to harmonize it with you - it becomes magical !

Thank you for your kind words. I am so glad you are enjoying it!

Thank you, Jan. Be sure to see "Rutchenitza for Bulgarian Tambura" too!

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Thank you!

I'm very happy with the splicing. I wanted to be sure I could figure out how I played the tricky parts by looking at the video.

Thank you!

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Thank you for your kind comments, Alex. Mr. Eppler composed this for me as a student practice piece. As he added more sections for me to learn it became the wonderful piece that we now enjoy. Unfortunately, only about a dozen of these tamburas were made by Mr. Eppler and he died June 6, 2019. I will post the score for this piece on www.ratchenitza.com so that everyone can play it where ever they are on what ever instrument they love.

@@DancerSeattle Thank you for the link to your website, which I will go through with interest. I've always had a special love for traditional folk music from the Balkans from my teenage years onwards. I accidentally came across your video when typing in some titles of music by the Dunav Balkan Group, London, England www.dunav.org.uk some of whose music I have personally restored and digitized from analogue studio tape recordings made in 1981. Example track: Kjustendilsko Horo soundcloud.com/dunav-balkan-group/track17

I don't recall seeing a tambura being played left handed before, but John certainly mastered it. You did a nice job of cleaning up the tape recording. It sounds rich and full.

@@DancerSeattle well, I only knew the last leader of the group. They are now older and some pased away or are retired, so the group is no longer that active. They called themselves enthusiastic amateur musicians, but I also agree with you. I think they sounded professional for part time hobbyists.. not that I can claim to be an expert to judge them myself really :-) I'm only really involved in tape restoration, recovery and servicing obsolete old studio reel to reel tape machines. Audio and video tapes will eventually degrade, become unplayable or fall apart depending on age, storage and chemical processes, although some can last a long time.

Thank you. I love it too!

I am a guitar player but I came to own a tambura not too long ago. It's tuned like you would a mandolin just one octave lower. Scale length is about the same as a Gibson scale guitar

You are correct, it is tuned like a guitar's first 4 strings. I don't have it here with me, but I believe it has 3 octaves on it.

@@TemkaUwU perhaps you have a Macedonian tambura? Mine is a Bulgarian tambura, which is tuned like the first 4 strings of a guitar.

I bought it from the maker, Alexander Eppler. Send me a personal message if you want to acquire one for yourself.

Thank u for your answer. I don't know how to write a personal message on RU-vid. Could u be so kind to write me to gifgaf@gmx.de or give me your email? Thank you very much.

I tried to send an email to you at the above address, but I don't think it went through. Please check the spelling, or let me know if this is correct. I may have to key it in rather than copy and paste.

no, I did not get an email. the spelling is correct gifgaf@gmx.de , robabnawaz@web.de also should work, thank you.

@@DancerSeattle May I also have information on how to purchase one?

yes. I need to update my website with it. www.ratchenitza.com Please bear with me, 2019 was a rough year, but 2020 is starting out much better.

@@The1superrussell sorry to hear about your year. I had a few of those a couple years back. Any chance of emailing the music in the meantime? I would love to learn this melody on my Hurdy Gurdy

@@TheHurdyGurdyWizard I expect to get this done this week. I will have the software that will let me work on this late Wednesday.

@@The1superrussell wonderful. Looking forward to it. I don't know much about this style of music yet. I learned one tune called chetvorno horo, yet it sounded nothing like this one. Looking forward to learning this one. It is such a great tune.

@@TheHurdyGurdyWizard www.ratchenitza.com has been updated today. I have put 3 scores on it, at the bottom. I hope you will record them for sharing on RU-vid. Enjoy!

Sorry you didn't enjoy it. It is true that the tune is lacking base notes to make it sound better. For me, this song has magical memories that are hard to describe.

@@DancerSeattle a disturbing experience doesn't imply that it's a bad experience, it just broke my concept of reality, being surrounded by college girls singing me a perfectly tuned love song on a string ensemble, it's a miracle impossible to repeat, not a bad experience

@@jesulinicoviolao6053 One day, I played this tune with my teacher and it was magical. On that day, I realized I was finally good enough to play with my teacher. I am so glad that you heard it happen!

@@DancerSeattle by his comment....he doesn't refer to the tune of your piece he meant somethi g else which is irrelevant to your magical piece!!!!!👍