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Journey Through the Polish Mountains

A playlist showcasing the traditional music of the Polish Highlanders.

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photoshot… in polish highlander clothes in canada… worn on special occasions and dance performances.  #goralki #goralka #gorale #Poland

this is the way polish people do it:) ahahaa

A Polish Goral plays a Trembita/Trombita a typical labrophone folk instrument of the Carpathian mountains. The people of the Carpathians are generally a sheep herding people and traditionally used the horn as a signaling device to announce deaths, funerals, weddings, and to inform fellow-shepherds of each flock’s whereabouts

no, hej! Goralu!

-taken and edited by mela maria.

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I just got the audio CD back from my senior lecture/composition/ethnomusicology recital.  Remember me talking about that?

I don’t have the permission to upload the performances from everyone yet, but I’ve got a couple, so I couldn’t resist uploading some of them!  I didn’t compose this one; it’s a traditional tune, but I’m singing the top line. :)  In case you were wondering, this type of singing, biały śpiew, is really hard to do—it took me months to get it to sound close (although now I can’t stop singing this way).  

This is an example of a pasterska, a pastoral singing genre from the mountains of southern Poland.  

High peaks and green mountain forests. What should I sing here, because my voice would carry well.

Polish Easter card depicting Gorals, native mountaineers of the Polish and Slovak Carpathians