bylini, starini
Russian epics concerning wars against the Tartars during late middle ages, the art has been lost in the 20th century
dumy
ukrainian songs from about the same period
verbunkos
Romani bands, from the word “recruiting” as they were used to attract peeps to military fairs, violins and bagpipes or cimbalon
magyarnota
instrumental parlor songs
csardas
distinctive dance of contrasting fast and slow temps in simple duple meter, national dance of Hungary
anhemitonic pentatonic scale
a scale of five pitches per octave with no semitones
parlando-rubatoo
distinctive hungarian folk songs, “free speech rhythm”
tempo giusto
strict tempo
tanchaz
dance houses
szajbogo
vocal percussion,
provikvaniyo
a type of sudden yell upward at the ends of phrases
horo
circle dances
pripevki
short work songs
isorhythm
single pulses with divisions into two
vtora
original melody in parallel thirds or fourths
table songs
Georgia, folk polyphony
prichitaniya
laments sung by brides and at funerals to express sorroe of leaving family