Polish folk music

Polish folk music:• There are many similarities in folk music to other

slovenian countries like: Chech Republic, Slovacai, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia

• Folk music was produced by amateur singers and music players

• It was created during weddings, folk festivals and children’s plays

• It is known for not being written and transfered from generation to generation in the spoken language

Folk instruments:

String – fiddle instruments

• gęśliki podhalańskie (złóbcoki)

• The sound is made by plunking or pulling the string with a primitive fiddlestick

• Mazanki • It looks like a little violin with three strings.

• Suka biłgorajska • It looks like a little violin. It is made from one piece of wood it cooperates perfectly with singing.

Plunking instruments

• Mandolin • The sound is made by plunking the string.

• Cytra • It is an instrument with flat resonance box. It is usually decorated with painted folk motives.

• cymbały • The sound is made by hitting the strings with two sticks.

• Drumla • One of the oldest instruments, it is made from metal. To make a sound you have to keep it between your teeth and plunk it with a moveable tongue.

A wind instruments

• Piszczałki • It is made from pieces of so called grass, straws and wood.

• Bazuna, ligawa • It is a long pipe made from spruce wood.

• Dudy, kozioł • It is made from goat’s bag of air and pipes.

• Gwizdki ceramiczne ( ceramic whistles)

• They can have many shapes like: birds, horses, riders, rams. The sound is made by filling the instrument with water and blowing.

Drum instruments

• Grzechotki, kołatki • They can have many shapes and they are made from wood. The sound is made by hitting one’s hand.

• Burczybasy • It is made from a barrel without the bottom. On one side there is an animal skin. The sound is made by pulling horse’s hair and pouring water on it at the same time.

Characteristic features of Polish folk music

• Changeability and anonymity are traditional features in our music.

• The music is transferred from generation to generation it become folk music not one performer’s music

• Rich melody line enriched with various diversities• The melody line is sung by one voice (different than in

other countries) the exception is with highlanders’ music• In folk music Polish people use variety of music

instruments• Polish folk dances: Oberek, Krakowiak, Kujawiak

Oberek

• Polish folk dance with atempo and jumpy melody

Krakowiak

• Polish folk snappy dance. It is called: passing, chasing,tripping

Kujawiak

• It is a calm dance, Performed on bent legs, It is like walking

Polish folk song• KonikDrepce konik drepce Do stajenki nie chceŻeby do MarysiPoleciałby jeszczeW podwóreczku małymStudzieneczka stoiKto jedzie to jedzieKonika napoi Siwy konik siwy uzdeczka jedwabnaCzy duża czy mała kurpianeczka zgrabna

• Little horseThe horse is running the horse is runningHe doesn’t want to go to the stableHe wants to go to MaryIn little yard there is a dwellThe one who is coming will drink the horseA grey horse grey silk bridleBig or small Kurpianeczka girl

The dance – Little horse

• Children walk in pairs singing the song, then they stop to make a bridge from their hands. One pair goes under the bridge. Children from that bridge join previous couple and they walk together under the next bridge. In the background you can hear children whistling the folk instruments – whistles.

The music is kept in traditional fast folk Oberek dance.

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