These transcriptions are limited to personal use as I am unable to guarantee that all of these tunes are free of copyright restrictions in all countries. For any other use, please contact me. I am grateful to Deborah Jones (inielsen@portal.ca) and Vancouver International Folk Dancing for allowing me to place some of their transcriptions in abc format on the web. Richard Geisler has graciously allowed me to place a small selection of his transciptions on the internet. Other of his transcriptions in paper format can be obtained directly from him at: MUSIC FOR YOUR FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL & BALKAN FOLK DANCES, 15182 Ballantree Ln, Grass Valley, California, 95949 USA. Music sources are as indicated. In many cases there are either simplifications added guitar chords (with the help of abcmus). seymour.shlien@crc.doc.ca X: 1 T:Ali Pasha L:1/8 O:Turkey S:adapted from Richard Geisler, 1983 M:5/4 %Q:140 K:Am |: "C" [G2E2] [G2E2] [c2G2] [G4c4]|"G7" cB BA cB B4|\ "F" [B2G2] [A2F2] GA [A3F3] A|"C" BG GF FG G4 :| |:"F" F2 [A2F2] [A2F2] "G7" [A2F2] GF |\ "C" [E2C2] [G2E2] "A7" [G2D2] [G2^C2] FE|\ "Dm" D2 F2 F2 "C" ED C2| "G7" D2 ED CB, "C" C4 :| X:2 T:Dospatsko Horo S:The dance was re-transcribed from "Music to 31 of Your S:Favorite Bulgarian Dances, Richard Geisler (c) 1984 and S:adapted for abc music notation software. O:Bulgaria %Q:120 Z:seymour.shlien@crc.ca M:7/8 L:1/8 P:ABCABCDABC K:Em %%MIDI gchord f3c2c2 P:A |:"Em" E3 E2 B2| B3 B2-BA|"Am" A3 A2-AG|"Em" A B2 G2GF:| P:B |:"A" A2 G G2 G2|"D" G2 A F2 F2 |"Em" E3 E4| ~B3 B2 G2| A2 G G2 G2| G2 A F2 F2 | E3 E4|"A" E3 "Em" E2-E2:| P:C |:"D" DEF GA AG| ~c2 B "G" .B2 z2|"Am" c2 B cdcB|"D" ~A2 G "G" .G2 z2| "D" DEF GA AG| ~c2 B "G" .B2 z2|"Am" A2 G GA "Bm" FD|"Em" E3 E4:| P:D |:"D" d3 dc cB| ~A2 G "G" G4| dGe dc BA|"A" ~B2 "D" A A4| d3 dc cB| ~A2 G "G" G4|"Am" AEB AG "Bm" FE|"Em" E3 E4:| X: 3 T: Ekizliisko Horo L:1/8 O:Bulgaria M:6/8 %Q:160 S: Adapted from Richard Geisler S: Music to 31 of Your Favorite Bulgarian Folkdances (c) 1984 %P ABACDEFGHABAC K:G %P: A |:"G" cdd .d2 d| ~ddc ~BBA| "D"cdd d2 d| AA z AAG| "G" ~eed ~ddc| ~ddc ~BBA| "D"cdd d2 d| AAz AAG :| %%sep %P: B "G" BBd ccA|BBG "D" AAG|BBd ccA| BBG AAG| BBD ccA| BBG AAA| "A" GAA GFG| "D" AAz AAG| %%sep %P: A |:"G" cdd .d2 d| ~ddc ~BBA| "D"cdd d2 d| AA z AAG| "G" ~eed ~ddc| ~ddc ~BBA| "D"cdd d2 d| AAz AAG :| %%sep %P: C "G" BBG ccA| BBG "D" AAG| BBG ccA| BBG AAG| BBG ccA| BBG AAG| "A7" BBG BBG| "D" AAz AAz| %%sep %P: D |:"C" c2d eed| dcd ccB| "G" cdd GAB| "C" ccGccG| .c2 d eed| dcd ccB| "G" cdd GAB| "D" AAz AAG :| %%sep %P: E "G" (3BcB d ccA| dcB "D" AAG|(3BcB d ccA| dcB AAG| (3BcB d ccA| dcB AAG| "A7" GAA GFG| "D" AAz AAA| %%sep %P: F |"D" .G2 z A/2A/2 A2| d/2d/2z2 c/2c/2 z2|\ A/2A/2z2 c/2c/2 z2| "G" B/2B/2 z2 BBA| G3 "D" A/2A/2 A2| d/2d/2 z2 ccA| G3 A/2A/2 A2| A/2A/2 A2 A/2A/2 A2| |"D" .G2 z A/2A/2 A2| d/2d/2z2 c/2c/2 z2|\ A/2A/2z2 c/2c/2 z2| "G" B/2B/2 z2 BBA| G3 "D" A/2A/2 A2| d/2d/2 z2 ccA| G3 A/2A/2 A2| AAA AAG| %%sep %P:G "G" BBd ccB| dcG "D" AAG|BBd ccB| dcB AAG| BBd ccB| dcB AAG| "A7"GAA GFG| "D" AAz AAz| %%sep %P:H K:D |:"A" cde ccA|"E" BBA "A" ccA| cde ccA| "E"BBA "A" AAA :| X:4 T:Gankino O:Bulgaria S:Adapted from Deborah Jones, Vancouver Int'l Folk Dance Music Book %Q:160 Z:seymour.shlien@crc.ca M:11/8 L:1/8 P:ABCDCDEFABCDCD K:C %%MIDI gchord f2c2f2cf2c2 P:A |:"C" G2 [ec][ec] [e2c2] [ec] [e2c2] [e2c2] |\ "G7" [ge][bg][af][ge] [fd][ec][fd] "C" [ge][fd] [e2c2]| "C" G2 [ec][ec] [e2c2] [ec] [e2c2] [e2c2] |\ "G7" [ge][bg][af][ge] [fd][ec][fd] "C" [ge][fd] [e2c2] :| %%sep P:B |: "C" cGcd ~e2 d "Am" cB A2|"D7" B2 c2 "G7" ~d2 c "C" BccG|\ "C" cGcd ~e2 d "Am" cB A2|"D7" B2 c2 "G7" ~d2 c "C" Bc c2:| %%sep P:C |:"F" [ge][af] [a2f2] [af][bg][af] "C" [g2e] [ge][ec]|\ [ge][ec] "G7" [fd][dB] "C" [e2c2][fd] [g2e2] [ge][ec]| "F" [ge][af] [a2f2] [af][bg][af] "C" [g2e] [ge][ec]|\ [ge][ec] "G7" [fd][dB] "C" [e2c2][cG] [e2c2]z2 :| %%sep P:D |: "C" [ge][ec] "G7" [fd][dB] "C" [e2c2][fd] [g2e2] [ge][ec]|\ [ge][ec] "G7" [fd][dB] "C" [e2c2] [cG] [ec][cG] [ec][cG]| "C" [ge][ec] "G7" [fd][dB] "C" [e2c2][fd] [g2e2] [ge][ec]|\ [ge][ec] "G7" [fd][dB] "C" [e2c2] [cG] [e2c2] z2 :| %%sep P:E |: "D" [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [ge][^fd][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dA] |\ [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [ge][^fd][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dA] | [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [bg][c'a][af] [bg][c'a] [a2f2]|\ [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [ge][^fd][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dA] | [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [ge][^fd][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dA] |\ [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [ge][^fd][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dA] | [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [bg][c'a][af] [bg][c'a] [a2f2]|\ [bg][c'a] [a2^f2] [ge][^fd][ec] [^f2d2][fd] z :| %%sep P:F |: "G7" [dB][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dB][fd] "C" [e2c2] [ec][cG] |\ [dB][ec] "G7" [f2d2] [fd][dB][fd] "C" [e2c2] [ec][cG] | "G7" [dB][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dB][fd] "C" [e2c2] [ec][cG] |\ "D7" dcBc "G7" d2c ~d2 dc| "G7" [dB][ec] [f2d2] [fd][dB][fd] "C" [e2c2] [ec][cG] |\ [dB][ec] "G7" [f2d2] [fd][dB][fd] "C" [e2c2] [ec][cG] | [dB][ec] "G7" [f2d2] [fd][dB][fd] "C" [e2c2] [ec][cG] |\ "G7" dcBc d2 G d2 z2:| X: 5 T: Karam Fil L:1/8 O: Bulgaria C: presented by Jaap Leegwater S: adapted from Richard Geisler Feb 1984 M:7/8 %Q:120 K:F#m %%MIDI gchord f3f2f2 f3-f2 cd |"Dm" edc d3c|"B"B2 B eddc|"A" cAB cBAG| "F#m" F3 c2-cd|"Bm" cBA B2 BF |"C#7" A3 BG- GF |"F#m" F3-F2-F2| C3 F2 G2 | A3 A4| G3 "C#7" G2 A2 |"F#m" G2 F F4| "E7" E3 A2 B2 | "A" c3 c4| "E" B2 c/2B/2 A2 B2| "A" c3-c4| "F#m" F3 F2 d2 | "Bm" c2 B B4| "E7" B3 A2 G2| "A" A2 B c4| "C#m" C3 C2 B2| A3 G4| G3 F2 ^E2| "C#7" G/2A/2G F "F#m" F4| |: "Bm" f2 e d4|"F#m" e2 d c4| "Bm" B2 c/2B/2 A2 B2| "F#n" c3-c4| "Bm" B2 B edcB| "F#m" A2 B c4| "C#7" BBA AG GF| "F#m" F3-F2-F2 :| X: 6 T: Moja Diridika L:1/8 O: Croatia S: Deborah Jones ,1982 Vancouver Folk Dance Club M:2/4 K:G "G" [B3D3] [GB] | "D7" [Ac][DAc] [EAc][FAd] |\ "G" [GB][[GB] c/2B/2A/2B/2 | "D7"[Ac][DAc] [EAc][FAd] | "G" [GB][GB] c/2B/2A/2B/2 | "D7" [Ac][DAc] [EAc][FAd] |\ "G" [GB][GB] c/2B/2A/2B/2 | "D" [D2A2] [DA] z | "G" [B3D3] [GB] | "D7" [Ac][DAc] [EAc][FAd] |\ "G"[GB][GB] [AB][GB]| "D7"[Ac][DAc] [EAc][FAd]| |"G"[GB][GB] [AB][GB]| "D7"[Ac][DAc] [EAc][FAd]|\ "G" [GB][GB] [AB][GB] |"D" [D2A2] [DA] z| |: "D" [F3A3] [DF]| "A7" [EG][A,EB] [B,EG][CEA] |\ "D" [DF][DF] [EF][DF] | "A7" [EG][A,EG] [BEG][CEA]| "D" [DF][DF] [EF][DF] | "A7" [EG][A,EG] [B,EG][CEA] |\ "D" [DF][DF] [EF][DG] | "A" [A,2E2A2] [A,EA] z :| X: 7 T: Rusi Kosi L:1/8 O: Probably Bulgarian M:2/4 K:G |:.B2 .E2|.A2 .E2| G3F|E2 zD|.E2 .E2|FEFA|.G2 z2|EFGA| .B2 .E2|.A2 .E2| G3F|E2 zD|.E2 .E2|FEFA|G3F|GA FE|E4:| ||[B,3E3] D | EDEF| [B,4G4]| [B,4G4]| [C2A2][C2A2] |\ GFGA| [B,3G3]F| [B,4E4] :| [B,3E3] D | EDEF| [B,4G4]| [B,4G4]|[B,3E3] D | EDEF| [B,4G4]| [B,4G4]| B4| A4| G3F | E3D|E2 E2| FEFA | G3F| GAFE| E4 | X: 8 T:Popovicanka O:Serbia %Q:120 L:1/8 M:2/4 K:Am |: "G"G4 | AG "Am"A2| "G"GG GD| "Am"A4| "G".G2 Bc |dc B2| BG cB| "Am"A4| "G"G4 | AG "Am"A2| "G"GG GD| "Am"A4| "G".G2 Bc |dc B2| BG cB| "Am"A4:| |:"G"d2 B2| "Am"c2 "G"B2| B2 cB| "Am"A4| "G".G2 Bc| dc B2| BG cB| "Am"A4| "G"d2 B2| "Am"c2 B2| B2 cB| "Am"A4| "G".G2 Bc| dc B2| BG cB| "Am"A4:| X: 9 T: Tino Mori L:1/8 O: Macedonia S: Deborah Jones ,1982 Vancouver Folk Dance Club M:7/4 K:G %%MIDI gchord f3f2f2 |: "G" G3-G2 [G2d2] | [G2d2] [Ec] [D2B2] [D2A2] |\ "C" [E3c3] "G" [D4B4] | "D7" [C3A3] "G" [B,4G4] | [D2B2] [Ec] [F2d2] [Ec][DB] |\ "D7" [C3-A3-][C2A2] [D2B2]|\ [C2A2] [B,2G2] "G" [B,2-G2-][B,2G2] | [B,3G3] [B,4G4]| "C" [E3c3] "G" [D4B4] | "D7" [C3A3] "G" [B,4G4] |\ [D2B2] [Ec] [F2d2] [Ec][DB] | "D7" [C3-A3-][C3A3] [D2B2]| [C2A2] [B,G] "G" [B,4G4]| [D3B3] [CA][CB] [CA][CG] |\ [B,3-G3-][B,2-G2-][B,2G2] | [B,3-G3-] [B,2G2] z2 :| |: "G" GDG A2 "D7" AG | "G" B2 A A2 AG| Bcd B2 AG |\ "G" GDG A2 AG | B2 A "D7" A2 AG | "G" G3 G2 z2 :| X: 10 T: Dunafalvileany tans O:Hungary? %Q:96 L:1/8 M:6/8 K:Am |:"Am"A2 B c B2 | A2 B A E2| A2 B c B2 | A2 B A E2| L:1/8 M:3/8 "Dm"A3 | "G"G3 | "Dm"F2 G| A3| "G"G3 | "Dm"F2 E| D3 :| M:2/4 L:1/8 |:"Dm"D2 A2 | A2 G2 | A2 F2 | "Am"E2 D2 |\ "Dm"D2 A2 | A2 G2 | A2 F2 | "Am"E2 D2 | "Dm"DE F2| GFEF| "Am"E3 F| "Em"E2 B,2 | "Dm"DE F2| GFEF| D4-|D4 :| X: 11 T: Sitna Zborenka L:1/16 O: Bulgaria M:2/4 %Q:72 S: The dance was re-transcribed from the "Vancouver International S: Folk Dancers Music Book" Deborah Jones (c) 1982 and modified S: for abc notation software -Seymour P:ABCDEHBCDEHFG K:Em P:A |:"Am"cdde cBA2| BEcE "Em" BAG2 |"D" FGA2 "G" AGAB|"Am" ~c2cd "D" ~cBA2| "G" cdde "Am" cBA2|"Em" BEcE BAG2 |"D" FGA2 "G" AGcd|"Am" A2AE "D" A2AE :| %%sep P:B |:"D" AGFE FGA2| ABcd "G" ~B2BG|"Am" ABcd cBAG|"G" B2BG B2BG| "Em" FGG2 "Am" ABcd|"D" cBAG B2BG|\ "Am" cd/2e/2dB "G" cABG |"Am" A2AE "D" A2AE:| %%sep P:C |:"D" FGA2 "G" AGBA|"Am" ~A2AE "Em" GFE2|"D" FGA2 "G" AGBA|"Am" A2AE A2AE:| %%sep P:D |:"D" A2cd dccB|"G" A2cd B2BG |"Am" cdcB "D" A2cd|"G" B2BG B2BG:| %%sep P:E |:"D" cdcB A2cd | B2BG "G" ~Bcde|"Am" cdcB "D" A2cd|"G" B2BG B2BG:| %%sep P:H |:"Am" cddc cBA2|"Em" BccB BA~G2 |"Am" ABA2 "Em" GFE2 |"D" A2AB "G" c2d2| "Am" dcde cBA2|"Em" BccB BAG2 |"Am" A2BA "Em" GFE2 |"Am" A2AE A2AE:| %%sep K:F#m P:F "A" AEdE c2cA |"E7" ABBA "A" ABcd|"E7" eEdE "A" c2cA|"E7" ABBA "A" A2AE| "A" AEAd c2cA |"Dm" ABBA "A" ABcd| eEdE c2cA |"Dm" ABBA "A" AEAB| %%sep P:G "E7" cded cBB2|"A" cded cBA2|"E7" cddc cBde|"A" A2AE ABcd| "D" efed "E7" cBB2| cded "A" cBA2|"E7" cddc cBde|"A" A2AB A2AB | "E7" cded cBB2|"A" cded cBA2|"E7" cddc cBde|"A" A2AE ABcd| "D" efed "E7" cBB2| cded "A" cBA2|"E7" cddc cBde|"A" A2AE Azz2 | X: 12 T: Sherele M:4/4 L:1/8 %Q:180 O: Klezmer K:Cm ||"G" GF=EF G2 A2| G8 | =BAGA B2 c2 | d8 |de f2 f2 f2| fe ed dc c=B| =Bc d2 d2 d2| dc c=B BA AG| F=E FG Ac =BA| G8 :| "Cm" c3 G/2c/2 e3 c/2e/2 | g8 | gf fe ed dc | "G" d8| d3 e f3 g| a8 | gf fe ed dc | e4 (3g^fe (3edc | "Cm" c3 G/2c/2 e3 c/2e/2 | g8 | gf fe ed dc | "G" d8| d3 e f3 g| a8 | gf fe ed dc | c3 d/2e/2 c3 z| "G" dc =B2 BA G2| Gc=Bc d z g z| dc =B2 BA G2 | AGFA "G" G4| "G" dc =B2 BA G2| Gc=Bc d z g z| dc =B2 BA G2 | AGFc "G" G4|