Gundula Stojanova GruenMar 16Tiny Balkan Tutorial: Balkan Hijaz with 'Busy Bees' ornamentsThis is probably my all-time-favourite ornament. I only can do it when I'm in a regular practicing mode, and my fingers are 'tuned'. And...
Gundula Stojanova GruenMar 9Djunjuritsa - Part 2Last time you practiced the 9/8 rhythm, and I hope that by now, your fingers and your head have gotten themselves around the rhythm, the...
Gundula Stojanova GruenFeb 23Djunjuritsa - a Bulgarian dance that brings smilesToday I only share the first part of this piece - there are lots of notes to practice, specially in the 2nd part, so you might need time...
Gundula Stojanova GruenFeb 16Lamma Bada - moving East of the Balkans and back in time...I learned this tune a while ago, it's one of those that you can sing round and round without stopping, and it works like a chant... your...
Gundula Stojanova GruenFeb 9Ottoman Ornament practice in Balkan Hijaz modeDo we love technique practice? I actually truly do :-) Especially when using Balkan Hijaz scales, in the triplet patters, which snake so...
Gundula Stojanova GruenFeb 2Silent Fields - a few tips on 'beautifying' this Eastern European tuneToday I would like to share a melody with you which I had forgotten about, just rediscovering it when working on the 2nd edition of my...
Gundula Stojanova GruenJan 26Babo Čerkez Čoček - a Macedonian Gypsy Dance pieceThis is a mini tutorial for a funky Gypsy dance piece, not a by-ear-tutorial as such so you might need to get the sheet music from the...
Gundula Stojanova GruenJan 24Muro Shavo - By-ear-tutorialThis is one of my favourite songs, great to sing and play and ideally both together, on dark and murky days it really brings brightness...
Gundula Stojanova GruenJan 19Scale+Ornament Practice: Balkan Hijaz on ALets start the new year on a new mission: achieve wild fingers ! Today there is no tune, but some technical exercises. Over the next few...