Sheet music

[Jonathan]

Dear all,

I was curious if anybody knows when more sheet music will be added to the "Scores and Lyrics" section of the website - there are no other Gaida players (to my knowledge) in my area, so learning tunes by ear is very difficult, and I cannot do it easily from recordings.

Kind regards,

Jonathan.

[Kostadin Gerdjikov]

Hello Jonathan,

we are currently working on this issue !

Best regards,

Kostadin

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[Dimitar Vassilev]

@Jonathan,

some dumb questions:
 How many of the songs published by the kabagaida team can you play by memory?
How many of those you play by heart are nearby  master quality? How many variations you know of each? Can you go easily from 2/4 to 7/8 then to 9/8 and measureless tune and then go again 2/4? How many hours per day you listen to masters records?

As I see it the team has done a great job publishing nearby 50 songs. My teacher hold me 2 years till he is sure I can play each piece he gave me very well and only after I wrapped all up let me go a bit on my way to show me the songs I like.

Unlike classic music where you can learn to play in 3-4 years, pipes require soul and heart. You may not play 300 songs, but if you go for 30 and can play them perfect with all effects, then nothing will stop you get to the rest 270.

See you in August.

Cheers,

[Kostadin Gerdjikov]

Hello Jonathan,

the questions are not dumb, don't worry. I can speak for myself. I can play the tunes by heart, those 50 and switching between songs and rhythms  comes easier with practice. When I was younger and I had more spare time I listened for hours to old recordings, now I don't have that much time.

For me personally the important thing is not how many songs can you play but understanding the essence, the base characteristics of the Rhodope music and kaba-bagpipe playing.

So it is important to listen not only to bagpipes but also to singing. In time you will get used to the music and reproduce it with ease.

Technically the kaba-bagpipe doesn't require more time than the other instruments. One can follow the paved rout starting with plain melodies note by note and gradually adding ornaments which have very sound logic and hierarchy and be a bagpiper who can play for audiance in 4 years. So don't despair.The problem is that as for now there is too little information and help available outside Bulgaria. We try to change this.

The difficult but also the most pleasant part comes after those four years when you have gathered some experience and you are able to understand and interprit the old masters.Then you begin to build an own , unique style and that takes a lifetime :)

I would advise you not to hurry and to practice. Not a long time ago I spoke with a friend who has learned the bagpipe for almost 2 years and said to him : "did you remember that the previous year you didn't believe that you could play the things you can play now" and he realized what a great progress he has done in only 6 months.

Greetings,

Kostadin

[Dimitar Vassilev]

@Kostadin,
if you guys can transpose the sheets you plan to release and the current ones an octave higher, so that the low G matches the G key on the sheet would be great. As for the rest: If i can make it in round 2 of the contest this summer, it means I made a bit of improvement :-). Otherwise keep playing.

Живи и здрави,

[Цветелин Андреев]

Hey Jonathan,

Can you record how you play by the sheets and send it to us. Thus you'll get some feedback and we will know how people learn from what we did.

We don't plan to put more sheets now. We plan to finish the book and put there the basic tunes. We think that if you know the basic ones you can learn the other by ear from he records over youtube.

Cvetelin Andreev
+359 889 651 656 

http://www.kabagaida.com