Bulgarian Accordion Tutorial

Bulgarian Accordion Tutorial - Complete Scores

This page contains some complete accordion scores that illustrate the tutorial's general principles of technique and fingering. Pointers to the original source recordings are included. Please note the following:

The scores here are complete in the sense that they are contain a full set of melodies present in the source recordings. This contrasts to the melodic fragments that are used elsewhere in the tutorial to illustrate particular techniques.
Scores are meant for study in tandem with the original recordings. I do not notate the number of melodic repeats for each melody, nor when previously notated melodies are inserted between later melodies. One-time transitions between melodies that are awkward to notate may be left unnotated.
These arrangements are for accordion. They generally follow the outline of the original recordings, but the details are often altered to what works for the accordion.
The keys are chosen based on what sounds good on my instrument, given the chosen reed combination, as an accordion solo. This may, or may not, be the same as the key of the original recording. The keys may not be appropriate when playing in an ensemble context. Recommended reed combinations will be notated once I figure out how to work that feature of the software.
Harmony and bass playing is not notated. Consult the original recordings to get a feeling for how the melodies and harmonies flow together.
Each score below is accompanied by some performance guidelines, such as the recommended switch to use (definitions here).
Clicking on the score hyperlink below will take you to a bitmap image of the score. This is fine for on-line viewing, but is poor for printing. For high-quality printing, click on the PDF link above the score image.
I'm constantly refining the fingering for these scores as my technical understanding improves. The date of last revision appears at the bottom of each score.
Update: Previous plans for creating audio recordings for these scores has been temporarily placed on hold due to a pending job search.

Scores and Performance Notes

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\n"; $notes = "scores/" . $id . ".html"; @ readfile($notes); } score("AC0101", "Pravo Kapansko after Radoslav Kutev from Worldtone 003"); score("AC0102", "Pravo horo after Boris Karlov from BHA 402"); score("AC0103", "Novo Zagorsko horo after Kosta Kolev from XOPO 308"); score("AC0104", "Trite puti after Emil Kolev from XOPO 3"); score("AC0105", "Bourgasko horo from BHA 1467"); score("AC0106", "Chetvorno horo from B-4000 album"); score("AC0107", "Plevensko daichovo horo from B-4000 album"); score("AC0108", "Novo Zagorsko horo after Mincho Nedyalkov from BHA 134"); score("AC0109", "Ruchenitsa after Kostadin Varimezov from BHA 214"); score("AC0110", "Paidushko horo after Kostadin Varimezov from Mark Levy field recording"); score("AC0111", "Selska ruchenitsa after Ferus Mustafov et al from Beograd Disk 0214"); score("AC0112", "Shota after Kocho Petrovski from unknown recording"); score("AC0113", "Daichovo horo after Kosta Kolev from BHA 134"); score("AC0114", "Buenek after Kostadin Varimezov from BHA 1268"); score("AC0115", "Daichovo horo after Ibro Lolov from BHA 134"); score("AC0116", "Petrunino horo after Strandzhanskata Groupa from XOPO-322"); score("AC0117", "Kjuchek after Marcus Moskoff"); ?>

A cross-indexed tabular list of these scores, without the above performance notes may be found in EMDB book AC01.