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List of folk dances sorted by origin - Western. Tetovo, Gostivar, Debar, Mavrovo, Kicevo, Krushevo and Porece Female dances are elegant and gracious, while male dances are firm, with complex movements Teskoto Nevestinskoto Chamche Metkalisteto List of folk dances sorted by origin - Southwestern. Bitola, Prilep, Ohrid and Prespa Lake, Lerin, Kostur, Voden These dances are characterized by epic choreographic elements and complex rhythmic structures Komitsk ...

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Instrumental old-time music is traditionally played for dances, and is considered to be dance music. As such, there is not much showiness, generally with no solos, but always carrying a strong beat. This contrasts with bluegrass music which was developed in the 1940s as a form of concert music. Bluegrass music, however, developed from old-time music, and shares many of the same songs and instruments, but ...

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Reflecting the cultures that settled North America, the roots of old-time music are based in the traditional musics of the British Isles (primarily England, Scotland, and Ireland), with a strong admixture of African music. In some regions French and German sources are also prominent. While many dance tunes and ballads can be traced to European sources, many others are of purely North American origin. Old-time music - The term old-time. As the oldest form of North American traditional music, other than Native American music, the term "old-time" is an appropriate one. As a l ...

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Old-time music is played using a wide variety of stringed instruments. The instrumentation of an old-time group is often determined solely by what instruments are available, as well as by tradition. The most common instruments are acoustic string instruments. Historically, the fiddle was nearly always the leading melodic instrument, and in many instances (if no other instruments were available) dances were accompanied only by a sin ...

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There are numerous regional styles of old-time music, each with its own repertoire and playing style. Nevertheless, some tunes (such as "Soldier's Joy") are found in nearly every regional style, though played somewhat differently in each. Old-time music - Appalachia. This section applies primarily to the "Southern Appalachian" region of the United States (the Central Appalachians being in the northeastern U.S. and the Nort ...

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Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os. This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively. Thus one may find both "hasapiko" ("the butcher thing") and "hasapikos (horos)" - "the butcher (dance)." Antikrystos Baidoushka Ballos Fysouni Gaida Hasapiko (Chasapiko, Khasapiko, Hassapiko,Kasap,Butcher Dance ) ...

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