What is the national dance of Bulgaria?

Horo
If you see Bulgarians dancing in the street holding hands and forming big circles or rows, you have most probably come across a horo, the national dance of the country.

What is Bulgarian music called?

Chalga
Chalga (Bulgarian: чалга; often referred to as pop-folk, short for “popular folk”) is a Bulgarian music genre. Chalga or pop-folk is essentially a folk-inspired dance music genre, with a blend of Bulgarian music (Bulgarian ethno-pop genre) and also primary influences from Greek, Turkish and Arabic.

What is Rachenitsa?

Rachenitsa (Ръченица; Rŭchenitsa, Râčenica) in 7. 16. (2+2+3 or 4+3): Single or couple dance. Lesnoto (Лесното хоро) in 7.

What is the meter of a Ruchenitsa?

If the basic combination of steps in this dance is 2 short beats + 1 long beat, add it all up and your meter is 7/8! The Ruchenitsa is a very popular Bulgarian folk dance whose 7/8 meter is composed of the 2 “short” + 1 “long” beat described above.

How are Bulgarian folk dances related to music?

Bulgarian folk dances are intimately related to the music of Bulgaria. This distinctive feature of Balkan folk music is the asymmetrical meter, built up around various combinations of ‘quick’ and ‘slow’ beats. The music, in Western musical notation, is often described using compound meter notation,…

What does the word horo mean in Bulgarian?

Below is a list of some Bulgarian folk dances, along with their commonly written rhythms and time signatures. The word horo means “dance” and is sometimes added to the name of the dance.

What is the rhythm of the Bulgarian dance kopanitsa?

16 rhythm of the dance kopanitsa is often described as quick – quick – slow – quick – quick, ( 2+2+3+2+2) whereas the tune may be played in what may be written as (2+2)+ (2+1)+ (2+2), i.e., an 11 time with primary accent at 1, secondary accents at 5 and 8, and tertiary accents at 3, 7, and 10.

What kind of meter does Balkan music use?

This distinctive feature of Balkan folk music is the asymmetrical meter, built up around various combinations of ‘quick’ and ‘slow’ beats. The music, in Western musical notation, is often described using compound meter notation, where the notational meter accents, i.e., the heard beats, can be of different lengths, usually 1, 2, 3, or 4.