musical instruments

Brŭšljan 1

54 (VZh) [Свиреха ли с нещо?]

[And did people play musical instruments?]

55 (a) òx mi tɤ̀j səs svìrki i s kəvàl':i svìrehne

Well, we did play [instruments], these small pipes and end-blown flutes.

56 (a) svìreə də kàž'em ufčàrite əmə tuvà e nè e n'àkujə

That is, the shepherds played [them]. But that’s not some kind of,

57 (a) təkà də se kàž'e kəktu n'àkuj urkèstər də iskàrət əmì

like you might say, performing in some kind of orchestra, but [rather]

58 (a) təkà vərì tə si turulìkə pudir ufc'ɛ̀te də sə zəwəvl'àvə

[a shepherd] walks along, chirps after his sheep to amuse himself.

59 (a) təkìvə svi sviràč'i sme bilì nìe səs svìrki kəvàl':i

We were all such musicians, with small pipes and end-blown flutes.

60 (a) i gàjdi ìməš'e nə n'àkuj tə svìrexə vətrešnustɤ̀ gəjdərž'ìi

Some had bagpipes, and played them; bagpipe players [were] in the interior,

61 (a) štòtu jà i kəde grənč'àr xòdih nə tàm tàm ìməš'e mumč'ètə

because when I went to Granichar, there were boys there

62 (a) kuìtu svìrehə gàjdi nè e gàjdə gàjdə səs

playing bagpipes. No, not the [simple] bagpipe but the bagpipe with –

63 (b) kəvàl':i i kəvàl':i i də gàjdətə bəškɤ̀ i kəvàlət

End-blown flutes, end-blown flutes. A bagpipe is one thing, an end-blown flute –

64 (a) e dà de gàjdətə bəškɤ̀ i kəvàlət bəškɤ̀

Yes indeed. A bagpipe is one thing and an end-blown flute is another.

Brŭšljan 3

22 (GK) čobànite s kakvò svìrexa

Shepherds – what musical instruments did shepherds play?

23 (c) s kəvàl':e be səs svìrki s kəvàl':e

End-blown flutes, you know! Small pipes and end-blown flutes.

24 (d) kavàl'e

End-blown flutes

25 (c) səs svìrki i s kəvàl':e

Small pipes and end-blown flutes.

Brŭšljan 4

36 (VZh) [А овчарите с какво свирят?]

[And what musical instruments do shepherds play?]

37 (e) kəvàl

The end-blown flute.

38 (VZh) à s kavàli

What? End-blown flutes?

39 (e) s kəvàl kəvàl svìrime

The end-blown flute. We play the end-blown flute

41 (e) kəvàl svìrime kətu màl'ki se uč'àhne svìrki [whistle]

We play the end-blown flute. As kids, we learned the small pipes [whistle]

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