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Zervodexos (Greek Traditional Music 2 / Tunes and songs of Eastern Crete)

Sample
Song Information
Kind:Demotic
Category:Instrumental
Area: Crete
Nationality:Greek
Language:-
Dance:Zervodhexos
Scale:-
Collector:Cretan University Press
Recording Place:Department of Ethnomusicology, University of Crete, Rethymnon
Recording Date:01/01/1987
Recording Responsible:Yerarhakis Vangelis
Duration:3:10
Other characteristics:Cover, Performed by natives, Instrumental
Register Information
Register date:27/05/1996
Register:Moraitis Thanassis
Comment:Zervodexos: When the music begins all the dancers move forward, until the violin makes a shrill sound. Then all of them turn around, without letting their hands go, so the last dancer becomes the first and leads the dance in the opposite direction. Indeed, the dance can be very funny as the dancers have to move in one direction only until they hear the shrill sound signalling their about-turn. So they may fall on to a piece of furniture or a group of spectators, or even find themselves outside the room, in the courtyard of the house or in the street!
Storage media:Greek Traditional Music 2 / Tunes and songs of Eastern Crete (LP 214)
Artists/Instruments
Baritantonakis Pandelis:Violin
Baritantonakis Antonis:Guitar

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