Laments, Dances and Lullabies Vol 1 - 2. Macedonian Girl - Miroslav Tadic edition: Doberman-Yppan DO 655 (Saint-Nicolas, Canada, 2008)
Notes and Legend below the tab - tab by weed@wussu.com - 27 October 2017
MIDI: http://www.classtab.org/tadic_macedonian_girl.mid
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdoD9F0w5R0 - Ryder Fitzpatrick

tuning: EADGBE key: A minor Time: 7/8 tempo: ~180 bpm (1/8 notes)

Andante cantabile (slow and in a singing style)

1 | . . | . | . | . . | . | . E|-0---------------------------|-----------------------------| B|-----3------3g0--------------|-----------------------------| G|---------5-----------5-------|0g2------0---2-------2--p0---| D|-------------5===============|-5===========5===============| A|-0===========----------------|-0===========----------------| e|-----------------------------|-------------3===============|
1 4 3

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M arp.
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4 3 4
1

M arp.
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M
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arp.
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cIII
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4 2
3 1

W
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1 4 4...4 4
2

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1 3
2

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4 3 un poco rit. (a little slower)

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1 4 4...4 4
a tempo (resume original tempo) 2

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1 3
2

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4 3

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un poco rit. (a little slower)

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a tempo (resume original tempo) 4 3

rit. molto (much slower) M M F.
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Notes and Legend
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"Macedonian Girl is based on one of the most popular songs from Macedonia, originally titled Makedonsko Devojce. Although the song was written by Jonce Hristovski (a noted songwriter) [in 1964] it was elevated to the status of folk music many decades ago. Its subject is the unmatched beauty of Macedonian women and there is hardly anyone in Macedonia, regardless of age, who is not familiar with it. My composition is considerably removed from the much simpler and lighter original, but it does preserve its beautiful melodic line. 7/8 meter is the most common meter in Macedonian music (even more so than the 4/4 or 3/4). It should be counted and felt in groups of 2 and 3 (in this case 3+2+2 or

fi fi). If 7/8 initially feels awkward or unfamiliar, I would suggest

looping the first four bars of the piece for a while, until you begin feeling it as a 'groove' of sorts. Also try tapping your foot on the down beat of every group of 2 or 3 (like this: fi> fi fi ) This will facilitate the rest of the work on the piece and allow you to enjoy it on a more intuitive level, rather than being preoccupied by counting." - Miroslav Tadic

Some performers don't play meaures 33-46, but return to the start finishing at measure 8. Measures 33-39 are a repeat of measures 25-31.

The MIDI keeps mostly to the sheet tempo, but the piece is usually performed with a freer tempo which brings out the 'Andante cantabile'.

left hand fingering below the tab -
1 - index finger
2 - middle finger
3 - ring finger
4 - little finger
... (below the tab) slide finger up

=== - note held, length of note
|-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes

- (below the tab) decrescendo - growing slower

arp. - arpeggiate - ripple upwards from the lowest note to the highest note D.C. - Da Capo - return to the start (the MIDI includes all the repeats)
F. - Fermata - pause (hold notes for longer than their value)
g - grace note (ornament - acciacatura) - extra note(s) played at the same
time as, or just before the main note, then immediately released - the
following note is usually played as a hammer-on, a pull-off, or a slide
h - (between the notes) hammer-on
M - upper mordent (ornament) - play the main note, quickly followed by the
note above (in the scale), and then quickly back to the original note p - (between the notes) pull-off
rit. - ritenuto - slowing down
tempo - speed
W - inverted mordent (ornament) - play the main note, quickly followed by
the note below (in the scale), then quickly back to the original note
<12> - natural (open string) harmonic on the 12th fret
cIII - (measure 21) - part barre on the 3rd fret with the 1st finger

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