IV. MUSICAL EXAMPLES:
BAROQUE & CLASSICAL ERAS; TORBAN TUNING & REPERTOIRE.
Last update: June 19, 2010
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CHAPTER I :: UKRAINE IN THE 18th CENTURY: General outlook
CHAPTER II :: UKRAINIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Historical context
CHAPTER III-a :: TORBAN: Its origins and predecessors
CHAPTER III-b :: TORBAN: Illustrated Overview of Surviving Instruments
CHAPTER IV-a :: UKRAINIAN MUSIC: Renaissance Era, Lute
CHAPTER IV-b :: Baroque & Classical Eras
CHAPTER IV-c :: Baroque Lute & Torban
CHAPTER V :: PERSONALITIES: Known players and literary citations
ICONOGRAPHY :: REGIONAL: Lutes in Early Eastern Europe
GUESTBOOK :: COMMENTS
FORUM :: DISCUSSIONS
CONTACT :: QUESTIONS
Some examples of how torban music may have sounded: Ukrainian songs with Torban/Baroque Lute accompaniment, and instrumental solos in BAROQUE LUTE TABULATURE by Roman Turovsky-Sautscheck intabulated after a visit in Ruthenia. All melodies are traditional, unless noted otherwise
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UKRAINIAN SONGS WITH TORBAN/BAROQUE-LUTE ACCOMPANIMENT are located HERE.
TORBAN/LUTE SOLOS
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ARIETTE AVEC QUATRE DOUBLES "OJ TY PTASHKO " (d)-[PDF], [MP3]90.***
ARIETTE AVEC HUIT DOUBLES "OJ XODYV CHUMAK" (g)-[PDF], [MP3]89.***
ARIETTE AVEC DEUX DOUBLES "OJ CHORNA JA" (c)-[PDF], [MP3]
87-88.***
ARIETTE AVEC DEUX DOUBLES "OJ CHORNA JA" (d-long versio)-[PDF], [MP3]ARIETTE AVEC DEUX DOUBLES "OJ CHORNA JA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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BURLAKY II (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (fragment, 7string guitar)
86.***
OJ NA GHORI (a)-[PDF], [MP3]85.***
MARUSEN'KA PO SADU XODYLA (a)-[PDF], [MP3]
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KRACHE, KRACHE (a)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke (Baroque Lute)
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ARIETTE "ODNA GHORA VYSOKAJA - II" AVEC SIX DOUBLES (d)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (fragment, 7string guitar)
82.***
ARIETTE "ODNA GHORA VYSOKAJA - I" AVEC DIX DOUBLES (d)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh (fragment, 7string guitar)
81.***
ARIETTE "DO MAXNOVCIV VYRJADZHALA " AVEC QUARTE DOUBLES (a)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTE "DUMKA" AVEC CINQ DOUBLES (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
80.***
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RONDEAU "MISIAC' I ZIRON'KY" (C)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTE VARIEE "MISIAC' I ZIRON'KY" (C)-[PDF], [MP3]
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NOEL VARIEE "NOVA RADIST' STALA" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ U GHAJU PRY DUNAJU" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]
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MISJAC NA NEBI (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
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ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU - II " (d)-[PDF], [MP3]72.***
ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU" (d)-[PDF], [MP3]71.***
ARIETTA VARIATA "OJ NE XODY GHRYTSJU" (c - archlute version)-[PDF]
70.***
MAZURKA (a)-[PDF], [MP3]69.***
MAZURKA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]68.***
BALLO RUTENO (a)-[PDF], [MP3]67.***
PLYVE KACHA (a)-[PDF], [MP3]66.***
ARIETTA: U SUSIDA XATA BILA (d)-[PDF], [MP3]65.***
ARIETTA: BULA SOBI MARUSJA (d- Edinburgh version)-[PDF], [MP3]64.***
ARIETTA: BULA SOBI MARUSJA (d)-[PDF], [MP3]63.***
ARIETTA: XODYT' GHARBUZ PO GHORODU (d)-[PDF], [MP3]60-62.***
KOZACHOK (a)-[PDF], [MP3]59.***
LIED OHNE WORTE IV (solo, a)-[PDF], [MP3]58.***
LIED OHNE WORTE IV (duo a)-[PDF], [MP3]57.***
LIED OHNE WORTE III (g)-[PDF], [MP3] , [MP3-DUO]56.***
LIED OHNE WORTE II (g)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3-DUO]55.***
DUMKA I (d)-[PDF], [MP3]53-54.***
O VOZLJUBLENNYJ SYNE (a- ornamented version)-[PDF],O VOZLJUBLENNYJ SYNE (a)-[PDF],
51-52.***
OJ U POLI (a)-[PDF], [MP3] (Archlute version [PDF])50.*** (Also see #37)
DUMA PRO SAVCHUKA II (a)-[PDF], [MP3]49.***
A TOMBEAU on the death of Grygory Skovoroda: TOMBEAU-PDF TOMBEAU-OGG
48.***
PODOLJANOCHKA II (a)-[PDF], [OGG]47.***
PODOLJANOCHKA I (a)-[PDF], [OGG]46.***
STOIT' JAVIR NAD VODOJU (a)-[PDF], [MP3] (Air with two Doubles)45.***
NALYVAJMO, BRATTJA, KRYSHTALEVI CHASHI (g)-[PDF],44.***
PYTAET'SJA VITER V SMERTI (a)-[PDF],43.***
HTO GHORJA NE ZNAE, HAJ MENE SPYTAE (a)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke42.***
CHORNII BROVY (a)-[PDF], [MP3]-LIVE, by Jason Yoshida41.***
VERSHE MIJ (d)-[PDF],40.***
KLEINRUSSISCHE LIED OHNE WORTE (g)-[PDF], [MP3]39.***
KRACHE, KRACHE (g)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Christopher Wilke
38.***
JAROM, JAROM (g)-[PDF], [MP3]-LIVE, by Roman Turovsky,
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JAROM, JAROM (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3]-LIVE, by Christopher Wilke36.***
PRALJA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]- LIVE, by Jason Yoshida35.***
STOIT' JAVIR I (a)-[PDF], [MP3]34.***
STOIT' JAVIR II (g)-[PDF], [MP3]33.***
IDE GHOMIN (d)-[PDF],32.***
BULO V KYIVI (a)-[PDF], [MP3], [MP3]-LIVE, by Roman Turovsky30-31.***
DIVCHYNIO-NEBOGHO II (a)-[PDF],29.***
VITRY-VIJUT' (d)-[PDF],28.***
KOLYSKOVA (a)-[PDF],27.***
PASLA HALJA PAWY (C)-[PDF],26.***
BURLAKY (a)-[PDF], [MP3]25.***
PODOROZH (g)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Stuart Walsh24.***
NICH' TAKA JASNAJA - I [PDF], [MP3]23.***
NICH' TAKA JASNAJA - II [PDF], [MP3]22.***
ZAKUVALA TA SYVA ZOZULJA-[PDF]21.***
OJ CHOGHOZH TY ZAZHURYVSJA-[PDF], [MP3]20.***
KOLYSKOVA-I-[PDF],19.***
KOZAKY-[PDF],18.***
VZJYAV BY JA TORBANA-[PDF], [MP3]16-17.***
POJU-KONJA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]14-15.***
9-12.***
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CHOGHO ZH VODA KALAMUTNA (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
7.***
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MISJAC NA NEBI (g)-[PDF], [VIDEO], by Stewart Walsh
4.***
TRY KRYNYCHEN'KY (g)-[PDF], [MP3] -LIVE, by Jason Yoshida
3.***
ZHYDIVOCHKA NA SELI III (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
2.***
ZHYDIVOCHKA NA SELI II (g)-[PDF], [MP3]
1.***
ZHYDIVOCHKA NA SELI I (g)-[PDF] (Prysvjachuetsja druzhini...), [MP3]
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The torban has approximately 30 strings made of gut [6-8 of them stoppable on the fingerboard, and these often were double], although instruments having up to 60 strings are reported to have existed [the doubling of stoppable and bass strings makes this realistic].The Humenyuk book on the Ukrainian folk instruments (1930) reprint a rather peculiar tuning system first given by Lysenko in 1892:Trebles/Prystrunky: 12 or 13 single strings from f up to c/d in the f-major scale.Main strings/Vtory: 4 single fingerboard frettable strings, bottom to top: c, f, a, c.Basses on the fingerboard, octave strung, bottom to top: c, d, f, Bb,Basses off the fingerboard, octave strung, bottom to top: f, a, Bb, REPEATED TWICE, logic unclear, possibly an error and octave stinging was intended.
Low single basses/Bayorky, bottom to top, in THIS particular order: d, c, f, Eb.