Kalinka for Balalaika
Russian Folk Music
Russian Folk Song
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Pitch
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Small pitch range, ranges from high G - octave below E
Range of an octave and 3rd
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Melody
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A - smooth, pivotal contour
B - wave like contour
Strong subdominant/dominant relationship, cadences on A from subdominant - D
Starts on dominant
Melody generally centres around D (subdominant)
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Rhythm
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Very basic, semibreves, minims and crotchets
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Timbre
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Very improvisatory sounding, as tempo is varied
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Dynamics
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None marked in score
Recording,
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Texture
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monophonic
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Context
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Traditional Russian folk song - arrangement for Balalaika instrument (like a lute)
About juniper ‘kalinka’ and ‘malinka’ raspberry, offerings to old slavic goddess of the earth, spring, love and fertility “Lyuli”
1860 by Ivan Larionov
The refrain of the song refers to the kalinka, which is the snowball tree (Viburnum opulus). It has a speedy tempo, light-hearted and cheerful lyrics - Wikipedia
+ solo balalaika
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Structure/Form
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A B A
Arguably A A B B’ A A as B is repeated but with a developed ending to create interest into the repeated A
A A B B A A
Ternary form
A - first 7 (full) bars plus anacrusis, so 8 repeated
B - 12 bars
(B’ - 12 bars with developed ending)
A - 7 (full) bars plus anacrusis, so 8 repeated
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Tempo
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None marked in score, but very varied
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