Gusle – BCMS collection

Slavko Goranović performs an epic song from Montenegro and Herzegovina.

Vanishing Languages and Cultural Heritage (VLACH) ID-number: news1236MEV0001a

Description:
The videoclip contains an epic song from Montenegro and Herzegovina. The song was recorded in the rustic ambience of a mountain hut in Vučje, situated in Nikšić municipality (Montenegro). The song is accompanied by the traditional single-stringed fiddle gusle. The instrument is always accompanied by singing, specifically by epic poetry. It has played a significant role in the history of epic poetry because of its association with the centuries-old patriotic oral legacy. The song with the simple name Gusle is about the power of gusle and folk poetry, about nostalgia of an old dying man, reminiscing of his homeland. The performer is Slavko Goranović from Nikšić. Typical for the temporal adaptation of traditional songs is the inclusion of modern elements such as the motif “Europa” and “European path” in this example. Singing to the accompaniment of the gusle was inscribed in 2018 in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO.

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[RobHutten]

Why are there not bars where a guy like this plays this music in the corner and the patrons all just quietly drink their beers and maybe have a little nap?

[momirkoo]

Jako je dobra ideja što ste stavili prevod na srpski i engleski, uparen.. Da mogu i ljudi iz sveta da razumeju našu kulturu!!!

[ewanijv]

Brate, stvarno retko kad komentarisem na youtube, slucajno sam dosao do ovog snimka slusajuci gusle, ali ovo kad kad sam cuo ja sam se toliko prijatno iznenadio. Molim te ne odustaj i guslaj i dalje, da nam svima zivot obasjas i duse ispunis, kao sto su guslari stari ❤☦

[philipgaethofs]

4 Jaren geleden kocht ik een Gusle. Vooral om het houtsnijwerk, prachtig. Ik heb er een één met een dubbel ramkop!!

[milojkovukovic]

Svaka čast Goranoviću, odlično i razgovjetno pjevanje

[SuperMaximusrex]

Bravo i ziv bijo dovijeka Brate Slavko

[dejanloncar]

Dirljivo emotivno Pozdrav majstoru gusala Sepskih

[choosers]

Is youtube translating even songs from albanian so serbian now?

[serbianboss]

Gusle Serbian most important instrument !!!

[seragitastudios]

I just bought this beautiful instrument after I saw you playing and singing.
Can you tell me how to tune this and share some tips on how to play it? Maybe it doesn't have the right type of string. When I draw the bow on the string it doesn't resonate.

[SuperMaximusrex]

drage gusle i najdraza tradicija srpska nasa vidju i joste cujem djeda svoga pokojnoga kako zbori i opominje naske danas

[Istocnifront-mtxw]

Nenadmašni brate i guslaru - umjetniče Goranoviću!

[Honest-joe]

Cool I found one of these in my parents closet, sadly the bow is lost... Do you think a violin bow would work as a replacement or would I need to get a replacement bow made?

[paulussturm]

I just love how in the comments you have Croats and Shiptars trying to claim the instrument while the song is literally mentioning Serbs lmao

At least the Albanians have a leg to stand on since we share it with them but there is not a single man in the entire nation of Croatia with enough testosterone to withstand this for longer than five minutes

[Solutionsforindian]

Thank you what is the language name sr

[wewenang]

you can find similar instrument call Rabab/rebab or rababa in all over the middle east, some have 1 string, some have 2 some have 3. You can even find it in Malaysia and Indonesia brought there by Arabs. This instrument is ancient and usually accompanied with poem singing in all over these country. Its fascinating that the same instrument can be found all over the middle world. Amazing. All the sound are same like this.

[dorjbayar]

This is very close to Mongolian horsehead fiddle. So Avars did not disappear without any trace, at least, they left their music instrument to invading Slavs.

[ahmadelharthy]

We have the same instrument in Middle East jordan specifically

[elliottswanson]

I really enjoy pub music, but if someone made this annoying noise while I was trying to eat I'd cut the strings.

[donnikajdrenica]

pay attention to the head there is the helmet from skenderbeu
this instrument comes from Malsia in northern Albania. the Montenegrins got it from the Albanians. you are far from Northern Albania so it cannot be from the Serbs.