you've NEVER heard a choir like this

Lyrics in Bulgarian:
Кавал свири, мамо
горе доле, мамо, горе доле, мамо
Кавал свири мамо
горе доле, мамо, под селото

Я ще ида, мамо, да го видя
да го видя, мамо, да го чуя

Ако ми е нашенчето
ще го любя ден до пладне
Ако ми е ябанджийче
ще го любя дор до живот

Edit: the D#'s in measure 46 should be D naturals.

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[AmberGirL]

As a Bulgarian myself seeing our folklore music in various international YouTube channels means the world to me! ❤ These songs are filled with magic and mistery of our folklore mythology, I always get goosebumps, also pls check the Mystery of the the Bulgarian Voices, our most famous folklore choir ❤

[katl]

was anyone else blown away when the camera finally zoomed out to show a grand total of...eleven singers?
I was completely expecting a full stage...the way their voices resonate is incredible.

[modalmixture]

I guess every two decades or so, the next generation has to rediscover Bulgarian choral music. Looks like it’s time again.

[markscott]

One of the singers is my teacher at the moment! She teaches Bulgarian Folklore in the music school im in! Can't be prouder from my country! 🇧🇬

[oscargill]

The age of barbershop transcription has ended. Now the age of Balkan choir music transcription begins.

[cosmicdebris]

Bulgarian choirs are NO JOKE!!! Those harmonies ride close together and are dead

[alexhenderson]

Someone finally got to them! Ive been obsessed since seeing them in that Adam Neely video about dissonance on TikTok.

[JVR]

This is legitimately one of the most incredible things I’ve ever heard.

[kcvriess]

The harmonic dissonance is so hauntingly beautiful! But then the very soft "titi" makes be chuckle every time. This clip is a rollercoaster.

[antoniodejesusviveiros]

Singers are chosen from country villages for the beauty and openness of their voices, and undergo extensive training in the unique, centuries-old singing style. Influenced by Bulgaria's Thracian, Bulgarian, Ottoman and Byzantine history, their music is striking in its use of diaphonic singing and distinctive timbre, as well as its modal scales, unusual meters (such as 7/8, 9/8, and 11/8), and dissonant harmonies (abundant second, seventh, and ninth intervals). All of these are characteristic of Bulgarian folk music.

[marinablueGS]

English translation:
A kaval is playing, mother,

Up-down, mother, up-down, mother.
Kaval is playing, mother,
Up-down, mother, outside the village.

I'll go there, mother, to see it,
To see it, mother, to hear it.

If it is played by a fellow villager
I'll love him from dawn to noon.
If it is played by a stranger
I'll love him for my entire life.

[ADDO...]

Σεβασμός στην αληθινή Βουλγαρικη μουσικη!! Φιλιά απο Ελλάδα αδέρφια!

[aliceswonderfall]

We did this song with our amateur choir a few years ago and it's SO HARD! So satisfying when it goes right though. Incredible performance.

[hennaoctopus]

yoko kanno used Bulgarian choir in a lot of her compositions for anime soundtracks in the 90s, so that's how I discovered it

[NeuroTheory]

The impact this style had on me through first hearing the intro music in Ghost in the Shell as a kid is hard to overstate. I've been to Bulgaria twice now, in no small part due to my appreciation of the beautiful music that originated there. Awesome people. Beautiful music. Beautiful country. I hope to go back one day.

[kamelhaj]

Bulgarian singing ranks up there with the most beautiful music in the world!

[Nalenja]

I totally love it - beautiful voices ! 💕Sounds so perfect!

[heather]

"you've never heard a choir like this" oh honey i've been on the koprivshtitsa festival stage

[Shewbz]

I just cant get enough of this. It's simply perfect...

[CionnFE]

I have listened in awe to Bulgarian choral harmonies for forty + years, since discovering Les Mystères des voix Bulgares. Amazing singers like Yanka Rupkina, Stoyanka Boneva and Eva Gordeyeva (who formed the Trio Bulgarka). I’ve been lucky enough to attend many concerts given by these and other choirs. They’ve also worked with many well known artists, such as Kate Bush. The sound is so uniquely harmonic, it goes right through me. There are so many albums available, I would encourage everyone to buy, listen and be transported by this wonderful music. I’ll be ever grateful to have discovered it and have this sound in my life ❤