Cretan Music Repertoire

with Stelios Petrakis

  • Cretan
  • All Instruments
  • English

Description

This course will focus on the basic forms of Cretan music. Through playing a standard repertoire, we will analyze each style, focusing on the rhythmic nuances and specific ornamentations that characterize each of these styles.   

This course is for all instrumentalists. Students should be comfortable on their respective instruments, able to focus on the repertoire, not technique. We will learn Protos syrtos, Kolymbarianos syrtos, Therisianos syrtos, Sassalianos syrtos, Lousakianos syrtos, Maleviziotis pidixtos, sousta, and kontylies.

This course includes

  • 15 Hours of Instruction
  • Lifetime Access to Video Recordings
  • Certificate of Completion

Student requirements

  • Instrumental technique: any level
  • Western theory: any level
  • Modal music theory: basic
  • Sight reading: any level
  • Transposition: any level
  • Learning by ear: basic
  • Composition: any level
  • Improvisation: any level

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