This edition of violin and violoncello duets follows closely my publication of the same Greek folk pieces for classical guitar. The arrangements for guitar solo were written in two-part counterpoint and followed the strophic form of the folk songs involved. The melodic transcriptions of the folk melodies were not based in any particular performance, also avoiding the elaborate in many cases instrumental introductions associated with these songs. Thus, only the vocal melodies in a general recognizable version were presented. This new presentation for instrumental duets will stay with this generalised melodic version (without exploiting the instrumental introductions), but the form from strophic will become ternary (ABA). In the middle section the main melody will be played in the lower voice and the original guitar contrapuntal voice will be used in the upper voice if by chance it includes invertible counterpoint, otherwise new material will be added to fit the rules but also the intended harmony. The total collection is centred more on the music from mainland Greece and less in that from the Islands. The three dance rhythms of Kalamatianos (7/8), Tsamikos (3/4), and Syrtos Balos (2/4) are predominant in the whole first collection.

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CONTENTS

226 ΣΙ(Γ)ΑΝΟΣ (Πάτμου) (Soft Dance from Patmos) 227 ΣΙΓΑ ΑΜΑΞΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΜΑΞΑ (Coachman, drive slowly the coach) 228 ΣΟΥ ΕΙΠΑ ΜΑΝΑ (I Told You, Mother) 229 ΣΟΥΛΤΑΝΑ (Σουφλιώτικος) (Soultana - Dance from Soufli) 230 ΣΟΥΣΤΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ (Sousta Dance from Crete) 231 ΣΠΕΙΡΙ ΠΙΠΕΡΙ (Seed of Paper) 232 ΣΤΑ ΓΙΑΝΝΕΝΑ (In Ioannina) 233 ΣΤΑ ΤΡΙΚΟΡΦΑ (In the Three Mountain Tops) 234 ΣΤΗΝ ΑΠΑΝΩ ΓΕΙΤΟΝΙΤΣΑ (In Up-Town Neighborhood) 235 ΣΤΗΝ ΚΕΝΤΗΜΕΝΗ ΣΟΥ ΠΟΔΙΑ (In Your Embroidered Apron) 236 ΣΤΟ 'ΠΑ ΜΠΙΡΜΠΟ (I told you, Birbo) 237 ΣΤΟΝ ΑΔΗ ΘΑ ΚΑΤΕΒΩ (I will Descent to Hades) 238 ΣΤΟΥ ΒΑΛΤΕΤΣΙΟΥ ΤΟΥΣ ΜΥΛΟΥΣ (In The Mills Of Valtetsi) 239 ΣΥΝΝΕΦΙΑΣΕ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΑΡΝΑΣΣΟ (It went cloudy on Mount Parnassus) 240 ΣΥΡΤΟΣ ΡΟΔΙΤΙΚΟΣ (Syrtos Dance from Rhodes) 241 Τ' ΑΝΤΡΟΥΤΣΟΥ Η ΜΑΝΑ (Androutsos' Mother)