Sukrijin cocek
We’ve heard this cocek melody played under a variety of names by Rom bands from Bulgaria, Macedonia and Serbia. It was recorded by the Slobodan Salijevic brass band as Sukrijin cocek on the Golden Brass Summit CD (Network LC 6759), but that recording is no longer available on YouTube and we haven’t found another version, so all we can offer here is the chart. We sometimes play this after the Bulgarian pop song Cerno more.
Sukrijin cocek
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Albanski cocek
A sexy instrumental dance number recorded, and possibly written, by Ferus Mustafov in 2013. He plays a brief free-meter solo intro that isn’t transcribed below. I’ve heard bands play this tune without phrase 4.
Albanski cocek
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Majstore majstore
This song, heard in Northern Macedonia and in Bulgaria, was first performed by Petranka Kostadinova at the Valandovo Folk Fest in southeast Macedonia in 1990. We play it as a cocek dance. “Majstore” (literally “master”) refers to a master of a particular craft or trade. This one, hmm, perhaps he is very skilled with his big, strong hands…
There are two versions of the lyrics: the original Macedonian lyrics and a Bulgarian version that we learned from Mary Sherhart in Seattle.
Majstore majstore
Macedonian lyrics:
Majstore majstore lyrics
Bulgarian lyrics:
Majstore majstore lyrics 2
Performed in Macedonian by Petranka Kostadinova at Valandovo in 1990:
Performed in Macedonian by Aneta Micevska at Valandovo in 2017:
(The accordion player needs to lighten up…)
Performed in Bulgarian by Toni Dacheva with Kristal in 1991 or 1992:
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