Herzegovinian Croat Lullaby
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Herzegovinian Croat Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Croat community of western Herzegovina, known for the ganga style of multipart singing and richly patterned woven textiles. Ganga singing has been protected as intangible cultural heritage by Croatia’s Ministry of Culture since 2009, prized specifically for its raw, dissonant close harmonies, a piercing sound originally meant to carry clearly across open mountain fields where singers might be working far apart from one another. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Herzegovinian Croat Lullaby” Means
The Croat community of western Herzegovina, around Mostar and Ljubuski, is known for the ganga style of dissonant multipart singing and richly patterned woven textiles. This original lullaby draws on those hillside-village and textile images of Herzegovinian Croat life.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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