Gunjac
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Template:Short description Template:More footnotes The gunjac (plural: gunjci) or bajs is a violoncello-like Croatian instrument but with only two strings. Gunjac instrumentalists are called bajsisti. It is a double bass string instrument played with a bow.
The gunjac is commonly found in melodic groupings (tunes) associated with North-Western and Central Croatia including the regions of Zagreb, Žumberak, Pokuplje, Upper Posavina, Moslavina, and Bilogora.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
An international festival of bajs players is held annually in Draguć, Istria.[1]
References
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External links
- Prof. Dr. Darko Zubrinic, 09/1/2007. "Istarski gunjci, musicological book by Vladimir Pernić" [Istrian gunjci], Croatia.org
- Darko Zubrinic, Zagreb (1995). "Croatian Pop and Folk Music", CroatianHistory.net
- Stanislav Tuksar and Grozdana Marošević. "Croatia." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 27 Sep. 2011