2. Music of Bulgaria Bulgarian music is part of the Balkan tradition, which stretches across Southeastern Europe, which stretches across Southeastern Europe, and has its own distinctive sound. and has its own distinctive sound. Traditional Bulgarian music has had more international success, due to more international success, due to the breakout international success of Le Mystère the breakout international success of Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, a woman's choir that has topped world music charts across has topped world music charts across Europe and even farther abroad Europe and even farther abroad

3. Bulgarian vocals are said to be "open-throated", though this is somewhat of a be "open-throated", though this is somewhat of a misnomer. Singers actually focus their voices in a way that gives the sound a focus their voices in a way that gives the sound a distinctive "edge", and makes the voice carry over long distances.

4. Bulgarian music uses a wide range of instruments. More modern style More modern style instruments are often usedin the more modern dance music that was an offshoot of traditional village music.

5. Gadoulka is a Slavonic stringed instrument without a fingerboard as it is in the current violin. Strings are not with one and the same length and the same height. The first string is the lowest, the second is longer and higher and the third is the highest. Usually gadoulkas have three of four strings. In some there are further, thinner metallic strings conforming to the tones, which are played on the instrument with fingers. The folk gadoulka player calls these strings under-sounds that make resonance.

6. The kaval is one of the most diffused musical folk instruments used very much from the Bulgarians long time ago still now. It's used in whole Bulgaria but specially in Thrace and Dobrudja. The technical construction of the kaval from all of the kinds is the same. They differ only in the length of the pipe.

7. The gaida is an instrument which is used from all European nations. It's composed from the following parts: gaidunitsa, ruchilo, is used from all European nations. It's composed from the following parts: gaidunitsa, ruchilo, duhalo, glavini and meh. Gaidunitsa is duhalo, glavini and meh. Gaidunitsa is the most important part of the the most important part of the gaida and is a kind a pipe gaida and is a kind a pipe with eight holes for the with eight holes for the fingers, seven of them which are on the front side and the are on the front side and the eight hole is on the back side of the pipe. eight hole is on the back side of the pipe.

8. The tapan which is used in Bulgaria has elementary structure. His body and hoops are wooden and the tighten of the skins is made His body and hoops are wooden and the tighten of the skins is made with strings. It has really small with strings. It has really small diameter (from 50 to 60 cm). The tapan is beaten form the one side with a big wooden kiyak and from the other side - with a thin osier, with which is played the part with which is played the part of the small drum, which the Bulgarians don't use in the folk music. Bulgarians don't use in the folk music.

9. The tamboura in comparison with the other musical folk instruments is not so diffused as gadoulka. There are tamburas with the different extent very the different extent very often in the region of Raslog, Gotse Delchev and others. Gotse Delchev and others. All tamboura's strings are metallic with one and same thickness and are puled with a plectrum, which often is called with the Turkish name "tesane". There are tambouras with two, three, six and eight strings and three, six and eight strings and other with twelve.