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General information
Designation
Song
Title / Name
Mes t’ afrismena kimata (In the pounding waves)
Place of origin
Naxos
Performance Characteristics
Voice Only - Non-Dancing
Description

Skopelitis I. Dimitrios. (2009).

Mes t’ afrismena kimata (In the pounding waves).

Source:
Tsavalos, Antonis (Research – Script – Director). (2009). Kapetanios me Kardia [Television series episode]. On Ellinon Dromena. ΕRΤ 3.

Note: The song, with music composed by Vasilis Hatzopoulos and lyrics by Mihalis Karavolas and Manolis Mparmperakis, was written probably in the 1970s and it was released on 45 rpm format. Singer was Manolis Mparmperakis and Violinist was Stamatis Mpardanis. The latter was teacher of many Violinists from Amorgos.

 

MES T’ AFRISMENA KIMATA – LYRICS

Μες τ’ αφρισμένα κύματα
περνά ο Πανορμίτης
και καπετάνιος με καρδιά
είναι ο Σκοπελίτης

Recording information
Location
Katapola
Place
Dimitrios Skopelitis home, Σπίτι Δημητρίου Σκοπελίτη
Date
02/01/2009
Occasion
Free discussion
Instrumentalists
Information about the song
Metric Analysis
Iambic fifteen syllable
Facts about the music
Kind of Instrumental Tune
Instrumental Tune
Melodic Analysis - Genus
Diatonic
Melodic Analysis - Mode
Mode on A
Number of Notes in the Scale
Complete
Tempo - Rhythm
Not Free
Tempo - Note Value Per Beat
Quarter Note
Tempo - Beats / Minute (BPM)
84
Meter
2/4
Strophic Analysis
Α: Μες τ' αφρισμένα κύματα
Β: περνά ο Πανορμίτης
C: και καπετάνιος με καρδιά
D: είναι ο Σκοπελίτης
Glossary of verses
Information about the dance
Name
Sirtos
Type of Dance
Sirtos
Genus of Dance
Sirtos
Dancers’ Positioning
V
Classification by Dancer
Men/Women
Classifications
By Content
Sailing
By Kind
Folk contemporary
By Performance Practice
Dance rhythm song
By occasion
Other Occasions
Different occasions
Against the singer
Multimedia
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