Belo Platno

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Belo Platno is a Serbian band playing traditional music. The band, whose name means White Linen) was founded in Belgrade in 1997 with the aim of resurrecting and preserving, through songs and playing, Serbian musical tradition and customs concerning weddings, celebrations of patron saints, festivities, and various other occasions. The members of the original group were Predrag-Stole Stojkovic (now monk Lazar), Jelena Jovanovic, Natasa Simic, and Vladimir Simic. The main characteristics of the music of Belo Platno are the Balkan modal style, striking female voices, and the playing of traditional instruments. The modal style consists of singing and playing according to modes without chordal accompaniment, which is associated with the major-minor scale system. Of musical means, there are rhythm, melody, and harmony, which follows the modal structure of the melody. The musical arrangements for group performances are based on field and other audio recordings. The songs are sung in local Serbian dialects. Musicians * Vladimir Simić * Natasa Simić * Zvezdana (Anastasija) Ostojić * Tanja Damnjanović * Filip Krumes * Akash Bhatt * Goran Milosević * Official site User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Belo Platno

Kosovo, Face of Europe

Serbian Etno Sound

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Stara srpska muzika Kosova i Metohije

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Muzika Kosova i Metohije, južne Srbije i Makedonije / Music of Kosovo and Metohia, South Serbia and Macedonia

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Serbian Etno Sound 1

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White Linen

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Muzika kosova i metohije, juzne srbije i makedonije

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Admin'in Seçtikleri

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Srbija: Sounds Global 2

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Наследие Славян

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White Linen(www.BiDel.ir)

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