Resources 4 Musicians | Viktor Mastoridis

ablatures, Sheet Music, Guides and Instrument Practice

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I create three types of resources for musicians:

1. Balkan Music Theory Guides: rhythms, modes, chords, and harmonies. At the moment, these are on Patreon, but are being moved here, on the website.

Here's a list of published resources:

(essay) Sirtaki: Rebetiko, Swing & the Four Dotted Quarters

2. Balkan Music Exercises for guitar, bouzouki, bass and treble clef instruments (violin, accordion, piano, etc.), focusing on playing scales over uneven time signatures.

3. Tabs and standard notations for guitar, bouzouki, and treble clef instruments of my own and some Balkan folk tunes.

The notations and exercises are on Bandcamp. Below is a list of available tabs/notations:

Balkan Music Folk Style

Chifte Chifte Pajtonlari | Macedonian traditional song, tamboura, 9/8 (2+2+2+3) time
Zorba Trance | bouzouki duet instrumental, taverna style
Thalassa | bouzouki duet instrumental, taverna style
Nisiotiko | bouzouki duet instrumental, Greek islands style
Jovo Vlavot | bouzouki instrumental Rebetiko style
London's Rebetiko | baglamas instrumental, Rebetiko style
Let's Move | bouzouki duet instrumental, taverna style
Hasaposerviko D | Greek traditional, single bouzouki instrumental
Mrs Mastoridis | baglamas instrumental, taverna style

Greek/Balkan Folk & Blues/Rock Fusion Style

Polychrono Hasaposerviko | baglamas instrumental, blues and classical fusion
The Rush: bouzouki duet instrumental, 9/8 (2+2+2+3) time

Balkanised Christmas

The First Noel | Baglamas instrumental, also arranged for guitar, 9/4 Zembekiko Time Signature (2+2+2+3)

You can support my work at BuyMeACoffee.com.

If you're on YouTube, the following playlists may be of interest:

MUSIC THEORY, SONG INSPIRATIONS, ANALYSIS

Balkan Music Theory Musings (short essays on various aspects on Balkan and European Music Theory and History)
Song Structure Analysis (each song contains a structure analysis in the description)
Song Inspirations (the story behind the song)

TIME SIGNATURES

Musicians' Resources News

15 June, 2026

Updated Tabs & Notations for 'The Rush', Greek Bouzouki Instrumental

I updated the tabs and notations for 'The Rush', a Greek Duet Bouzouki instrumental in Karsilamas, 9/8 Time Signature (2+2+2+3/8).

The notations live here:
https://tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/the-rush

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8 June, 2026

Jovo Vlavot, Updated Tabs and Notation Files

I just updated the bouzouki tabs and standard notation files for Jovo Vlavot, a Greek bouzouki instrumental in Rebetiko style. Added a full staff (instead of the 1-liner staff) rhythm pattern and bar numbers.

The song and its notation files lives here: tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/jovo-vlavot

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4 June, 2026

Added Guitar Tabs to London's Rebetiko, a Greek Baglamas Instrumental

London's Rebetiko is a Greek baglamas instrumental in a four dotted quarters time signature. While |I have written baglamas tablature and standard notation, today I also added guitar tabs - an arrangement of the original baglamas melody.

I also added a rhythm template suggestion.

To see, hear and download the package, go here:
tabs-notation.bandcamp.com/album/londons-rebetiko

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26 May, 2026

An old essay with a new audio narration:

The Four Dotted Quarters Time Signature essay narrated by Nadezhda

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21 March, 2026

Majsko Oro - Backing Track

Macedonian folk dance in 18/8 (2+2+3+2+2+3+2+3) time. Download the backing track.

Majsko Oro - Backing Track

Audio file
Majsko Oro - original track, transposed in D

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18 December, 2025

Tabs/notation release | The First Noel Zeimbekiko Style | Guitar & Baglamas

English (Cornish) / Greek Folk Fusion. The popular Welsh Christmas Carol is arranged in Zeimbekiko, 9/4 time signature rhythm. It's a bit of a stretch, literary speaking:-)

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1 December, 2025