Poland is located in eastern Europe, bordering Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany.

Traditional musical instruments include burczybas (friction drum), hurdy gurdys (lira, lira kręcona, lira dziadowska, lira żebracza, lira wiejska), ligawka (long shepherd’s horn), koza (bagpipe), kozioł (bagpipe), mazanki (fiddle), suka (fiddle), taraban (double headed skin drum), złóbcoki (carved fiddle) and various types of flutes.

Polish Musical Genres

Polka – Fast movement dance which originated in Poland and spread to other central and eastern European countries and later to North America. It uses a 2/4 beat.

Polish Musicians

Janusz Prusinowski Kompania
Jerzy Bawol
Kroke
Lautari
Maniucha & Ksawery
Miguel Czachowski
Orkiestra p.w. sw. Mikolaja
Przemyslaw Goc (Ainu)
Tomasz Kukurba
Tomasz Lato
Transkapela
Warsaw Village Band – Kapeli ze Wsi Warszawa

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