"Zaspal Pave" is a well-known
Istria
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folk song
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
from
Croatia
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. The title translates to "Paul fell asleep" in
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. It is typically sung by two people, in the unique
Istrian scale
"Istrian scale" refers both to a "unique"Thammy Evans, Rudolf Abraham (2013). ''Istria: Croatian Peninsula, Rijeka, Slovenian Adriatic'', p.17. . musical scale and to the folk music genres from Istria and Kvarner which use that scale. , without instrumental accompaniment.
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*{{cite book , title=Zaspal Pave: zbirka notnih zapisa narodnih pjesama Istre i Hrvatskog primorja , language=Croatian , year=1990 , author=Ivan Matetić Ronjgov , author-link=Ivan Matetić Ronjgov
Croatian folk songs
Istria