The Mountains Answer Back

[Intro – distant wind across the Carpathians; lone trembita call]

[Tsymbaly enters softly, one bright hammered pattern at a time]

[Verse 1 – intimate female vocal; sparse tsymbaly]

[Pre-Chorus – bandura joins; tsymbaly pattern quickens]

[Chorus – full tsymbaly rhythm; drums enter]

[Instrumental – fast tsymbaly run; sopilka answers]

[Bandura cascades beneath the final phrase]

[Verse 2 – driving tsymbaly, lighter drums]

[Pre-Chorus – harmony rises]

[Chorus – wider harmonies; tsymbaly flourishes between lines]

[Bridge – drums vanish; bandura and voice only]

[Silence]

[Distant trembita call – long, solitary, unanswered]

[Tsymbaly begins alone – slow hammered notes accelerating into a brilliant rolling cascade]

[Bandura joins; low drums build beneath]

[Final Chorus – full ensemble; soaring female vocal]

[Tsymbaly instrumental lift – rapid cascading solo]

[Sopilka rises above the rhythm; bandura shimmering underneath]

[Final refrain – stacked vocals]

[Outro – instruments fall away except tsymbaly]

[Final trembita call echoes across the valley]