You see, at different times “gudaci”, and in

other regions of Ukraine “triple musicians”

were the obligatory adornment to various celebrations and, as it is said, they “played

everything”, paying attention to the demands of the particular time. Later (the epoch of

the USSR), such groups of musicians were taken to the professional stage, limiting

their repertoire to the “regulations” and censorship.

Now, at new times of market relations, when people seem to think only about their own

survival, the need in such groups arises from time to time. With the development of

technique musicians “have armed” themselves with sound equipment to satisfy the

needs of wide audience, and youth in particular. Ensembles that use only acoustic

instruments and work without sound intensity are now a great rarity. Some hidden

energy that had effect on people was inside those musicians. Sometimes on wedding

parties could happen such cases that “in the game” stayed only drummer, but it did not

stop them to dance “kolomyjka”  that could last more than an hour. From ancient times

while dancing people encouraged themselves either by collective or single singing (often by “uncensored” but without vulgarisms

‘kolomyjkas”, that are called by people “shameful”). Magical effect arises while listening to the individual performers on ancient ethnic

instruments ( tylynka, trembita, drymba, etc.).  And exactly such direction in musical activity has chosen “Gudacka Taystra” (direct

meaning – musician’s bag).