page_title: Gypsy style
section_title: Idiom
hierarchical_section_title: Gypsy style / Idiom
caption_attribution_description: English: Two gipsy violinists cut out from 100violins in Wikimedia to be used as illustration for Gipsy Entertainment Music in Wikipedia
context_page_description: The term gypsy style refers to the typical way East European music is played in coffeehouses and restaurants, at parties, and sometimes on-stage, in European cities. Music played in this style is known by the general public as "gypsy music".
  It is mainly instrumental and usually performed by strings, except in the Romanian variant where the panflute is the main instrument. The accompaniment may be executed by various instruments, but by preference includes a cimbalom and a double bass.
context_section_description: The most important aspect of the gypsy style is its musical idiom, that can well be compared with the concept of idiom in speech: an American and an Englishman speak the same language, but each of them does that with his own accent, uses his own words and expresses himself in his own manner.
  In the same way an orchestral violinist and a gypsy violin player use the same instrument, but here as well exist great differences. Each has his own sound, uses his own phrases and expresses himself in his characteristic way. In short, both of them play in their own idiom.
caption: The gypsy style is mainly determined by the characteristic way of playing the violin
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