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Cimbalová muzika is a Central European folk-ensemble tradition centered on the cimbalom (a large hammered dulcimer), most strongly associated with Moravia and adjacent parts of today’s Czech Republic and Slovakia. Typical bands feature a lead violin (primáš), accompanying viola/kontra (often providing percussive off‑beat chords), double bass, the cimbalom for harmonic and rhythmic foundation, and often clarinet and voice. Repertoires span lively dance tunes (skočná, verbuňk, odzemek), lyrical táhlé songs, ceremonial pieces, and local variants of song-forms from the Carpathian basin. The style is marked by rich ornamentation, rubato introductions, drone-like fifths, modal inflections, and springy duple or lilting triple meters. The modern concert cimbalom (standardized in Budapest in the 1870s) enabled portable, virtuosic ensemble playing that became emblematic of Moravian and Slovak folk performance.