The family, the entire body of Greek traditional expression, comes as a continuation of the history, to prove that tradition is experiential and music is a living cell that is reborn through listening and rhythm. Families of traditional musicians, musical families. Fortunately, there are still several! We enter the small, enclosed universe of a musical family, in its natural space, the neighborhood, at the café, and other haunts where its music and dancing activities take place. The family, the music, the contacts, the influences, the transactions, the confessions, and the narratives about the family’s life and action, not only by family members but also by third parties. And finally a small tribute to the beneficial effect on cohesion and psychology, through the ritual of musical get-togethers.

Goumenissa is one of the oldest and most significant places in the time and space of Greek-Macedonian music. The entire Balkan musical evolution, whose remnants can also be traced in the Ottoman occupation, is evident in its music and its musicians.

Several historical musical families continue this tradition to this day, despite the adverse socio-economic conditions. The characterization ""Copper Instruments of Goumenissa"" is limiting, as it does no justice to this great tradition. However, daily life has turned dozens of these musicians to other practices. Today, many of them are forced to make compromises in their work - or even migrate. But their point of reference has always been their neighborhood, or their ''mahalas''as they call it in Goumenissa.