I was intrigued by your request, Si, so I found an mp3 sample of this tune being played by Kornog. (Too bad the sample started in the middle of the piece.)

I've done some line dancing, and I've never heard of a piece where you took longer to move one foot than you did another. So I am going to assume that in Varbishka ratchenitza each measure has seven notes, all right, but that the set of 3 takes up the same time (as measured by a stopwatch) as a set of 4. This way, each measure is divided into two equal halves, just as the body is divided into right and left sides.

Try this: start a new song, called "Try." Pick a key and make the time 2/2. Enter 3 quarter notes, highlight them, and put a triplet sign over them. Then enter three eighth notes. (This makes one measure.) Once this done,you have three beats followed by four beats, each set taking the same amount of time. If it's too slow, change the tempo.

On the mp3 sample, it seemed that they were making the third beat of the triplet staccato. My software, Noteworthy, seemed to have a hard time dealing with a triplet with a staccato in it. If you have the same problem, put the dot for staccato in with a Universal Graphic I/O device (fine-point marker). The staccato is important - it lets the musicians know where they are in a measure.

Once that basic pattern is set, the musicians have fun by twittering their flutes and dashing up and down the scale, still listening for the beats so that they keep together. If they are like me, they are saying words to the piece in their heads.

I leave to you the fun of figuring out what the notes actually are. There were a lot of A's, I think.

As for the bouzouki in the sample, I don't even think he was keeping the beat. I thought of his sound as "white noise" which enriches the overall effect of the piece. Maybe if I could hear the entire recording there would be a place where the bouzoukin does more. But if I were you, I'd ignore the bouzouki.

Good luck with your endeavor, and please let me know if this helps. I find that noting timings can be a real challenge, and it's a skill I'm trying to improve.