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Hi, I am currently awaiting delivery of a Morillo-Dolcini chromatic symphony from the EMS. I have long wanted to learn the HG and this seemed a reasonable way...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Oct 19, 2006 8:06 am
I'll be happy to go on the teachers list. I have a reasonable amount of teaching experience in this field. Philip Martin 19 Edmanson ave Margate CT9 5 EW Tel;...
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scott marshall
the.maud
Oct 19, 2006 2:45 am
How do you tune Michael? Unison G? Have you thought of writing a history book about the HG? There are self publishing/print to order things on the Internet...
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Michael Muskett
michaelmuskett
Oct 18, 2006 8:18 pm
Hello Mike, Of course, simple hurdy-gurdies with a flat front and back and slightly incurved sides were around in the 16th cent and even as early as the 14th....
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Scott Marshall
the.maud
Oct 18, 2006 6:24 pm
Made a new link folder for teachers...put mike and chris in so far...anyone else want to be put in?...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Oct 18, 2006 8:28 am
Hi, Scott It seems to me that 3-4 chanter instruments are becoming more common although still vastly outnumbered by the conventional 2-chanter instruments. ...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Oct 18, 2006 8:07 am
Hello Michael, I was always under the impression that the HG had been in the countryside for centuries and was simply taken up by the upper classes in the 18th...
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gurdymaker
Oct 18, 2006 12:16 am
... Very impressive site Scott, well done. I've built a 4 chantrelle gurdy, 2 at octave d and 2 at g. It worked well enough, but the finger pressure had to be...
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Judith Lindenau
judithlindenau
Oct 17, 2006 10:24 pm
Nice job, Scott! judith _____ From: HurdyGurdyForum@... [mailto:HurdyGurdyForum@...] On Behalf Of Scott Marshall Sent: Tuesday,...
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Scott Marshall
the.maud
Oct 17, 2006 6:29 pm
I am doing a bit of work on the forum's myspace...have a look! http://www.myspace.com/hurdygurdyforum also how common are three or more chanters on gurdies?...
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Dave Rowlands
dave_rowland...
Oct 17, 2006 5:29 pm
Its true.. I have some wonderful music by J.Hotteterre, M.Baton, & E.P.Chedeville, but no one to play it with...... Maybe its becuase i play pipes.... Dave ......
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Michael Muskett
michaelmuskett
Oct 17, 2006 4:40 pm
Baroque hurdy-gurdies & single string. We have a Colson which had only one set of tangents. I had a second row added, but to little avail. It just makes tuning...
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Chris and Bi
gurdynerdy
Oct 17, 2006 10:10 am
I heard that the D tuning was some new fangle bit of nonsense that was started in 1875 or so and many said that it would never catch on. Some are probably...
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scott marshall
the.maud
Oct 17, 2006 9:49 am
Graham, yes I did mean beating on the G instrument, it sounds good when the two strings are perfectly in tune but go out very slightly with vibrato or more...
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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Oct 17, 2006 8:39 am
Scott, What do you mean by "phasing" ? If you mean the "beating" "wobbling"; sound, that's because the 2 strings are slightly out of tune 2 strings perfectly in...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Oct 17, 2006 8:21 am
Scott, As far as I'm aware, octave D tuning started in the middle of the last century in the Bourbonnais region of France, hence it's sometimes referred to as...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Oct 17, 2006 7:59 am
Don't quote me on this, but I was told some years ago that the octave D tuning [Bourbonnaise] was arrived at by Malochet sometime around 100 years ago; I was...
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scott marshall
the.maud
Oct 16, 2006 11:09 pm
Graham, I like the phasing you get with unison G, I like the low D string on my D instrument but there isnt much power...is it best just to put a heavier...
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Jon Redpath
penicuik05
Oct 16, 2006 10:02 pm
If you like French music two wonderful new CD's at Cube Roots . La Chavannee - Avant Soleil Leve and Bouffard / Chabenat Tour Tour. You will not be...
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Chris Norman
evilhurdygurdy
Oct 16, 2006 8:23 pm
The practice instrument I'm learning on has unison D chanters, but to be honest I think this needs rectifying soon - as you say it doesn't actually enrich the...
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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Oct 16, 2006 7:46 pm
Well there you are ! As far as I know unison D is uncommon The whole point of octave tuning is to enrich the sound, not just make it louder Octave strings...
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scott marshall
the.maud
Oct 16, 2006 6:47 pm
Hi everyone....I didnt mean 'which is best' 'in the Poll...just what people had their instruments tuned to just out of interest. Does anyone tune unison D? I...
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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Oct 16, 2006 5:12 pm
Mike, I agree with you entirely on most of what you said in your first mail Octave Gs are so much more useful I play a lot in D on my G/C Colson (only 2...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Oct 16, 2006 4:12 pm
Phil - I've experimented with Bb (or F, depending on your chanters) and written a rather pleasant hornpipe in that key. Retuning your drones to play in Bb (or...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Oct 16, 2006 3:17 pm
I think Mike has highlighted the futility of polls. What is the convention for tabloid newspapers and radio phone-in progs is not neccessarily a welcome...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Oct 16, 2006 12:21 pm
erm ... D or G chanters in the light of what? Both have their uses ... and limitations. Given the choice between Octave G or Unison G chanters I'd use Octave G...
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Scott Marshall
the.maud
Oct 16, 2006 9:23 am
I just discovered we can vote on stuff in the Polls page. I have started with an vote on instrument tuning...D or G? Have a look :-)...
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HurdyGurdyForum@...
Oct 16, 2006 9:11 am
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the HurdyGurdyForum group: Tuning D or G Chanters? o D o G To vote, please visit the following web...
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Scott Marshall
the.maud
Oct 16, 2006 8:46 am
Anyone know this maker from Scotland? Keep hearing about him at festivals and so on. Anyway there is a chromatic symphony type gurdy on ebay at the moment,...
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Cecilia Patko
pamacs24
Oct 15, 2006 10:40 pm
Good Grief! (Yes, with capital G!!!) I have come home from London (wonderful dance weekend, www.datw.org.uk, go next year!) to find this mega digest in my post...
