--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 29, 2005, at 10:06 PM, off_world_beings wrote: > > > What in the heck is a "Hurdy Gurdy Man" > > Someone who plays the Hurdy Gurdy. You can still buy them today. It > has a very eerie sound from it's buzzing bridge. Very trance-like > sound. They were used by troubadors who went from town to town > teaching what remained of the pagan mysteries in encoded tunes (e.g. > the Romance of the Rose). Along with them often came the Vagantes, > traveling professors who knew the Greek classics and Neopythagorean/ > Gnostic mysteries. Chartres in France was a famous center of the > Vagantes. The Papacy unsuccessfully tried to suppress them on > numerous occasions.
In my village in France we have a hurdgy gurdy woman who plays and sings on market days. She's a trip. Probably 60+, but when she sings it's the voice of a young girl -- sweet, melodic, and wonderful. I always get my coffee from the cafe and come over and sit and listen to her for a while, and then leave some money in her cup. It's a wonderful way to start the morning. The instrument itself has a unique sound, very drone- like because of the wheel rotating against the strings. I'm surprised someone hasn't found a way to work it into acid rock yet. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
