Mmmmh, I'm not sure wheter we speak of the same sound. I don't mean a
kind of flageolet but a crude, scratchy, sharp and very wrong sound that
occurs mostly when you really don't need it.
By the way, I've been in Wales some time ago and tried to find and to
hear a Crwth. All the people I asked didn't knew this instrument or had
to check the internet to be convinced that it is a welsh instrument.
Jens
Chris Nogy schrieb:
I wish there was a way to create this sound on demand for ALL
positions - there are times, not too many I admit, but there are
times, when the harmonic on the 5th of my sinphone just feels right -
the acoustics of the hall, the instruments I am playing against (yes,
I know, that SHOULD be playing WITH), the layering that occurs is
somewhat like the sound I get from the Crwth I just finished, and I
really love that.
Chris
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On 12/12/2006 at 8:32 AM JULIE BARKER wrote:
I recognise this harmonic phenomenon, I have it on my Boudet and
happen to like it, as it gives the gurdy that on the edge of
feedback psychedelic sound which I love; however, wolf notes
[parasites in some languages] are not everybody's cup of tea. My
Siorat [electro acoustic] only achieves this effect with the use
of variable finger pressure. For me that 4th note is at the heart
of the instrument when it gets to psychedelic impronisation.
Philip aka Drohne
Find my music at www.drohne.co.uk <http://www.drohne.co.uk>
*/Jens Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
Hallo Matt,
I think you hit a nodal point as Wolodymyr described. I had a
similar
problem with my Weichselbaumer on several keys, where the
vibrations of
the dead part of the string degrades the sound very much. I
pushed such
hoses used for isolating electrical wires against heat in very
hot
lamps over the (metal) tangents which helped very much (I
don't know the
material of the hoses, they are very soft and transparent and
I have
them from lamps called "Schifferarmaturen in Germany).
Additional I put
leather in the grooves of the saddle which dampens also and
which makes
the sound softer. I hope that will help you to solve the problem.
Jens
Matthew Williams schrieb:
> Please can anyone advise how to cure a sound problem on a
Siorat C-G
> luteback gurdy.
>
> Both melody strings are tuned to g' using Savarez BRH99 gut
strings,
> and mostly sound fine. But both have a tendency to sound the
harmonic
> an octave higher than they should on the fifth note (d').
>
> Over the past few weeks I've obviously tried changing
cotton, rosin,
> paper and the tangents themselves. The interesting thing is,
pressing
> the 'dead' part of the string (left of tangent) down towards
> the instrument body while playing does cure the problem, but
I can't
> quite understand why. Also holding down lower keys while
playing the
> fifth helps, but not every time.
>
> Matt Williams
>
>
>
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