On 3/8/07, Graham Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At the risk of creating offence and/or outrage to many of our HG community If you wan't your HG out of tune use Equal Temperament If you wan't it pure, sweet and rich use Just Temperament
YES!!! Pure intervals between melody and drone contribute much to the beauty of hurdy gurdy music. However, there are practical problems and there are decisions to be made, especially if you want to play not only to a C-drone, but to other drones as well, with the same chanterelle. I have been thinking, experimenting, listening and calculating a lot, looking for acceptable compromisses and best solutions. That made things clear to me. In order to make this available to other players, I have written an article on this subject, containing all necessary theoretical information. This will be accompanied by a spreadsheet that can be used easily for any tuning system for the hurdy gurdy, but I had to delay finishing this because of lack of time. I hope that it will be ready in a few weeks. You can find my article already on www.orfeo-fiato.nl/hurdy_gurdy_tuning.nl <[email protected]> Ernic Kamerich PS Sorry, I still have not introduced myself. I will do so soon, but I could not wait to give a reaction to this subject that interests me so much.
