I, on the other hand, do have a vested interest in the book (I was
the translator), but I have to agree with Philip that the book is
very useful for starting out, most importantly because the buzzing
bridge technique on the tekero is very different from that of French-
style instruments (it is controlled with wrist motions rather than
hand motions), and there is no other method-type book that will
explain that to you.
If people on the list are interested in obtaining copies, please
respond to me off-list with your name and where you live. If enough
people are interested, I can probably get another set of copies for
sale (my personal stash is empty at present). Price in the U.S.,
including shipping, would be about $25–30 US (I'm not exactly sure at
the moment since I need to work out shipment details with Balázs).
One thing Balázs and I have discussed is producing an English-only
edition for sale outside of Hungary. Thus far we have not made one,
but if there is sufficient interest, we could.
-Arle
On May 15, 2007, at 4:24 AM, JULIE BARKER wrote:
Hello Alina and welcome
Great to see some young blood coming to the instrument. You could
be interested in a book that I aquired at the Lancaster HurdyGurdy
Festival in England...
Tekerolantosok Konyve by Nagy Balazs--The Hurdy-Gurdy handbook by
Balazs Nagy.
It is reasonably priced, beautifully presented and in both English
and Hungarian. I suspect an internet search could find Balazs, who
actually speaks fairly good English.
By the way I have no vested interest in this book, it's just that I
would have found it very usefull if it had been available when I
was starting out.
I think the gurdy player on the Loreena McKennet recordings could
be Nigel Eaton.
If you want to hear more gurdy playing go to my website
www.drohne.co.uk or better still www.myspace.com/philipgmartin ,
where, as well as my music, you will find a lot of good gurdy stuff
courtesy of my "friends" eg; Blowzabella, Primeval, Stephane Durand
and lots more.
Good Luck
Philip
