Good explanation from Derek, also you might can have your .abc program transpose to C. That's the way I do it.
Later, Roy. --- DEREK LOFTHOUSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome to the great Schism in HurdyGurdy land Seth. > Basically there are two ways of setting up the instrument G/C tuning, > which your Orca sounds like it has. What that means is the open note > on the chanterelles is a G, and the open scale from the 3rd key is > 'c'. Your drones are probably G and C. > Gilles Chabanet calls this Classical tuning. > The other tuning, commonly known as Bourbonnais tuning is D/G tuning, > the open note is D and the 3rd note scale is G. Gilles, who did the > arrangement of tout le village... plays an instrument with 4 > chanterelles, but comes from the Bourbonnais tradition so most of his > stuff may go down to the D. > As to how to play the tune, either transpose it or pop up the octave > when you go below G. > I think most of the music posted for the 2007 otw is playable on the > G/C tuning > there are tons of tunes out there for the g/c instrument so dont > dispare. > > hope this helps > > derek > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Seth Hamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:11 pm > Subject: [HG] Tout le village ignore qualain est mon amant > > > > > Tout le village ignore quÂ’alain est mon amant , I got this > > > tune from the OTW website... I pulled up the PDF file and noticed > > it's written in G. I learned to read music as a highland piper so > > I'm really no good at transposing tunes... This tune is written > > below the low G, or note on the 2nd line of the staff... How does > > this work on the gurdy.. I've also noticed some are written with > > this in mind and other tunes go below the open G note and even > > below the open D if it's set up for the key of D... I'm missing > > something... I'm guessing on this tune the C below the staff > > would be the 3rd key on the diatonic part of the gurdy, but I'm > > confused I use the 3rd C key for the C in the middle of the > > staff... Hope this make's sense... Seth > > >
