Yes, I'm a little red-faced here. I printed out the dots from the source I gave and had a quick glance at it to see the range. I realised (after I had posted, of course) that there were actually TWO sets of notes (tunes) on the page and I had looked at the wrong one. I was looking at (groan) Pretty Polly Perkins. Sorry about that. Little Fish covers the octave from low D to the d above (in the key of G) so fits on anything you care to mention (I've just been playing it on my Honer Melodica - anyone remember those?). I shall be buying the DVD too, for old times sake as that was the first time I saw a HG as well. Colin (I'm dropping the surname as I seem to be the only Colin on the list).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Whyte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: RE: [HG] tune in Captain Coragious movie > Colin > > I sounds great in the upper octave on a G/C if you have a low G chanter > The upper octave on a low G chanter is most sweet and very well behaved (on > my HGs) all the way to the top G > I am just back from an event where I played a G/C 6 hours a day for 9 days > I think I retuned to C twice > All the playing was done standing up/walking around > I never play sitting down except when practicing > I always wear both straps (as does Gilles Chabenat) > I have a proper set of leather waist/shoulder straps > I don't put the shoulder strap under the tailpiece > I you put the waist strap on over the shouder strap its not necessary > The waist strap keeps the shouder strap tight against the HG body, well > clear of the crank > > Graham > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Colin > Sent: 04 July 2007 22:23 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HG] tune in Captain Coragious movie > > > Yes, of course it does and on a G/C as well (as it doesn't go below the > bottom G - there IS an F# down there isn't there?? - never tried to use it > yet so I haven't looked) but it does sound better in C (to my mind) - I > find the "top end" notes a little shrill myself. I prefer the middle ground. > Still, at least we all know where to find it now :-) > Colin Hill > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Graham Whyte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 2:01 PM > Subject: RE: [HG] tune in Captain Coragious movie > > > > It fits perfectly on a D/G HG > > On a G/C HG either > > Transpose it to C or > > Simply play it one octave higher > > > > Graham > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > > Of Colin Hill > > Sent: 04 July 2007 12:55 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [HG] tune in Captain Coragious movie > > > > > > The tune is in the Penguin Book of Australian Folk Songs, if you can find > a > > copy (I have one somewhere but can't lay my hands on it at the moment). > > It's often discussed on the Concertina.net forums. > > It's under "Yea Ho little Fishy". > > It is, however, included in the PDF file from > > http://www.megalong.com/shaggy/gangang1.pdf > > in the key of G. (along with many other good tunes (with words) but you > will > > need to transpose it to fit it on a HG as it covers a full octave. > > Have fun. > > > > Colin Hill > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Seth Hamon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 1:56 AM > > Subject: [HG] tune in Captain Coragious movie > > > > > > > I noticed when watching this movie that he is not > > > actually playing the hurdy gurdy but I was wondering > > > if you can play this song on the hurdy gurdy and does' > > > anyone have a copy of the score... Its Called 'Yea Ho > > > Little Fish , Or 'Hey Ho Little Fish... Cheers, Seth > > > > > > > > > > > >
