Cool! Thanks for sending the link. Hope to be at OTW, yes. --Denise -----Original Message----- >From: Graham Whyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jul 11, 2007 12:32 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [HG] Ukrainian lira pix > >Hi Denise > >Visit http://www.hurdygurdy.org and click on "Resources" >I got some Ukraine and Lemco tunes there > >See you at OTW ? > >Graham Whyte >OLD Hampshire UK > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf >Of d >Sent: 10 July 2007 15:06 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [HG] Ukrainian lira pix > > >Hi Arle, >Thanks for your comments and for sharing your knowledge about the lira. I wish >you were in the area and could give me some tips on playing! I like the idea >of tuning the melody strings in octaves. > >One of the strings seems too short, so we ordered new strings and are waiting. >I think Alden and Callie went on vacation or something. I say we because my >husband is very involved in this whole process too and is just as fascinated >by the instrument as I am. I expect he will at least try to play it too. > >Do you know of any resources for written music for the lira from Ukraine? I >asked the guy I ordered from, who is a musician too, but he couldn't point me >to anything written. It would be nice to hear something, too. > >I will probably begin just playing tunes I know from my Middle Eastern >repertoire and see how they sound. I like to improvise (taxim) and will >experiment with that too. Fusion! > >Again, thanks for writing. > >Best, >Denise > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Arle Lommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Jul 9, 2007 6:48 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [HG] Ukrainian lira pix >> >>That is a very interesting instrument indeed. The maker is quite the >>innovator, and I say that in a very positive way. What you have is a >>hybrid of the two sorts. The overall appearance (particularly the >>transverse tuning pegs) and the wooden string lifters under the >>melody strings, is typical of a trough-carved lira, but the body is >>constructed out of separate pieces. It also has two melody strings, >>an unusual feature on a lira. This should give you a more powerful >>melody sound than is typical of most three-stringed instruments, or >>you could tune the strings in octaves if you choose (I personally >>like this sound). The chromatic keyboard is also unusual, and the >>arrangement on the upper end is one I've not seen before, but which >>makes sense as a way to make best use of the space available. It >>looks like you have a range of an octave + a fifth with a typical >>tuning that has the open melody strings sounding the dominant. The >>wheel, from what I can see, looks to be well constructed, probably of >>ply with banding, so you shouldn't have the problems that come with a >>solid wheel that is often found on these sorts of instruments. >> >>All in all, I'd say you've done well. It looks like your instrument >>is more versatile than a typical lira because of the chromatic >>keyboard, and it looks well-built. >> >>Good luck with it! >> >>-Arle >> >> >>On Jul 9, 2007, at 8:25 PM, d wrote: >> >>> I have posted pictures of my Ukrainian lira here: http:// >>> www.americanistan.com/id98.html >>> >>> Would love to hear your comments and feedback, especially from >>> anyone who plays an instrument like this. >>> >>> Yours in hug delirium, >>> Denise >>> >>> Dunyah, aka Denise Gilbertson >>> Director, Americanistan >>> Music Inspired by the Middle East >>> http://www.americanistan.com >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> 541-484-5071 >> > > >Dunyah, aka Denise Gilbertson >Director, Americanistan >Music Inspired by the Middle East >http://www.americanistan.com >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >541-484-5071
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