Hello Roddy
A belated welcome to you, emails get neglected in August due to festivals,
gigs etc.
For the cello / viola type sound you need wound strings [correlli crystal are
good]. On my Siorat I use a low G octave, I am sure Helmut would reccomend the
strings best for his instruments. For a real low sound a longer scale or an
alto gurdy may be in order [eg Gotschy's Bosch alto, Mousnier, Wacsaelbaumler].
I like the sound of your musical world, checkout mine at www.drohne.co.uk and
www.myspace.com/philipgmartin , also if you go to my site and press on the link
you will find your local dealer in gurdy-related cds [inc mine].
While on the subject of unashamed advertising a good source of strings is
www.boisbuis.com , Marie et Pascal Cranga, don't be put off by it being French,
Marie can communicate in English.
Philip
Roddy McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
hello
New poster here. Name Roddy McKenzie go under the AKA of Dr. Uid. Live near
Norwich in the UK.
I have an Helmut Gotschy rennaissance Drehleier at the moment with an Abraxas
coming at about Christmas time. My Christmas present to myself. Suich
extravagance!!
Having played music since a toddler (now coming up for 52) the Drehleier is a
new venture for me relatively speaking. I also play violin, guitar, melodeon,
guzheng,and various other whistles and flutes and things but not too well on
the wind front. Musical taste is very wide (and I mean V E R Y ) in
fact almost everything except country and what we call ford escort music here
which is that thump thump stuff with a bass line and a beat for 70 minutes at a
time and nothing else....
I play for morris dancing (I also dance), traditional festivals, a local
Pagan group, historical re-enactment and also in rock and blues bands sometimes
acoustic sometimes electric. I don't tend to do folk sessions because I feel
the music gets killed by unsympathetic repetition and where you have a large
number of players gathered together and not organised it tends to be a bit of a
mess. I can see how it can be good fun for some but for me no, I'll pass. I do
like sessions where small groups do it in turn. I think that works.
I would like to know sources for music suitable for a Drehleier/Vielle a
Roue. I would also like to know the best chanter strings to buy. I am getting
the usual violin tone but when I tune down on the chanters the tone goes. I
need heavier guage strings. I would like it to sound more like a cello when
played with a single chanter. perhaps someone knows this on here which saves me
hours and hours of experimentation. I prefer the Chabenat/Loibner sound to the
Bouffard/ Eaton sound if that makes sense to you although I listen to all of
them and like them a lot. I would prefer to find that sound.
I am also experimenting with electronics if anyone likes that.
Phew long post to start with! Excuse that but I'll calm down after a while if
anything comes through to help me.
Roddy
Philip G Martin aka Drohne
www.drohne.co.uk
