Hi Augusto,
Buzzing is something you have to consciously add to the music. If you
don't want it, you just crank at a speed lower than that needed to
turn on the buzzing. The tirant is used to set the sensitivity to be
appropriate for the tempo of your music so that you can keep the
revolutions of the wheel in synch with the beats of the music in some
way that makes sense, e.g., one revolution per measure or two
measures per revolution (as well as setting how easy/hard it is to
make buzzes within those revolutions). Generally the faster the
music, the less tension you put on the tirant; the slower the music
the more tension, but this rule will vary depending on what you are
playing.
So if you are worried about having buzzing, you just loosen the
tirant (i.e., turn the sensitivity way down) and make sure you crank
at a slow, steady pace.
Alternatively, you disengage the trompette entirely. If you play with
the petit bourdon and the gros bourdon and leave the mouch and
trompette off you have a drone configuration that would work for
Galician music.
-Arle
On Sep 11, 2007, at 9:36 AM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu wrote:
A stupid beginner's question (I'm still waiting for my HG, so I've
never played on one myself)...
I know you can adjust the sensitivity of the chien by turning that peg
on the tailpiece... But, can you "turn off" the buzzing completely - I
mean, is there a position of that adjusting peg in which you just hear
the drone sound of the trompette without the "danger" of a buzz
coming? I ask that because some tunes do not use the buzz, as most
Galician tunes...
Augusto
Brazil
On 9/11/07, Dave Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 04:18:18PM -0400, Arle Lommel wrote:
Interesting idea. How do you attach it?
The "traditional" method appears to be to use Blu-tack (apparently
it's
called "Fun-tack" in the USA).
I think that's OK for a temporary fix but I'd be concerned about it
staining the instrument's finish, as it sometimes does on other
surfaces.
I could see why it would
work, but how does it affect chien sensitivity?
I don't think it affects the sensitivity (i.e. response to wrist
action)
but it does affect the resulting sound... so the end result is
comparable.
Dave
