Mike, do you have the dots or ABC for those tunes? As I have told you before, I am completely in love with that set you've played.
One or two are yours, right? I'd love to learn those tunes, and my ear is still in training! :) Thank you Augusto On Dec 14, 2007 10:59 AM, Eaton Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I've been off the list for a while and am just catching up. > > I'm flattered by your comments! Yes, it is an Alto. I have 4 melody > strings: Octave D's and Octave G's. For this set of tunes tune I was using > was the Octave G chanters with a G drone and D trompette. It was recorded > at the first annual Hurdy-Gurdy Festival at Lancaster in the UK last April. > The festival itself was a great success (I think we must have had about 40 > HG players, plus many other associated musicians and interested parties) - > enough to pursuade the organisers to put on another next year. > > I agree about using the viola C for a low low D chanter - a > fantastic deep, rich sound. I find it does have its drawbacks though: a > slower response time, so you cant do rapid trilling, and the richness of the > sound can tend to vanish when you crank at trompetting speeds. It's the > least reliable of my melody strings and I have to work hard, constantly > fiddling with rosin/cotton wool/shims etc to maintain a reasonable sound > quality. > > Question for other HG players with low low D chanters - do you also find > that the low low D is hard work to keep it sounding good? I'm currently of > the opinion that having a fairly firm contact against the wheel helps. > > Also, I've forgotton the name of the 3rd tune in the set of tunes that I > play in this video clip - anyone help ? > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Jocelyn Demuth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 13 October 2007 04:06 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [HG] great tune played by Mike Eaton > > It sounds similar to my hg. I have a D-G instrument. I've equipped it > with a viola C which I've tuned to a D for the lower chanterelle. I also > have a cello C string which I've also tuned to a D below that D for the Gros > Bourdon. I have a renaissance gurdy by Olympic musical instruments. People > tell me all the time that it sounds like a Cello. Now of course, I don't > play it as ably and beautifully as Mike Eaton, but I think you can get a > similar sound with this tuning. - Jocelyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2007 3:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: [HG] great tune played by Mike Eaton > > I suspected it was the Alto, but can anyone figure out how each string is > tuned? I really like the harmony... > > On 10/12/07, Arle Lommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It's this type of instrument, which the maker calls the "Alto": > > > > > > http://www.weichselbaumer.cc/english/alto.html > > > > -Arle > > > > On Oct 12, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu wrote: > > > > Hi there > > > > Can anybody with a better ear than mine tell me what kind of tuning > > (chanterelles, drones, etc) does Eaton has on this marvellous tune? > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=vRQaWbI1rus > > > > Are his chanterelles (at least one of them) an octave apart? Is this an > > alto HG - it sounds almost cello-like... Great! > > > > Augusto > > > > > > > > > > > This email, including any attachment, is a confidential communication > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is > addressed. It contains information which is private and may be proprietary > or covered by legal professional privilege. If you have received this email > in error, please notify the sender upon receipt, and immediately delete it > from your system. > > Anything contained in this email that is not connected with the businesses > of this company is neither endorsed by nor is the liability of this company. > > Whilst we have taken reasonable precautions to ensure that any attachment > to this email has been swept for viruses, we cannot accept liability for any > damage sustained as a result of software viruses, and would advise that you > carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. > >
