RE: [HG] great tune played by Mike Eaton + Question about low low D chanters

[R.T. Taylor]

-----Original Message----- From: Eaton Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Dec 14, 2007 3:59 AM To: "'hg@hurdygurdy.com'" Subject: RE: [HG] great tune played by Mike Eaton + Question about low low D chanters 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: hg@hurdygurdy.com 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 To: hg@hurdygurdy.com 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.