Come on now Jocelyn, can't you crank and bow at the same time? Ha! a rank beginner!!! Just kidding of course. There was a vid on Youtube of a street musician in Hungry that played several instruments at the same time and did a bang up job, if I can locate the vid I'll post it. Really nice to hear and watch.
Best regards Bill -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Jocelyn Demuth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have a band that includes the Hurdy-gurdy. We are called Diabolis in > Musica. We also play bagpipes, shawms, violin, guitar and recorder - not > all at the same time. Our hg songs tend to be HG and rauschpfeife duets > with guitar and drum backing. The rauschpfeife - a noisy reed instrument is > in F and works well with my D/G gurdy. Thus, most stuff we play is in G > minor. My gurdy is pretty loud so the rausch. works pretty well volume > wise. Our repetoire is medieval and renaissance music (no surprise there) > but also some middle eastern stuff. Violin and gurdy also work well but > since I'm also the violin player in the band, we haven't really made this > work > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:03 PM > Subject: [HG] Playing with other musicians... > > > > So those of us who play the Hurdy-Gurdy are few and far between. Probably > > the farther you get from France, the harder it is to find another HG > > player. From what I gather, the HG in France is often in ensembles with > > the Cornemuse, accordion, perhaps the fiddle. With the exception of the > > fiddle, these instruments can also be quite rare, or if the instrument > > isn't rare, then knowledge of the tunes and playing style is. > > > > How have those of you other lone HG players built ensembles given this > > problem? What I'm particularly interested in is what specific instruments > > and in what keys you found to be well suited to playing with the HG? I > > was thinking the B-flat penny whistle would be good for accompanying the > > HG on C-minor tunes (That way, you could find an Irish whistle player, > > give them a B flat whistle and away you go). What key of diatonic > > accordion would work best? Where would you suggest your guitar player > > capo to best work with the HG? > > > > Thanks in advance for your thoughts! > > > > -Ian Clemons > > Portland, Oregon >
