Hello,
On Feb 15 2008, at 10:24, Juan Wijngaard and Sharon Berman wrote:
Maybe, there is such an instrument, a keyless hurdy gurdy, there
is a photograph of one being played by Bjorn Tollin on the inside
cover of the first Hedningarna CD, the stings are beaten with a
stick,
Am 15.02.2008 um 16:41 schrieb Wolodymyr Smishkewych:
Yes, the instrument they are playing is likely related to either
the tambourin, also called the tambour a cordes, tambour des
Basques, tunn tunn, Chicotén; there is also the Hungarian Utögardon
(sp?) which is beaten.
the instrument played by Björn Tollin at Hedningarna is not rooted in
or derivated from the traditional instruments mentioned above, its
just coincidence that they match: When I asked Totte Mattsson if
there is a relation to thouse instruments he told me no, its just
that the band experimented a lot with getting unusual sounds from
their instruments and also changed their instruments designs to get
mor new sounds. One of this experimental instruments is the gurdy in
question, another one is the stringed percussion instrument now used
by the drummer of Totte Mattssons band Boot.
Simon
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