Yes, wonderful music. Listen also to the other recording of Andrey Vinograd, especially "Voznesenie bylo Gospodnee"!
For playing medieval music and generally. archaic music like this wonderful Russian religious melody, I have tuned one melodystring tuned to c' (one tone lower than the violin d-string) and a choice between bourdon in d or g, with the tangents corrected for pure intonation to these two bourdons. That works fine, especially in the obiquitous dorian and mixolydian melodies. Here, I think, it's again a perfect choice. Obviously Vinograd has a melodystring tuned to a (as R.T.Taylor already said) with bourdon in d. Ernic 2008/6/19 Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > nice, my HG is set up that way - even with a low G melody string. I will > try that when I get it from the luthier on July 4th! > > > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Juan Wijngaard and Sharon Berman < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Alternatively, G melody string and one or two drones in C >> A low G melody string would sound very nice if you have one. >> >> The first four notes would be >> F F E flat C >> >> Juan >> >> >> Hi David >> >> Try the low drone at A >> Maybe another drone a bit higher at D >> >> The first 4 notes seem to be G G F D >> >> The melody goes down to C so adjust your melody string to C or lower, >> probably A >> >> good luck >> r.t. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Smith >> Sent: Jun 18, 2008 9:15 PM >> To: aHurdyGurdy >> Subject: [HG] Russian Folk Tune >> >> Hello, >> >> On YouTube I have been listening to a Russian folk tune played on hurdy >> gurdy. I would like to learn to play it, but I can't seem to get started. >> It sounds like it's in a minor key or some sort of mode. Does anyone know >> what the starting note is or what drones to use? If I can get started on >> the melody, I think I can figure out the rest. I would really appreciate >> any help, it is a haunting tune. Here is the website: >> >> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DX08nQows0 >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> David from Michigan, USA >> >> >> >
