Interesting co-incidence Ruth. I too have used hurdy-gurdy to accompany House Carpenter and Searching for Lambs; however, my goth version of Carpenter got axed from my Son du Bois album due to it being over 10 minutes long and my version of Lambs became Nottamun Town as when I recorded Lambs I found it far too pretty to be accompanied with a Siorat tuned in 5ths. Nice to know these songs are being done with gurdy by someone. Interestingly enough I find gurdy works with many contemporary songs eg; Brel's Amsterdam, Dylan's one too many mornings and most of the songs from the first Velvet Underground album [hear example on www.drohne.co.uk ]. For anyone in Kent some of these songs will be played at tonight's gig at The Man of Kent, John st, Rochester.
Philip G Martin aka Drohne www.drohne.co.uk --- On Wed, 8/10/08, Ruth Bramley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Ruth Bramley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [HG-new] Re: vocals with HG To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 8 October, 2008, 6:15 AM I sing and play gurdy at the same time. Mostly I use a simple drone accompaniment whilst singing and then put a melody bit (either the tune itself or a different tune which fits with the tune of the song) between verses. For example, have a listen to the short clips of 'We Be Soldiers Three', 'Searching for Lambs' or 'The House Carpenter' here: http://www.nuada.net/disco.html I haven't yet managed to get the hang of playing something radically different from what I'm singing, although I've never had a problem singing whilst playing guitar or banjo chord accompaniments. Hope this helps Ruthie Jim Petersen wrote: > dear hudy gurdy google group peoplz.... > > i am curious considering vocals with the HG... > when i played with my former partner when he sang a song > i would accompany with counter melody of some sort. > > now that i am doing solo work that isnt so easy... what do you people > that sing with your > gurdy find to be the most effective way to accompany your self? > sing and play the same melody line? > sing the melody line and play a counter melody? > these top two are the ones that i think i would find tough doing. > you know walking the and chewing gum syndrome... > > would you arpegiate the chords? which depending on the song could be > just as rough as far as timing goes...or would you just play the root > of the chord > and let the drones add the harmony with maybe a few grace notes? > seeing as you dont have the ability of say a fiddle doing double stops > (1st and 5th) > > or is there something completely different that i havent thought about? > > i am pretty much talking about no other accompanyment guitar or > anything... > > my posts might make more sense if i didnt wait till bedtime to write them. > > peace > > > Grey Aengus (aka Jim) > http://www.greyaengus.com <http://www.greyaengus.com/> > > *often in error, never in doubt* > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy?hl=en?hl=en Although the method of distribution has changed, the rules of courtesy and appropriateness of postings remain the same as on the old list on Majordomo. These rules may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. Just ignore anything about Majordomo. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
