And that was an amazing version of this great ballad! I particularly love lady Jocelyn's "intervention" in the end!
LOL Augusto Brazil On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:59 PM, bighatlady <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow. I didn't expect such a firestorm. To answer some people's > questions. The Hurdy-gurdy is not really cranked as hard as it looks > - most of the flailing is for comic affect - > I'm sorry you couldn't hear the HG, the video was filmed from the side > and the acoustics of the stage tend to project directly out. > Finally, I do apologize for offending some people with the > inauthentic sounds of my amateur band. We play renaissance and > medieval music largely for people who are not educated in music. > Amazingly, they don't care about the history or sanctity of a > particular piece - they just want to laugh and/ or clap along. I'm > sure audiences 500 years ago were very different in their sensibilties > - clapping, having been invented in the rock and roll age. > Unless we provide lively and raucous entertainment, the faire audience > tends to wander away pretty quickly and pay us nothing. Again, I'm > sure this is purely a modern problem. Lastly, the squawking, > imbalance of instruments is an embarrassing issue. Playing six shows > a day outside in rapid succession can lead to some slippage in tuning > and the lack of amplfication at that stage did unbalance the harmony > between the HG and rauschpfeife. Since authentic medieval and > renaissance music was always played inside in temperature controlled > environment on instruments that were perfectly balanced and > maintained, these "brown" notes as we like to call them never > actually happened in period. Anyone who doubts that should listen to > a CD of someone playing real medieval or renaissance music - there's > all the proof you need. > > If anyone is curious to actually hear the HG - here's another video > of us at a faire from a previous year. Again, I have to warn you - > it's a silly corruption of a medieval song - completely inauthentic > because adding or changing lyrics was never done until the invention > of copyright law. Watch it if you can stand it. If you can't find > it, google youtube, diabolis in musica raven's ballade. Thanks all! > - Jocelyn > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O34l7BJPdBs > > -- > 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]<hurdygurdy%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- 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 The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
