Yes, and I forgot to mention: I NEVER play these ones with a trumpet string. NEVER EVER!!!!!! Many of my favourite tunes do not need a trumpet drone. E.g. I really enjoy some scandinavian tunes played together with a friend of mine on two gurdies with first and second voice and we barely use drones, maybe just one or max 2 on 2 instruments, not to mention thetrumpet. For my taste their beautiful minor melodies would be disturbed by using a dog. I guess that lots of people think: no buzzing, no gurdy. What¹s the opinion out there?
Best regards, Uli Am 16.03.10 12:43 schrieb "Colin" unter <[email protected]>: > Ah, someone after my own heart. Planxty Irwin is a favourite of mine too and > one of the first tunes I learned to play on HG (yes, I have the Planxty tape > with it on) usually followed by another favourite of sheebeg sheemor (or any > of a dozen alternative spelling that abound but you know which one I mean) > although that does require a LOT of octave hopping but I rather like it. > I do tend to play the more haunting tunes as regards Irish music on the HG. > > Colin Hill >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Ulrich Joosten <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:28 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [HG-new] Irish tunes >> >> >> Hey everybody, >> >> I love to play Planxty Irwin by O¹Carolan. You should listen to the band >> Planxty¹s version featuring Andy Irvine on hurdy-gurdy. The wide tonal range >> may caus problems, but I love to play it on a low G-chanterelle, starting at >> the high octave and then moving down the scale. Could be worth to try. >> >> Cheers, >> Uli >> >> >> Am 16.03.10 07:37 schrieb "Barbara Currier" unter >> <[email protected]>: >> >> >>> Thank you, Felicia. I thought I'd do O'Sullivan's March, but I ran out of >>> notes. I'll give this one a try. >>> >>> Barbara >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Felicia Dale <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> March of the King of Laois (sp?) is Irish, easy to play and a lovely slow >>>> march. Atholl Highlanders, while Scottish, is a faster march and really >>>> good fun to play on gurdy as well. William and I play them together as a >>>> set and they make for a nice pairing. >>>> >>>> Have fun! >>>> >>>> Felicia. >>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Ulrich Joosten, Nettergasse 35, 41539 Dormagen, Tel. 02133-210900 >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> www.gambrinus-folk.de >> -- Ulrich Joosten, Nettergasse 35, 41539 Dormagen, Tel. 02133-210900 [email protected] [email protected] www.gambrinus-folk.de -- 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.
