I personally love the buzz, or like the Swedish say the *knarr*. Ulrich, I recommend you to listen to some of Harald Pettersson´s work (in Lure/valramn or Faun, for example cf. http://www.myspace.com/lurevalramn or http://www.haraldpettersson.se; ), maybe that would change your opinion about the chien in Scandinavian hurdy music!
No matter how it turns out, keep those nice Scandinavian tunes alive, my friend! :) cheers, Sergio. 2010/3/16 Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]> > Actually there are many HG traditions out there - like the Galegos on > northwestern Spain - that do not even have a buzzing string on their > instruments... > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Ulrich Joosten < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> What’s 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]<[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 O’Carolan. You should listen to the band >> Planxty’s 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]<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]<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.
