I see, Ulrich. Well, I´m intrigued now. Which scandinavian tune would these be? do you know the names?
Well, at any rate, I´m happy I triggered my fellows´ curiosity! Herr Pettersson is really talented. cheers mate! Sergio 2010/3/16 Ulrich Joosten <[email protected]> > Sergio, > > I was not clear in my mail. I certaily believe that there are megatons of > scandianvian tunes that really must have a trumpet. Just these specific > Scandinavial tunes I was talking about are better played (in just my > opinion) like e.g. some Carolan tunes without chien. I was not talking about > Scandinavian tunes in general – I have some, but only limited knowledge > about Scandinavian music so I would never do such a judgement ;-) > > Anyway thanks a lot for your hint – I’ll go following it. > > Cheers, > Uli > > > Am 16.03.10 14:22 schrieb "Sergio F. Ribnikov" unter < > [email protected]>: > > 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 <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] < > http://[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] <http://[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] <http://[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] <http://[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] <http://[email protected]> > [email protected] <http://[email protected]> > www.gambrinus-folk.de <http://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. 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