Hello list and Jay, obviousely my answer to Jays mail was blocked for whatever reason. I try now to send it in two parts to figure out what triggered the block. Here is part one. Part two follows in minutes:
Am 21.03.2010 um 08:16 schrieb LVJay: > Regarding the idea that beginners shouldn't use more than a basic > string set: as a pianist, I probably have more finger strength and > muscle control than most people who are just starting out. > Do you still think I should be looking at a "starter" instrument? first, the number of strings for the beginner is not so much a question of strenght and contol but of the complexity of maintainance: a 10 string instruments has as much strings as two standard hurdy-gurdies, but to keep it in good tuning and playing conditon its harder to maintain as its all one complex system. second, the Allegro is no beginners instrument, its a standard instrument. It can do all you ever expect from a hurdy gurdy and this in top quality. As long as you do not want more than a good hurdy-gurdy its great. Only if you want to go beyond that, like play an instrument with viola c as lowest note on the keyboard, get a wider range keyboard, its usefull to buy an instrument of the alto type (alto is french for viola). > As I was listening to various tunes, it occurs to me: > If I want to play with other instruments (pipers, etc) I should > probably be looking at an instruments with a d/g tuning, yes? second part follows. -- 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. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to hurdygurdy+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
