Is it already for sale? Cool
you included a Muiñeira? Just for your curiosity, that's a traditional
Galician (from NW Spain) dance rhythm (quite similar to an Irish jig), and
Galicia has a long HG tradition, one of the longest in history. There are
stone sculptures of HGs on the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (St. James
of Compostela) there.
and, just so you know, Galician HG tunes are played completely without the
buzzing string - they are not fond of its sound at all, and traditional
Galician HGs ("zanfona") don't even have a chien.
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:25 AM, GurdyGeoff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Very well put. I have also received a copy of it, and can thoroughly
> recommend it, not just to newbies. Being completely self-taught, there
> are little tips and techniques in there that would be useful to all.
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> Geoff
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> On Jul 10, 12:17 am, "R.T. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > I just received a copy of Neil Brook’s latest DVD, “Tutor for Hurdy-Gurdy
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> > I popped it in the DVD player and was hooked on watching it for the next
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> > Neil gives you a great overview of how to approach learning to play or
> practice some basic skills. It is organized into chapters titled
> introduction, tuning, coup de trois, coup de deux, coup de quatre, trompette
> and minor keys.
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> > Although Neil state’s “This dvd sets out to demonstrate the basic skills
> needed to play the instrument.” It is great for someone starting out on the
> Hurdy Gurdy and for others that want to brush up on some skills that might
> be a bit rusty. As an example while teaching Drops of Brandy he includes a
> right hand rhythm that uses the disassociated technique for right and left
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> > There are plenty of close-ups to see the details of fingering and
> ornamentation. To make things clear he plays the tune with and without the
> right hand rhythms and at normal and slow tempos.
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> > The DVD comes with sheet music for the following tunes.
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> > Muneria da Ruada
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> > Drops of Brandy
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> > La Volta
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> > Morisco
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> > Frere Jacques
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> > I think Neil kept away from the more Trad French tunes so that you can
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> > Neil is playing one of his new Wren Hurdy Gurdys with 3 melody strings.
> Quite a powerful and clear sound. I wonder if it is for sale.
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> > You can find a little demo from the DVD on Youtube at….
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> > While you are on Youtube also check out one of the demos on the art of
> cottoning from his Hurdy Gurdy Maintenance DVD.
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> > Thanks for creating such a useful teaching tool for the Hurdy Gurdy
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> > Thanks for including Muneria da Ruada. It's a great tune for circ
> circasian dances and I use it to teach people how to take a tune and play it
> as 2 time bouree, 3 time bouree, waltz, march, congo, cha cha etc. This way
> you can learn one basic tune and practice a variety of right hand rhythms.
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