The best film I know of with more than just a passing bit of gurdy playing is " Jacquou le Croquant" it is in French but has subtitles. It has an excellent dance sequence in it. If I can be of any help with the Scottish songs just ask, I live 10 miles south of Edinburgh Scotland JON
--- On Thu, 7/4/11, Jon Lucas <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jon Lucas <[email protected]> Subject: [HG-new] Greetings all... To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2011, 22:18 Just received my instrument (finally!) so this seemed a good time to introduce myself to the forum. I'm a retired Master Mariner living in a small town near Seattle. I'm especially interested in old Scottish songs and transcribing themes from classical music and adapting them to the HG. I've wanted a hurdy gurdy for a long time but it wasn't practical taking it on ship board. Now I'm retired, maybe I can learn to play the beast. BTW, I chanced to see the old movie Captains Courageous the other day and was intrigued to see a hurdy gurdy as a main plot device. Does anyone know of other movies which feature the instrument as part of the story, rather than just a walk-on appearance? -- 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. -- 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.
