Any ideas where I might find this? The only book I have right now is the The Hurdy Gurdy Adjustment and Maintenance by Destrem and Heidemann, and it was a little tough finding that one. Thanks, Sally
Adopt a pet, don't buy! Vegan - for the animals, for the planet, for life. From: Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2011 6:32 PM >Subject: Re: [HG-new] Intro > > >As for good fingering technique, do you own a copy of the Muskett method? It >is quite good and has a lot of great excercises of fingering styles and >shifts/extensions (especially on page 26 and 27) > > >If you don't have a copy, do try and get one! > > >Augusto > > >On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu ><[email protected]> wrote: > >Coming from a piano background as well, I feel tempted to use my thumb every >once in a while. >> >> >>For traditional HG repertoire (especially French and Galician), the thumb is >>NOT necessary at all, all the progressions work perfectly with four fingers, >>with easy fingering and shifts. >> >> >>For other kind of music, though, sometimes the thumb comes into play and is >>quite useful. In some of the music my band plays (we play a sort of >>contemporary folk take on some traditional Celtic tunes, mixed with a lot of >>Brazilian influence), I use my thumb a lot. I don't find it that unergonomic >>(is there such a word?) if I keep the same hand position throughout the tune, >>that is, if I do not shift from a 4-finger style to a 5-finger style during >>the tune. But I can see how it puts some extra strain on the wrist and how >>that could be a little painful if you had some tendency to develop >>tendinitis, etc (I used to have some tendinitis when I played the piano more >>vigorously, but fortunately it's been years since I felt it last!) >> >> >>Augusto >> >> >> >>On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Arle Lommel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>I think Death in a Fen is the only piece where I routinely use my thumb. For >>anything else that I play, it's not useful. You can play that piece without >>it, but I find it easier (= more ergonomic) with it because of the particular >>progression of notes. So it really comes down to the piece: use it if it >>makes sense, otherwise don't. And for probably 99.55% of all music, it won't >>make sense... >>> >>>-Arle >>> >>> >>>On May 8, 2011, at 13:56 , Ulrich Joosten wrote: >>> >>>Hi everybody, >>>> >>>> >>>>I had a 5-day course with Gilles Chabenat in the week after easter and we >>>>discussed that question. Gilles said he rarely uses the thumb but mentioned >>>>that it might be helpful to use it in certain situations. Me personally I >>>>find it really un-ergonomic to use the thumb. Just my point of view. >>>> >>>> >>>>Best regards, >>>>Uli >>> >>>-- >>>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. > > -- 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.
