Hi Sally, This is a list I made up a couple of months ago for the Gurdy List. It should answer all your questions about the HG! :-)
-------------------------------------------------------- Here's a library list that every hurdy gurdy player should own: 1. Hurdy gurdy method - Doreen Muskett, revised by Michael Muskett www.hurdygurdymethod.co.uk (This is the book you're asking about. You need to email Michael Muskett directly to order from the UK. He accepts payment by PayPal) 2. "The Hurdy-gurdy: Setup and Maintenance" by Philip Destrem and Volker Heidemann The "Owner's Guide" for all HG players! Appears on eBay fairly regularly - I got mine from Dusty Strings in Seattle. 3a "Tutor for Hurdy Gurdy" - Neil Brook 3b "Hurdy Gurdy Maintenance" www.hurdy-gurdy.org.uk Very well regarded - order from his website. Don't forget to order NTSC, but any format will play on a PC 4 “Learning to play the hurdy-gurdy” - Dr Ina Lemm http://www.drehleier-musik.de/index.php?int=1 Order from her website. Don't forget to order NTSC, but any format will play on a PC Two more books, if you're interested in French Baroque: 5. The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France - Robert A. Green This is nearly alway available on eBay 6. Richard Haynes Music Services http://www.richardhaynesmusicservices.com/index.htm Richard Haynes has done extensive (and valuable!) research on the Baroque HG and has published several contemporary methods and music collections. There are several other sources of goodies (it's surprising how much there is out there) which I shall collate and send to David McCoy to post on HurdyGurdySociety.com (Shameless plug - please support his site!) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Sally Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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