My new 3-chanter gurdy has a trompette tuned to C with D and G capos. I added the G for singing. My mouche is G and my 3 bourdons are C and octave Ds.
Barbara Sent from my iPod On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:43 AM, Augusto de Ornellas Abreu <[email protected]> wrote: > My own G/C gurdy has a C/D trompette (C with a capo). I still don't play much > with the trompette, though. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't normally play a gurdy in G/C tuning, and will be having a 3-chanter > gurdy built that will play in both G/C and D/G. My question is, do G/C > players prefer a trompette tuned to low G, or a trompette that switches > between C and D via a capo system? I'm just wondering about that sound of the > coups produced on that low G note as opposed to the somewhat higher C and D > notes. Is it better, worse, or doesn't matter to players very much? I'd > rather not have a second trompette installed to get the low G if there's no > real advantage to it, but if it makes a distinctly better sounding coup, I'll > consider it. > > Thoughts? > > Thanks in advance, > Mitch Gordon > Guerneville, California, US > -- > 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.
