I'm going to go against popular opinion here. I have the luxury of 3 trompettes, I use d/c/low G. I personally like the sound of the low g. Now I dont use it much in french dance music, mainly medieval and english folk. I also have a fairly wacky chanterelle set-up. d/g/G and i find i play on the low g string quiet a bit, Its got a really cool sound. I would guess Weischelbaumer probably designs his instruments with that string in mind. So my advice would be, if you can afford it, get the capo and the extra string. You can experiment with both octaves of g, doesnt take long to change a string.
derek From: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG-new] Re: trompette tuning for G/C Thanks Mike and Barbara. The G/C is uncharted territory for me, so it's good to hear what people commonly use and like. I'll stay with the capo'd C-D trompette plan. I don't really want two trompettes if there isn't a really strong reason to have that configuration. Mitch In a message dated 8/10/2011 3:12:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Mitch - you don't want a low G, it's a high G (same as the chanterelles). It's a bit zingy for my liking but is good to have if you've got 2 trompettes. You then have a choice. A low G would be very strange and possibly not very controllable. Have you heard the trompette on the Sonneurs De Vielle En Bretagne? That's a low D or maybe E. Very weird! If you want to know what a high G trompette sounds like, try tracking down the playing of Laurent Tixier in La Marienne. And I think Maurizio Martinotti of La Ciapa Rusa used high G as well. Anyway, I'd stick with the C/D trompette, ideally with a capo, but otherwise just tune the string up from C to D. Cheers Mike www.hurdygurdy.biz On Aug 10, 5:02 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.
