A question that is on my mind and might be on most other people's... Melissa plays the tekerö. Will what she intends to teach apply for regular (french/spanish style) HGs? Buzzing technique is quite different, and I guess many of the maintenance skills may also differ significantly.
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 7:26 PM, David Gillett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's only a month away! September 16th - 18th at Greenwood Furnace State > Park in Central Pennsylvania (near State College). > > And we have an instructor for the weekend! > > Melissa Kacalanos ("Melissa the Loud") will be leading our all-day workshop > on Saturday. For the morning, after a short concert, she will begin by > answering individual questions, mostly about making all those small > adjustments to a hurdy gurdy so it stays playable. After that, we will work > on playing techniques like buzzing in different rhythms, share some tunes, > and learn a bit about transposing and arranging tunes. > > There will be plenty of time during the rest of the weekend to join in some > of the other classes during the day, (there's a Sunday workshop, "Tunes that > are Cooler than They are Hard" that has some great HG-friendly tunes), > jamming in the evenings and playing in the contradance band. > > You can check the details at www.folkgathering.com. You'll find the > schedule for the other workshops and concerts, how to register, and how to > book a campsite for the weekend. > > You can email me directly if you have any other questions. > > Let's have a great turnout! This is our chance to show that we have the > support for regular workshops in the Eastern US. > > David > > > > -- > 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.
