I've never had a HG with sympathetics, but on the nyckelharpa the sympathetics are detuned from the scale notes by just a few cents (~5, IIRC) to mute the response slightly and cause a slight delay. In the case of the nyckelharpa there are sympathetics for all notes of the scale. I have no idea how that would work on a gurdy.
-Arle On Feb 7, 2012, at 20:12 , Barbara Currier wrote: > I have 6 sympathetics, half g and half d. You might want to do that for a > full, loud ring or add c and a. I think I wouldn't add because the a could > clash with the g and the c with the d. I used to have to do a lot of damping > on my wire strung harp. > > Barbara > On Feb 7, 2012 7:34 PM, "Felicia Dale" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, all, > > My new gurdy from OI is breaking in very nicely. I've solved some of the > > little issues with strings settling in, etc. but I'm at a loss as to how to > > tune the sympathetics. I have eight of them (or will when I get some more > > string) and the gurdy has D and g/G chanters and drones in c/d, g/a, G, > > C/D, c/d. Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks for your help! > > Felicia. > > > > -- > > 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.
