Rique, something I meant to ask you when we met yesterday but I forgot - do you tune your melody strings an octave apart, or both in high D? It kinda sounded like you have two high Ds on your gurdy. If that's the case, consider an octave tuning, using medium viola strings (you can try it with some cheap wound strings - I love my Corelli Crystal set, with a full set you can have both octave Gs and octave Ds)
Augusto On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Rique Meirelles <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hey, folks. > > As some of you may already know, I'm a begginer who's basically alone with > my gurdy in Brazil (I do have Augusto around, but he lives kind of far from > my city - plus, we play in different tunings). Anyway, I've been able to > overcome some bothersome problems such as sticky keys and some maintenance > issues, but there's this one tiny detail I can't seem to vanquish so soon: > the two chantarelles playing high notes together. I mean, the first keys > are ok, I don't have that much trouble on the first octave an a couple of > notes after it, but the really high-pitched notes are really hard to play > when both strings are on. > > How were you able to achieve a pleasent sound when playing those keys? Any > tips? > > > Kind regards, > > > Rique > > -- > "For he comes, the human child, > To the waters and the wild > With a faery hand in hand, > From a world more full of weeping > than he can understand." > > The Stolen Child - William Butler Yeats - > > -- > 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.
