Re: [HG] So now what?
Strenght comes with practice. So can carpel tunnel. Keep them wrists straight! Judgement comes with experience. Too much rosin is a very temporary problem: it's easy to remove it by holding a rag to the wheel and cranking a few times. or if you can stand it, just play and it will come off by itself...eventually.You will learn how much it takes. Alden frequently sez YMMV: but with rosin it probably will vary. People are always asking How much? and the answer is As little as possible. You have to learn what works for you and and your instrument and the tune, etc,etc, etc. I'll give you a hint: Too much sounds harsh and jarring. As your tone improves you lose crispness in the dog. I tend to rosin up if I'm playing a snappy dance with a lot of dog work and save the pretty, slow tunes for later because I like the tone and legato feel. Eric Beharrell. It is beautifully made for a not all that expensive instrument (relatively speaking g ). Of course I don't know how the sound quality is for a hurdy gurdy having never really met one before but I am hopeful that I can make beautiful music with it-eventually ;-]. Might need to get a strap as it didn't come with one. My main concern is to do the cotton and rosin right. I understand you can overdo the rosin. It certainly is an instrument you want to get down and dirty with right away. Thinking I might have to go to the gym to build up my arm muscle strength, though that may come with practice g. Fi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 5:37 PM To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] So now what? My beautiful new hurdy gurdy arrived today from England. It has 2 chanterelles in D, one drone in D and a Trompette in G. It is a lute back with two rows of keys the bottom with 12 and the top with 9. Who's the maker? Now I just have to learn to set it up and play it. The maker sent cotton and spare strings and I have some violin rosin. I will probably use the pirastro as the others are cheap cakes that came with chinese made violins unless there is a better option. Step 1: Sit down Step 2: Strap in Step 3: Crank! Alden
Re: [HG] So now what?
I understand you concern's as a pretty new player myself.. I'm still learning to put rosin and cotton on.. When the professionals ie. (Alden, Roy) put rosin on my wheel it sounds very nice and has this nice even coat of rosin that you can almost see yourself in the reflection :)...When I have to add rosin I never get it as good as they did but I'm getting better with practice also getting better with the cotton. Takes practice As far as carpel tunnel, I had CT surgery on my right hand at 23 years old, I'm 28 now and when I started I cranked with a wrist brace on to keep my hand straight.. I no longer use the brace since I've pretty much trained my hand to stay straight. After years of playing bagpipes and having my piping career put to a halt after the surgery ( since my fingers on my right hand don't like all the fast movements over longer than 5-10 minute periods) so the HG is the perfect instrument since I don't have to use my fingers on my right hand for anything other than holding the wheel... Cheer's, Seth Roy Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strenght comes with practice. So can carpel tunnel. Keep them wrists straight! Judgement comes with experience. Too much rosin is a very temporary problem: it's easy to remove it by holding a rag to the wheel and cranking a few times. or if you can stand it, just play and it will come off by itself...eventually.You will learn how much it takes. Alden frequently sez YMMV: but with rosin it probably will vary. People are always asking How much? and the answer is As little as possible. You have to learn what works for you and and your instrument and the tune, etc,etc, etc. I'll give you a hint: Too much sounds harsh and jarring. As your tone improves you lose crispness in the dog. I tend to rosin up if I'm playing a snappy dance with a lot of dog work and save the pretty, slow tunes for later because I like the tone and legato feel. Eric Beharrell. It is beautifully made for a not all that expensive instrument (relatively speaking g ). Of course I don't know how the sound quality is for a hurdy gurdy having never really met one before but I am hopeful that I can make beautiful music with it-eventually ;-]. Might need to get a strap as it didn't come with one. My main concern is to do the cotton and rosin right. I understand you can overdo the rosin. It certainly is an instrument you want to get down and dirty with right away. Thinking I might have to go to the gym to build up my arm muscle strength, though that may come with practice g. Fi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 5:37 PM To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] So now what? My beautiful new hurdy gurdy arrived today from England. It has 2 chanterelles in D, one drone in D and a Trompette in G. It is a lute back with two rows of keys the bottom with 12 and the top with 9. Who's the maker? Now I just have to learn to set it up and play it. The maker sent cotton and spare strings and I have some violin rosin. I will probably use the pirastro as the others are cheap cakes that came with chinese made violins unless there is a better option. Step 1: Sit down Step 2: Strap in Step 3: Crank! Alden
Re: [HG] So now what?
(Only half the msg got off the runway.) I would strongly recommend that you get somebody to show you the cotton business. It is pretty easy to misunderstand even the best texts,but it's worth a shot, I guess,. Even less-than-perfect cotton is better than putting the dear aside untiluntil(nope) I still like to watch the experts cotton, ever hoping to catch something I may have missed. Get some live help, if you can...if not shall we pray for you? --- Roy Trotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strenght comes with practice. So can carpel tunnel. Keep them wrists straight! Judgement comes with experience. Too much rosin is a very temporary problem: it's easy to remove it by holding a rag to the wheel and cranking a few times. or if you can stand it, just play and it will come off by itself...eventually.You will learn how much it takes. Alden frequently sez YMMV: but with rosin it probably will vary. People are always asking How much? and the answer is As little as possible. You have to learn what works for you and and your instrument and the tune, etc,etc, etc. I'll give you a hint: Too much sounds harsh and jarring. As your tone improves you lose crispness in the dog. I tend to rosin up if I'm playing a snappy dance with a lot of dog work and save the pretty, slow tunes for later because I like the tone and legato feel. Eric Beharrell. It is beautifully made for a not all that expensive instrument (relatively speaking g ). Of course I don't know how the sound quality is for a hurdy gurdy having never really met one before but I am hopeful that I can make beautiful music with it-eventually ;-]. Might need to get a strap as it didn't come with one. My main concern is to do the cotton and rosin right. I understand you can overdo the rosin. It certainly is an instrument you want to get down and dirty with right away. Thinking I might have to go to the gym to build up my arm muscle strength, though that may come with practice g. Fi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 5:37 PM To: hg@hurdygurdy.com Subject: Re: [HG] So now what? My beautiful new hurdy gurdy arrived today from England. It has 2 chanterelles in D, one drone in D and a Trompette in G. It is a lute back with two rows of keys the bottom with 12 and the top with 9. Who's the maker? Now I just have to learn to set it up and play it. The maker sent cotton and spare strings and I have some violin rosin. I will probably use the pirastro as the others are cheap cakes that came with chinese made violins unless there is a better option. Step 1: Sit down Step 2: Strap in Step 3: Crank! Alden
RE: [HG] So now what?
Prayer might be the best option vbg. I am in a small rural town. As far as I know I have the only hurdy gurdy here but I could be wrong. I don't know everyone in the district. I just heard there is a hurdy gurdy group that meets in Brisbane which is about 2 and 1/2 hours drive away so I might follow that up when I get time. Fi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roy Trotter Get some live help, if you can...if not shall we pray for you?
RE: [HG] So now what?
At 06:54 AM 2/19/2008 +1000, you wrote: I am in a small rural town. As far as I know I have the only hurdy gurdy here but I could be wrong. Hi Fi, Your lucky! I live in a small rural country, not sure how many HG but certainly not many. Regards, Tony
[HG] So now what?
My beautiful new hurdy gurdy arrived today from England. It has 2 chanterelles in D, one drone in D and a Trompette in G. It is a lute back with two rows of keys the bottom with 12 and the top with 9. Now I just have to learn to set it up and play it. The maker sent cotton and spare strings and I have some violin rosin. I will probably use the pirastro as the others are cheap cakes that came with chinese made violins unless there is a better option. Fi
