Hurdy Gurdy: 'A cure for pandemic gloom' - The Times

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It's a measure of any book if you are sad to reach the end. I was. Highly recommended to ageing hippies everywhere. I was so annoyed and upset by the book that I called my friend Marc, who shares much of my musical tastes. After listening to me, he noted that when this book came out, he had heard Donovan on Vin Scelsa's radio show, and had come to much the same conclusions from hearing the interview, but was glad that I was confirming his impressions. Most hurdy-gurdies have multiple drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. For this reason, the hurdy-gurdy is often used interchangeably or along with bagpipes. It is mostly used in Occitan, Aragonese, Cajun French, Asturian, Cantabrian, Galician, Hungarian, and Slavic folk music. It can also be seen in early music settings such as medieval, renaissance or baroque music. [1] One or more of the gut strings called 'trompette' usually passes over a buzzing bridge called the 'chien' that can be made to produce a distinctive percussive buzzing sound as the player turns the wheel. Although Diggory suffers a great deal of what can be considered tragedy along the way, his account almost always remains upbeat; certainly, he is able to leave tragedy and some of the outrageous things he is confronted with behind him quite well. Azumi, Eric (27 April 2017). "Hurdy Gurdy History: History Of The Hurdy Gurdy". Lark in the Morning . Retrieved 9 August 2023.

The drone strings produce steady sounds at fixed pitches. The melody string(s) (French chanterelle(s), Hungarian dallamhúr(ok)) are stopped with tangents attached to keys that change the vibration length of the string, much as a guitarist uses his or her fingers on the fretboard of a guitar. In the earliest hurdy-gurdies these keys were arranged to provide a Pythagorean temperament, but in later instruments the tunings have varied widely, with equal temperament most common because it allows easier blending with other instruments. However, because the tangents can be adjusted to tune individual notes, it is possible to tune hurdy-gurdies to almost any temperament as needed. Most contemporary hurdy-gurdies have 24 keys that cover a range of two chromatic octaves. Lirnyky were categorised as beggars by the Russian authorities and fell under harsh repressive measures if they were caught performing in the streets of major cities until 1902, when the authorities were asked by ethnographers attending the 12th All-Russian Archaeological conference to stop persecuting them.But, as the deadly plague approaches, he does have some regrets -- notably, how little he has experienced at his tender age.

I like the way he describes the road to fame. The thing that actual 'fame' was and the downside of it all and then.. the eventual decline. As he realizes, facing mortality, there seems to be something to be said for having experienced more in life; indeed, he concludes: "it must be better to sin and live to regret it, than never to sin at all". History [ edit ] Ancient kings playing an organistrum at the Pórtico de la Gloria in the Catedral de Santiago de Compostela in Santiago de Compostela, Spain Nomenclature [ edit ] Two Hungarian-style hurdy-gurdies ( tekerőlants) Hurdy-gurdy in Museu de la Música de Barcelona Hurdy Gurdy is a touching coming-of-age tale, joyful and extremely funny. It cleverly dissects medieval beliefs, while suggesting that perhaps we aren’t as wise in the modern day as we think we are.Small-wheeled (wheel diameter less than 14cm, or about 5.5inches) instruments are traditionally found in Central and Eastern Europe. They feature a broad keybox and the drone strings run within the keybox. Because of the small size of the wheel these instruments most commonly have three strings: one melody string, one tenor drone, and one bass drone. They sometimes have up to five strings. If you read Italian, we recommend La Ghironda by Marcello Bono. He's an excellent maker and player, and there are some

Specifically, Diggory recounts bits from one of Odo's great works, The Great Unhappened: Being a Record of the Yet Undone, which describes -- in terms appropriate to the times -- inventions and technological advances from our times, an amusing -- particularly in how things are described -- glimpse of our present in the distant past. He's quite disappointed that, so far, opportunity has passed him by -- and with the plague bearing down on them, it doesn't look like he'll have much of a chance in what looks like it won't be much of a future ..... Later, the organistrum was made smaller to let a single player both turn the crank and work the keys. The solo organistrum was known from Spain and France, but was largely replaced by an improved variant, known as a symphonia, in the 13th century, a small box-shaped version of the hurdy-gurdy with three strings and a diatonic keyboard. At about the same time, a new form of key pressed from beneath was developed. These keys were much more practical for faster music and easier to handle; eventually they completely replaced keys pulled up from above. Medieval depictions of the symphonia show both types of keys.Folkoteka Galega: Traditional Galician music in PDF, XML and MIDI format, and the coolest thing is that you can transpose pieces on the fly, so if you like that Muiñeira but need it in D – you got it. Leier, lant, and related terms today are generally used to refer to members of the lute or lyre family, but historically had a broader range of meaning and were used for many types of stringed instruments. He has worked as a research psychologist and was lecturer at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. Jean-Jacques Naudot (1725) Huitième oeuvre de Mr Naudot. Six fêtes rustiques pour Musettes, Vielles, Flûtes, Hautbois, & Violons avec la Basse.