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

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Izci, Aylin (2017-06-23). "Alles andere als altmodisch: die elektrische Drehleier"[All-other than old-fashioned: the electric hurdy-gurdy]. enemy.at (in German) . Retrieved 2018-12-08. I asked sculptor David Wynne what an artist should beware of in early fame. He replied in an instant--mediocrity. p. 164. Diggory decides the wisest course is to abandon the monastery for the time being -- "The place must be cleansed by abandonment and time" -- and he begins his wanderings.

Most of the books listed here are also in the Hurdy-gurdy bibliography. Unfortunately, there is no book He has worked as a research psychologist and was lecturer at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. On the Hungarian tekerő the same control is achieved by using a wedge called the recsegőék (control wedge, or literally "buzzer wedge") that pushes the drone string downward. In traditional tekerő playing, the buzzing bridge is controlled entirely by the wrist of the player and has a very different sound and rhythmic possibilities from those available on French instruments. Because of the prominence of the French tradition, many instrument and performance terms used in English are commonly taken from the French, and players generally need to know these terms to read relevant literature. Such common terms include:Many thanks to u/elektrovolt and u/sanneke34 for making this possible. Your commitment to creating an affordable hurdy gurdy that a person can be proud to own and play is a game changer. I imagine this is a labor of love, and please know that at least the one you’ll be sending my way will be truly a loved instrument. I’ve been waiting for this for 30 years and appreciate that it finally could happen. Thank you! Because, as he can't help but observe, despite not having the pox himself: "it does always follow me, close behind, wherever I go ...". The hurdy-gurdy is a very fussy instrument to make, and there are all sorts of mistakes that you have to avoid. Some of those mistakes (wheel angle, bridge placement, and key spacing to name a few) are irrevocable - you don't find out until you string it up, and you can't fix some of them without starting over. Because it's a kit, you're depending on the person who designed it to have avoided these problems, and on the woodworkers in the shop to have followed the design specifications to the letter. Regrettably, these two things don't always happen.

Tirant: a small peg set in the instrument's tailpiece that is used to control the sensitivity of the buzzing bridge instrument, we'd like a series of pictures (we collect them, and we'd like to post them here). The shaft Here are some composers that wrote for the hurdy-gurdy during the baroque and classical period, and where you can find their music: He is experienced -- perhaps in more ways than he would have liked -- but also knows that his future path lies outside the confines of the monastery, and he makes a life for himself beyond it (but still nearby), utilizing what he has learnt.During the late Renaissance, two characteristic shapes of hurdy-gurdies developed. The first was guitar-shaped and the second had a rounded lute-type body made of staves. The lute-like body is especially characteristic of French instruments. It might be suggested that we're trying to steer you away from a kit so you'll buy one of our instruments instead. We want people to have good instruments that are fun to play and have a good sound, and we know how difficult such instruments are to make. It certainly didn't happen for us on the first try: it took about five years of research, and every instrument we build teaches us something new. We'd rather see a few good hurdy-gurdies out there than a lot of bad ones: there are quite enough of those already. lira/лира (Russia). Guitar-shaped. Two drones + one diatonic melody string. Evenly spaced keyboard.

Hurdy Gurdy bubbles with a convivial, earthy humour and Brother Diggory is an amusing antihero. The prose is highly evocative, full of flesh and blood (.....) This is an entertaining and atmospheric picaresque -- though in the midst of our own pandemic, Wilson's satire of misguided churchmen and unscientific plague doctors feels somewhat quaint: our own leaders appear far more monstrous. Still, it is often ingenious and frequently hilarious." - Christopher Shrimpton, The Guardian If you're considering building a kit, you need to ask yourself some questions, including some of the ones that you asked earlier.a b Lommel, Arle; Nagy, Balázs (April 2007). "The Form, History and Classification of the Tekerőlant (Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy)". The Galpin Society Journal. London and New York: The Galpin Society. 60: 181–190. JSTOR i25163886. Historically, strings were made of gut, which is still a preferred material today and modern instruments are mounted with violin (D or A) and cello (A, G, C) strings. [8] :10–12 However, metal-wound strings have become common in the twentieth century, especially for the heavier drone strings or for lower melody strings if octave tuning is used. Nylon is also sometimes used, but is disliked by many players. Some instruments also have optional sympathetic strings, generally guitar or banjo B strings. [8] :10–12 What I pitty is that the story ends after 'Open Road'. Ofcourse. Most are here for the 60s and the anthems like Hurdy Gurdy Man, Atlantis, Barabajagal, Mellow Yellow, Wear Your Love Like Heaven, Catch the Wind.. but to me there is so much more. Description of types based on Nagy, Balázs (2006). Tekerőlantosok könyve: Hasznós kézikönyv tekerőlant-játékosok és érdeklődők számára / The Hurdy-Gurdy Handbook: A Practical Handbook for Players and Aficionados of the Tekerő (Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy). Budapest: Hagyományok Háza / Hungarian Heritage House. ISBN 963-7363-10-6. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10 . Retrieved 2013-10-23. In her overview of the instrument's history, Palmer recorded twenty-three different forms, [7] :23–34 and there is still no standardized design today.

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.

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I always thought Donovan got a raw deal in the endless comparisons with Dylan. I still think he is better. (They 'hung out' together quite a lot.) For anyone who was around in the 60s this is a great read. Donovan socialised or worked with just about any 'name' you can think of from those days of 'free love.' And Donovan got plenty of that too. The speed at which he moved from bumming around St Ives and learning guitar to releasing records and performing major gigs is amazing. Less than a year. I never realised how huge he was in the USA. Bigger than the UK. Niněra (Czech). Guitar-shaped. Two forms: one has a standard drone-melody arrangement, while the other runs the drone strings between the melody strings in the keybox. Both diatonic and chromatic forms are found. Other mechanisms for adjusting the amount of "buzz" on the trompette string. Diggory's world is one in which there is little point in wallowing in ubiquitous tragedy and loss; Wilson allows for some melancholy and moments of, essentially, horror, but philosophical Diggory's fundamentally cheerful attitude easily leads the reader through what otherwise would surely be the overwhelmingly painful. 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.