April 2012
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The care and feeding of your volksgurdy
The care and feeding of your volksgurdy.
DVD guide from Olympic Musical instruments provided with their new instruments, but also available separately, that describes basic maintenance techniques such as cottoning, applying rosin and tuning. I’ve not seen it - but their website warns that the sound quality is poor and video technique regrettable, but the information is sound. Available here.
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Hurdy-gurdy maintenance DVD
Hurdy-gurdy maintenance DVD
Over 90 minutes long and split into 26 chapters, this dvd covers just all the important aspects of maintenance. With the help of this, players should get a better understanding of how the instrument works and how to get and maintain the best quality sound from their hurdy-gurdy. Available from Neil Brook here.
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Learning to play the hurdy-gurdy
Learning to play the hurdy-gurdy Ina Lemm
DVD multimedia course published in 2010 with over 70 films featuring tuition on how to set up the instrument, playing the trompette and a variety of duets and other tunes to learn. All set in period costume in the Veldenz castle. Available here.
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Hurdy-gurdy building.
Hurdy-gurdy building.
This double dvd follows almost every stage of the construction of a guitar bodied hurdy-gurdy as it progresses and gives a useful insight into the sequence of operations and processes used. Included are many “tricks of the trade” which may be invaluable to anyone building a first hurdy-gurdy. Available from Neil Brook here.
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D/G hurdy-gurdy tutor
D/G hurdy-gurdy tutor
This dvd sets out to demonstrate the basic skills needed to play the instrument with particular emphasis on the French dance repertoire in D-G Bourbonnais tuning. It is split up into sections which deal with each of the common rhythms and has a few simple tunes for each along with close up analysis of fingering patterns and the trompette. Available from Neil Brook here.
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G/C hurdy-gurdy tutor
G/C hurdy-gurdy tutor.
Over 90 minutes long, this dvd sets out to demonstrate the basic skills needed to play the instrument. It is split up into sections which deal with each of the common rhythms and has a few simple tunes for each along with close up analysis of fingering patterns and the trompette. Available from Neil Brook here.
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The Hurdy-Gurdy Adjustment and Maintenance.
The Hurdy-Gurdy Adjustment and Maintenance. Philippe Destrem and Volker Heidemann. 1993. Collection AMTA. ISBN 2-9507682-0-2.
In German, French and English. An excellent guide to the adjustment and maintenance of the hurdy-gurdy and a must for any instrument owner.
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La Vielle a Roue: exercices gradues pour vielles...
La Vielle a Roue: exercices gradues pour vielles accordees en DO, SOL et RE.
In French. Written for D/G and G/C instruments with CD available. Available direct from the author for €15, Laurent Bitaud by email here.
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Dupuit: Principles of hurdy-gurdy playing.
Dupuit: Principles of hurdy-gurdy playing.
Available online for £19 from Richard Haynes Music Services in pdf format (61 pages), he describes this as follows: “Principe pour toucher de la Vielle was published in 1741 (Paris) and is thus the earliest of the major methods. This edition follows the pattern of the Bouin in having complete parallel texts (French to English) and in-line musical...
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Bouin: La Vielleuse Habile.
Bouin: La Vielleuse Habile.
Available online for £29 from Richard Haynes Music Services in pdf format (109 pages), he describes this as follows: “La Vielleuse Habile (The Skilful Hurdy-Gurdy Player) is the largest and most comprehensive of the 18th century French methods. It was originally published in 1761 in Paris. The edition that I have created is a complete transcription and translation...
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Drehleier spielen
Drehleier spielen Riccardo Delfino/Matthias Loibner. ISBN 978-3-927240-47-6.
This hurdy-gurdy tutor is written in German but comes highly recommended by one of the readers of this site. Available here.
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Encyclopedia Blowzabellica: the Blowzabella tune...
Encyclopedia Blowzabellica: the Blowzabella tune and dance book Revised edition, 2010a
Available from here. Great collection of English and European tunes from Blowzabella, suitable for hurdy-gurdy. Features short section with tips on care and playing the hurdy-gurdy by Nigel Eaton.
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Hurdy-Gurdy Method, 3rd ed.
Hurdy-Gurdy Method, 3rd ed. Doreen Muskett, 1 May 1998, ISBN-13 978-0946993079.
Useful information on choosing, setting up and maintaining the hurdy-gurdy, then take you through playing it. It starts with learning the keyboard, then adds the trompette and gradually takes you through increasingly complex rhythms and fingering. Loads of exercises and pieces of music to play. Now only...
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Guide to 18th Century Performance Technique
Richard Haynes has posted a most informative booklet, entitled “Approaching the Interpretation and Performance Technique of French Eighteenth Century Music for the Hurdy-Gurdy” on his website here.
Well worth studying - a great free resource.
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Muskett’s Hurdy-gurdy method errata and addenda
Following discussions on playing the coup, Michael Muskett today posted a new errata and addenda for his respected hurdy-gurdy method:
The Hurdy-Gurdy Method
ERRATA and ADDENDA
Page 31 The right hand 1) the base of the thumb 2) the first joint of the thumb 3) the tips of the 1st and 2nd fingers 4) the side of the ring finger. Correction. Line 3 should read ‘the tip of the 2nd...
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Tutorial on playing the coup
Luthier Neil Brook has put together a short written guide with photographs of how to play the “coup de 4”, “coup de 3” and “coup de 4 irregular”. Available on his website here.
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