Video: Jelängerjelieber — Solo Hurdy Gurdy

Jelängerjelieber played on solo gurdy as a wickler/slängpolska for an epic eight minutes (it feels like much less on the other side of the instrument!) — so grab the nearest person and wickl some time away :)

This lovely tune is Matthias Branschke’s Säckpipa version of what was originally a Sorbish song from the Kralsches Geigenspielbuch called “Fa ßym ta jena hubena ßryota”, and was given a new name by the Verein zur Förderung traditioneller Musik des deutschsprachigen Raums (who need a new name themselves, phew), and published in 2015 in “Neues aus alten Büchern 2” — full of nice tunes and highly recommended.

Sheet music for this tune is available here

The instrument is a 2nd generation Vio gurdy from me, recorded with an AKG C1000S and the internal pickup.

Today I start work on my next batch of hurdy gurdies! Making two identical evolutions of the #vio #gurdy

Just uploaded a demo of my Vio Hurdy Gurdy’s pickups: https://soundcloud.com/barnabywalters/vio-hurdy-gurdy-bouree-aurore-sand

Finally got harmonies working on my gurdy. Next up: Electromagnetic pickups.

Got a lot of good work done on the vio — much more expressive now. Looking forward to showing it off next week!

Off to the workshop to make some last minute changes to my Vio Gurdy before Chateau d’Ars!

I did another Vio Gurdy Video: Foggy Dew: http://youtu.be/C30D9QH-wIc

I demonstrate my first hurdy gurdy build: http://youtu.be/HqWbRE_aGyI

I put all the Vio Gurdy info and links in one place: http://waterpigs.co.uk/lutherie/catalogue/hurdy-gurdies/vio/

Just did a photo shoot of my latest build: My Hurdy Gurdy!

I figured out the reason my gurdy is taking so long to build: I make a mockup of it every five minutes http://flic.kr/p/bK5zyR

I figured out the reason my gurdy is taking so long to build: I make a mockup of it every five minutes http://flic.kr/p/bK5zyR