Much of the humour in Hurdy Gurdy stems from Diggory’s twisted logic, such as his reasoning that the deadly pox prefers to travel north, or the many deceptively pious excuses he comes up with for his newly rampant libido. When he’s left to fill a mass grave, he typically overthinks and arranges the bodies according to Pythagoras’ theorem, to economise on space. 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. A person who plays the hurdy-gurdy is called a hurdy-gurdist, or (particularly for players of French instruments) viellist. 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. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) – Four minuets (K601) Four German Dances (K602) Country Dance (K611)

The fourteenth-century youth has considerable book-learning -- including much of the most up-to-date medical knowledge -- but all this is very much of its time. It's hardly surprising, in these unsettled circumstances, but Diggory's situation seems almost extreme, even considering these. 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. lira/ліра or relia/реля (Ukraine). Guitar-shaped. Two drones + one diatonic melody string. Two body types: carved from a single piece of wood and guitar-shaped with transverse pegs and mult-piece construction with vertical pegs. Evenly spaced keyboard. 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.

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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. Donovan's autobiography was quite the revealing read. Leaving home at 16 he scraped and got by doing odd jobs, sleeping outdoors at times, taking drugs and free to do what he wanted to do. He learned to play the guitar and became a super star with such songs as "Mellow Yellow", "Sunshine Superman", "Season of the Witch", etc...and goes on to meet the likes of Joan Baez, Dylan, The Beatles, etc... 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. tekerőlant (Hungarian). Usually two drones (sometimes three) + one or two chromatic melody strings. The broad keybox is often carved or decorated extensively. Strings [ edit ] Wheel and tangents on a French type hurdy-gurdy with three chanterelles (melody strings). The keyboard is visible on the right side of the picture.

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. 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. A lot of people set out to make a kit instrument with the thought that they'll save a lot of money and get a high quality hurdy-gurdy. It's a nice thought, but not very realistic. It's true that most kits are significantly cheaper than a completed instrument. A parallel might be a guitar kit: you can make a guitar from a Martin guitar kit, but it's very unlikely that you will end up with a guitar that's comparable in quality to a Martin, unless you've already made a whole bunch of guitars and already have the skills to make a really good guitar. In fact, readers will have long glommed onto why so many that Diggory encounters soon later find themselves suffering from the plague. It is imperative for a serious young student of music to choose at least six geniuses of the genre you are wishing to join. You must learn all of the repertoire of at least two of them. By emulating the masters you will find your own voice. p. 62.As one woman who teaches him well in other ways suggests (too late to make much of a difference regarding her own fate); The hurdy-gurdy is the instrument played by Der Leiermann, the street musician portrayed in the last, melancholy song of Schubert's Winterreise. It is also featured and played prominently in the film Captains Courageous (1937) as the instrument of the character Manuel, played by Spencer Tracy.