Ah, so
that is a hurdy-gurdy. It has always been a word without a referent to me. Must find some clips of a hurdy-gurdy playing on its own.
benhall.1 wrote:
I just watched the Walpurgisnacht one. Very nicely done. Those videos must cost a fortune! I'm very impressed with the production quality. Good entertainment, though not really my sort of stuff.
I like the 'primitive, pagan' stuff. I found it very entertaining aurally and visually.
Peter Duggan wrote:
It neither looks nor sounds like a low D.
I thought that the length looked about right - or are you referring solely to the fingerings used in the video?
Peter Duggan wrote:
The notes are playable on standard C, alto G* or F (except one bit where we hear sustained high notes in the background with video where she's not playing), but her finger movements where we can see them aren't entirely consistent with any one of these.
Ah, at least partly the fingerings.
Peter Duggan wrote:
So, while it looks like something alto-ish she's playing, said playing appears to have been somewhat carelessly mimed for the video shoot and hasn't necessarily been filmed on the same whistle. Though it does sound plausibly Swayne.
Thanks, Peter, that is helpful. I was trying to pick out the notes on a D and got some of them..... I will pitch it down in audacity and try again.