Medieval wind instruments?

[Cork]

I wish you good luck, and I'll keep an eye on this forum in the future, for any updates.

[I.D.10-t]

I'd guess that the hammered dulcimer is a bit on the soft side, unless the gurdy is a soft one, too. And the bodhran is a bit on the strong side. But all in all it's not too much different, and worth trying out. If you mike them up, you can balance the strenght better.

Hammer dulcimers are a bit strange in that the times that I have heard them play they have a very bright, precise sound that cuts through the sound of other instruments.

[Yuri]

My opinion is probably influenced by a recent observation of a busker playing the H.D. in a busy market. It was loud around him, normal market sounds + cars passing by. You sora cold hear him, but not exactly the nuances of the finer points. But I suppose in a band setting that would work differently.
Well, yeah. good luck with the band. Post a vid on youtube when you are up and running.

[MichaelLoos]

When I played with a Hammered dulcimer player years ago, I could hardly hear my own Uilleann pipes (concert D). I'd guess the hurdy-gurdy will probably be the quietest of these instruments.

[Yuri]

Depends on what type. A Hungarian gurdy can be rather overpowering. They are very different from the French ones.

[fearfaoin]

When I played with a Hammered dulcimer player years ago, I could hardly hear my own Uilleann pipes (concert D). I'd guess the hurdy-gurdy will probably be the quietest of these instruments.

I wonder where folks are finding these extra-noisy hammered dulcimers?
I can't hear the one in our session if I'm more than one chair away from it.

[MichaelLoos]

The dulcimer player was Jim Couza, I think he made the instrument himself. This was the loudest hammered dulcimer I have ever heard, it easily overpowered my concert cimbalomOf course, a lot depends on the hammers and the striking technique.

[vonHorna]

In case that somebody might still be interested in a more or less chromatic instrument which could be used in a "medieval" band I'd suggest the spanish Tarota which for example is played by the band "els berros de la cort" (you might find them on youtube)

[Denny]

might.....

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_t ... +cort&aq=f

[Cork]

In case that somebody might still be interested in a more or less chromatic instrument which could be used in a "medieval" band I'd suggest the spanish Tarota which for example is played by the band "els berros de la cort" (you might find them on youtube)

Yeah! They look good. They sound good. (thanks, Denny)

Pass the mead!

[cowtime]

might.....

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_t ... +cort&aq=f

Whoa...I really like their sound! I might have to break down and buy a recording of that stuff.

I guess no one ever told them that marching while playing those double reeds is a health hazard..