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Teensy Gurdy: a DIY hurdy gurdy synthesizer
- brudgers 4y agoRelated video, https://youtu.be/1q3XH-Mp8kc https://youtu.be/1q3XH-Mp8kc
- jodrellblank 4y agoMay as well link a video of impressive Hurdy Gurdy playing, even though not synth related: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AdCU75EMqh4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=AdCU75EMqh4 “Guilhem Desq - Cicatrices”
- atoav 4y agoI had a hurdy gurdy phase as well. My absolute favourite recording/performance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzbCNzc9Lb4 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzbCNzc9Lb4 Matthias Loibner - Mooreiche The kind of coloration he teases out of the instrument is mindboggling
- tomcam 4y agoBeyond anything I could have hoped for. Thank you very much
- miniwark 4y agoThen i need to drop Andrey Vinogradov here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvNZeh6f8vE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvNZeh6f8vE
- gradschoolfail 4y agoRecercatrice -> (lady) researcher -> inquisitor (Corsican) -> (English) -> (Latin) Thanks Google translate for helping to expand on this awesome medievalXmodern theme
- speps 4y ago"Cicatrices" means "scars" in French, not sure what you got from Google Translate...
- gradschoolfail 4y agoI know. “Scars” doesn’t have that medieval-modern vibe. He probably should rename his work..lol On its own, calling a piece like that “research” is quite endearing.
- hh3k0 4y agoOssian Brown of Cyclobe plays the hurdy-gurdy masterfully, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqqAun9LukU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqqAun9LukU
- sys42590 4y agoWell, you can even do metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHeOcItSkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHeOcItSkQ
- frxx 4y agoNot too many hurdy gurdy players are in metal bands after all. (Even though she just left Eluveitie...)
- driggs 4y agoHN geek checking in to namedrop my own project (sorry it's not Rust + RISC-V!)... Autumn Equinox are a three-piece of hurdy-gurdy (the "wheel fiddle"), nyckelharpa (the Swedish "keyed fiddle"), and upright bass. We play tunes from and inspired by Celtic and Eastern European traditions, and the hypnotic drone of the hurdy-gurdy is a common thread. We often play tunes by other hurdy-gurdy composers like Andrey Vinogradov and Nigel Eaton as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ntNy6aNOfA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ntNy6aNOfA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPXIBhQzGT3O_Y7fLVFb2w https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPXIBhQzGT3O_Y7fLVFb2w
- jacquesm 4y agoFantastic. Have you heard of the wheel harp? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGOqIYo9cBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGOqIYo9cBE
- driggs 4y agoI had never heard of the Wheel Harp before. It appears to be a sort of polyphonic hurdy-gurdy: one tuned string per key, and depressing the key engages that string with the wheel-bow. The wheel appears powered by electricity, and the foot pedals appear to either control the pressure or speed of the wheel-bow. In contrast, the hurdy-gurdy's (and nyckelharpa's) keys shorten its melody string to increase the pitch, like fretting a violin or guitar. The wheel is manually cranked, and the rhythm of the cranking is used to adjust tone and engage the buzzing of the trompette. The HG is monophonic in that you can't dynamically play chords, though you can engage multiple melody strings simultaneously (usually octaves or fifths).
- jacquesm 4y agoThe sound of that thing is so incredibly haunting. I really like it though and I've been thinking about building one.
- _spduchamp 4y agoBeautiful innovation. I love old sounding new instruments!
- frxx 4y agoSurprised to see no mention of Patty Gurdy yet. https://youtu.be/FBK7i7oChKk https://youtu.be/FBK7i7oChKk
- ucosty 4y agoWhile we're at it, you can't forget Anna Murphy (formerly of Eluveitie, currently Cellar Darling) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDE3Bx1Cb1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDE3Bx1Cb1I
- ncmncm 4y agoCharles Babbage is spinning in his grave. Carbon-free energy source?
- moron4hire 4y agoFor the folks down voting the parent post: Charles Babbage spent a considerable portion of his later life railing against street musicians. Street musicians, at the time, ran a sort of extortion scheme. They'd show up in the early morning hours outside your house and play loudly until you paid them to go away. So Babbage worked to try to pass legislation to ban street music (don't remember off the top of my head if he was successful). And hurdy gurdies were a popular instrument for street musicians in Babbage's day.
- jacquesm 4y agoThis still happens in Amsterdam.
- iggldiggl 4y agohttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Passages_from_the_Life_of_a_Philosopher/Chapter_XXVI https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Passages_from_the_Life_of_a_P...
- moron4hire 4y agoThank you. It is truly an excellent read.
- jlarcombe 4y agoAn interesting and fun-looking synth, though not really much in common with the real hurdy gurdy (not that there's anything wrong with that!) For those curious about something closer to the real thing, here's a laser-cut / 3D printed gurdy that actually works: https://www.nerdygurdy.nl/ https://www.nerdygurdy.nl/ And here's a MIDI one: https://midi.org/component/zoo/item/the-digi-gurdy-a-midi-hurdy-gurdy https://midi.org/component/zoo/item/the-digi-gurdy-a-midi-hu... And finally here's a really great hurdy gurdy player, see the rest of his videos for more super tunes and playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8gohQvUuCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8gohQvUuCs
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoAlso see: https://www.youtube.com/c/Keijike/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/Keijike/videos Japanese player with lots of videos of himself and others playing Tekero (traditional Hungarian hurdy gurdy)
- zachrip 4y agoIs there any pictures or video of it? I couldn't find anything in the repo.
- worthless-trash 4y agoMissed opportunity to call it the Hurdy Nurdy.
- driggs 4y agoThe Nerdy Gurdy is a laser CNC and 3D-printed hurdy-gurdy kit (and now also nyckelharpa kit) sold by Jaap Brand. It's the least inexpensive real hurdy-gurdy you're likely to find, and better than many cheap hurdy-gurdies. https://www.nerdygurdy.nl/product-category/hurdy-gurdy/ https://www.nerdygurdy.nl/product-category/hurdy-gurdy/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mI1X10VB6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mI1X10VB6U
- worthless-trash 4y agoIts so close ! I can see how they wanted to avoid the confusion.
- _9xrb 4y agoComposer Bear McCreary has an interesting video about the hurdy-gurdy and its use in the soundtrack of TV show Black Sails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DXQ0z9NCl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DXQ0z9NCl8 The sound isn't for everyone, but I like how it's used in the show's opening credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTcA4QLHw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTcA4QLHw0
- andybak 4y ago> The sound isn't everyone. I became mildly obsessed with Hurdy Gurdy videos for a while. This was my gateway drug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmML7bu-iM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmML7bu-iM and something a bit less purist but still fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0DrXyzlHM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0DrXyzlHM8
- deepdriver 4y agoYou may also enjoy the soundtrack to video game Sea of Thieves, in which the hurdy gurdy is a playable instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqgA3nIGByg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqgA3nIGByg
- krallja 4y ago(2021)
- _spduchamp 4y agoWhile the hurdy gurdy enthusiast are here, I'd like to share something I've been working on that has a lot of inspiration from hurdy gurdy droning... The Electroduochord. It has 2 strings, with a humbucker pickup for each string, and is played by controlling the speed of a rotary magnetic bow, that has an arrangement of magnets that manipulate the overtones of the vibrating strings. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28349487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28349487 and the latest version... https://www.flickr.com/photos/duchamp/52017939884/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/duchamp/52017939884/