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Hi, all hurdy gurdy-philes out there in Tribe land. I am new here, and also new to the instrument. I (rather impulsively) bought a Ukrainian lira on e-bay. I am still working out the kinks in the set up of this instrument.
I have some blog entries and pictures here:
people.tribe.net/9bf00d70-...9badd/blog
Always happy to hear from other players. I have a musical background, play Middle Eastern music with my band, Americanistan, and was hoping to have my lira up and running much more quickly than this -- it's been a longer journey than I expected.
The bridge of my instrument is a little short. Don't know if it sank during shipment or what. Based on info from Alden and Callie Hackman at the OTW Hurdy Gurdy Festival, I am currently working on ways to raise it just slightly. It's just a bit too much of a gap for a shim, tried that already.
Hoping to play it one day soon,
Wistfully,
Dunyah
in misty moisty Oregon
I have some blog entries and pictures here:
people.tribe.net/9bf00d70-...9badd/blog
Always happy to hear from other players. I have a musical background, play Middle Eastern music with my band, Americanistan, and was hoping to have my lira up and running much more quickly than this -- it's been a longer journey than I expected.
The bridge of my instrument is a little short. Don't know if it sank during shipment or what. Based on info from Alden and Callie Hackman at the OTW Hurdy Gurdy Festival, I am currently working on ways to raise it just slightly. It's just a bit too much of a gap for a shim, tried that already.
Hoping to play it one day soon,
Wistfully,
Dunyah
in misty moisty Oregon
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Re: New hurdy gurdy tribe member
Sun, November 4, 2007 - 8:39 AMwww.youtube.com/watch
Seems like that is the sound, in that video. In his case, his is less, only the one row of keys--diatonic. He has it set (tuned) for minor, not major.
Is it C minor? The instrument has no buzz (which is the way it supposed to be for a lira,) it has less string tension (softer,)
and it moves more slowly and with a real wooden click to each note (which seems nice.)
Becasue of no buzz feature, the right hand is postitioned much differently.
Beyond this, the player of a lira often sings harmony like chant or in 3rds or 6ths. There are at least two lira CDs in existance,
and any lira artist could want one or both... becasue they are enjoyable. There is a lira expert in Canada, I believe.
Even more notably, there is one fantastic book, in English, by a professor on the east coast, and that should be sought and goes with the lira, explaining its rich history.
Just thoughts.
jw
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Re: New hurdy gurdy tribe member
Sun, November 4, 2007 - 10:00 AMFirst: the refernce for a LIRA book. The cover is shown and it can be purchased...
books.google.com/books
That is a unique LIRA book. In English. It's so nice.
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Next: Lirnyk: Vasyl Nechepa
In this link, his sings w/lira for a minute.
www.youtube.com/watch
That link is lovely and shows this man who does play the lira and chant.
www.uaclubwa.org/sub_index_eng.htm
This next one shows his CD, in Gold there, but I cannot remember where I purchased my copy.
images.google.com/imgres
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Victor Mishalow is in Canada, and this site shows interesting lira/bandura details:
home.att.net/~bandura.ca...ography.html
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Finally, this CD is rustic, yet certianly collectable: (LIRA w/singing)
www.cdroots.com/koka-031.html
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Re: New hurdy gurdy tribe member
Sun, November 4, 2007 - 4:40 PMThank you so much for the information and links, I will be checking them all. I have searched on youtube for lira clips and only found one. Thanks again!
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