thanks for answer chris . /sylvain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nogy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:40 AM Subject: Re[2]: [HG] Re: your mail
> Sorry to intrude into a private conversation, but if it is OK, I think I can answer a point. > > As to the 'reverse the way of the wheel", I assume you are saying "What if you turn the wheel backwards (counterclockwise as viewed from the wheel end of the instrument)?" > > You can do this - you have to be sure and cotton the strings backward. But the big problem comes with the chien, which is made to have the wheel lift it a bit from the soundboard before string tension overcomes rosin stickiness and the chien bridge is pulled back down to the soundboard. This is the process that makes the buzzing sound. So if you were to reverse the direction you crank, you would then either have to remove the chien or move it to the other side of the wheel, so the wheel would again 'lift' the chien string instead of dragging it down into the soundboard. > > And Chroamtic in D (/G) is a very common instrument tuning to learn and perform on. > > Chris > > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 9/19/2007 at 12:42 PM sylvain gagnon mini moteur 2000 inc wrote: > > >thanks dave ..so i assume a gurdy in d chromatic . is a good > >buy for a beginner ... i heard 3 weeks ago 7 gurdy at a small gurdy > >introduction course and the d sound better at my ears .. i have > >another question i asked at french forum too but , 2 answer are better > >than one ... about the wheel .. info i received , . often the wheell > >is > >the problem .. so what material can replace the russian plywood .??? > > > > > >..reverse the way of the weel does it make sence for you ?.is it different > >sound ? . of course the complete handle must be on keyway and not > >screw > >or it will unscrew. sorry for my bad english .. what is the more > >popular tunes easy to learn for a beginner 2 or 3 tunes name coud be > >good . i plan to buy a tutorial in french with dvd . is someone french > >know what i can buy . easy , well done ..thanks sylvain ----- Original > >Message ----- > >From: "Dave Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:40 AM > >Subject: [HG] Re: your mail > > > > > >> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:50:45AM -0400, sylvain gagnon mini moteur 2000 > >inc wrote: > >> > what is diatonic and chromatic .. what is de difference ,? > >> > >> Hello Sylvain, > >> > >> in a nutshell: diatonic is like having only the white notes on a piano > >> (no sharps or flats), and chromatic is having both black and white notes > >> (a complete scale). > >> > >> Most hurdy-gurdies are chromatic these days. The predecessor to the > >> hurdy-gurdy, the organistrum, was diatonic. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> > > > > >
