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hidenseek1
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hurdy gurdy
#18840516 - 09/14/13 09:43 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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this has got to be the strangest instrument, you crank a wheel that spins on the strings and press the keys to play
developed in the medevil period, the only way i can discribe the sound is a stringed bagpipe
song starts at 1:20
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Edited by hidenseek1 (09/14/13 09:44 AM)
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I've always wondered what the lyrics in "China Doll" meant:
"If you can abide it let the hurdy-gurdy play, Stranger ones have come by here before they flew away"
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Is it weird that I actually like the music he's playing?
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psi
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Re: hurdy gurdy [Re: memes]
#18840527 - 09/14/13 09:49 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have an aunt who plays it, pretty cool instrument. Will watch the vid later.
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ClockCode
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Tbh it reminds me more of a fucked up sitar than a bagpipe. Although now im having second thoughts cause it sounds like that too.
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Edited by ClockCode (09/14/13 09:53 AM)
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shivas.wisdom
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it's a drone instrument--both the bagpipes and sitar feature a drone
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psi
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Tone wise it also has similarities to both, with the buzz it resembles a sitar and without it it resembles highland pipes/electric guitar.
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ClockCode
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Quote:
shivas.wisdom said: it's a drone instrument--both the bagpipes and sitar feature a drone

yaaaaaay!
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That's cool. I've never seen anything like that before.
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Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
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Re: hurdy gurdy [Re: vinsue]
#18840713 - 09/14/13 11:02 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
vinsue said: Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
surprisingly, does not feature the hurdy gurdy
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psi
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I think the term is also used to refer to cranked music boxes (think organ grinder with a monkey,) some of these pop culture references may be talking about that rather than the medieval instrument.
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Re: hurdy gurdy [Re: memes]
#18840748 - 09/14/13 11:13 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
memes said: I've always wondered what the lyrics in "China Doll" meant:
"If you can abide it let the hurdy-gurdy play, Stranger ones have come by here before they flew away"
This was the first thing I thought of when I read the title
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