[HN Gopher] Teensy Gurdy: a DIY hurdy gurdy synthesizer
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Teensy Gurdy: a DIY hurdy gurdy synthesizer
Author : brudgers
Score : 63 points
Date : 2022-07-10 00:00 UTC (2 days ago)
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| deepdriver wrote:
| Composer 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
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| 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
| andybak wrote:
| > 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
|
| and something a bit less purist but still fun:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0DrXyzlHM8
| deepdriver wrote:
| You 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
| zachrip wrote:
| Is there any pictures or video of it? I couldn't find anything in
| the repo.
| brudgers wrote:
| Related video, https://youtu.be/1q3XH-Mp8kc
| _spduchamp wrote:
| While 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
| and the latest version...
| https://www.flickr.com/photos/duchamp/52017939884/
| ncmncm wrote:
| Charles Babbage is spinning in his grave.
|
| Carbon-free energy source?
| moron4hire wrote:
| For 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 wrote:
| This still happens in Amsterdam.
| iggldiggl wrote:
| https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Passages_from_the_Life_of_a_P.
| ..
| jlarcombe wrote:
| An 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/
|
| And here's a MIDI one: 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
| YeGoblynQueenne wrote:
| Also see:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/c/Keijike/videos
|
| Japanese player with lots of videos of himself and others
| playing Tekero (traditional Hungarian hurdy gurdy)
| worthless-trash wrote:
| Missed opportunity to call it the Hurdy Nurdy.
| driggs wrote:
| The _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.youtube.com/watch?v=1mI1X10VB6U
| krallja wrote:
| (2021)
| jodrellblank wrote:
| May as well link a video of impressive Hurdy Gurdy playing, even
| though not synth related: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AdCU75EMqh4
|
| "Guilhem Desq - Cicatrices"
| miniwark wrote:
| Then i need to drop Andrey Vinogradov here :
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvNZeh6f8vE
| atoav wrote:
| I had a hurdy gurdy phase as well. My absolute favourite
| recording/performance:
| https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzbCNzc9Lb4
|
| Matthias Loibner - Mooreiche
|
| The kind of coloration he teases out of the instrument is
| mindboggling
| tomcam wrote:
| Beyond anything I could have hoped for. Thank you very much
| hh3k0 wrote:
| Ossian Brown of Cyclobe plays the hurdy-gurdy masterfully, too:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqqAun9LukU
| sys42590 wrote:
| Well, you can even do metal:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqHeOcItSkQ
| frxx wrote:
| Not too many hurdy gurdy players are in metal bands after
| all. (Even though she just left Eluveitie...)
| gradschoolfail wrote:
| Recercatrice -> (lady) researcher -> inquisitor
|
| (Corsican) -> (English) -> (Latin)
|
| Thanks Google translate for helping to expand on this awesome
| medievalXmodern theme
| speps wrote:
| "Cicatrices" means "scars" in French, not sure what you got
| from Google Translate...
| driggs wrote:
| HN 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.
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ntNy6aNOfA
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| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPXIBhQzGT3O_Y7fLVFb2w
| jacquesm wrote:
| Fantastic. Have you heard of the wheel harp?
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGOqIYo9cBE
| driggs wrote:
| I 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 wrote:
| The sound of that thing is so incredibly haunting. I
| really like it though and I've been thinking about
| building one.
| ucosty wrote:
| While we're at it, you can't forget Anna Murphy (formerly of
| Eluveitie, currently Cellar Darling)
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDE3Bx1Cb1I
| frxx wrote:
| Surprised to see no mention of Patty Gurdy yet.
|
| https://youtu.be/FBK7i7oChKk
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