The thing that holds me back from trying out a hurdy gurdy is not the difficulty, not the price (okay maybe) but the fact that you need an enginering degree to tune and adjust it and stuff xD

With your accent every time you say "hurdy gurdy" it's so satisfying lol

Hurdy Gurdy is absolutely the coolest instrument name out there. It's so much fun to say hahaha

The moment she said I played with a band called Eluvietie... It's subscribe time!!!

Adjusting this thing sounds like working on a carburetor

I figured this instrument was complex but after this explanation, this is beyond complex! So much going on at once!!

I don't own a hurdy gurdy and i can't play it, but I love your music and your part at Eluveitie. And although I love the way you say "hurdy gurdy" 😊. I saw Eluveitie this year at the area 53 festival in Leoben /Austria. Since this time I am a great fan of you. Good luck for your future 🤘

Loved it!! 😍

Awesome Video! Thank you for the very detailed explanations!

Loved your explanation of this unique instrument.

Thanks for the information about that elegant instrument. I'm a Turk, we have some set of authentic bowed instruments like Yayli Tanbur, Klasik kemence, Rebap, Iklık, kemane vs. Some of them originates from central asia and some of them created in Anatolia, mostly in a simplistic way. But that instrument, hurdy gurdy. Is it so sweet, technical and practical :) And has nice drone tones.

Thank you so much for creating this!

i'm really fascinated by the hurdy gurdy: from the music it makes to its inner workings

Really cool video! I’ve been listening to your group and love you all. Very fascinating video and will continue to watch these! Thanks.

I was very curious about this instrument, and you explained very well! I have to say the Hurdy Gurdy is much more complex than I thought... it's fascinating

Thank you!)You have a great musical tallant!

Excellent instructional video! Kudos! :-) I'm now a fan.

Thank you for making this. Will be building my own later this summer.

Wow! I learned of something new today

YOU'RE THE BEST!❤ Thanks for everything Michalina😘

Thanks for the explanation of this marvellous instrument...even more complicated and technical than I thought!

Great video!

I don't play hurdy-gurdy, but Michalina's tutorials are really useful and interesting. Thank You, Michalina!

This instrument is amazing!

Fascinating, thank you. It is an amazing instrument!

👍😀♥️ I like your explination. Basic and clear.

Amazing video- this is perfect for those of us who want to know how it works. Thank you!

Need more of these tutorials!

Best explanation in relative detail on the internet I have found for this amazing cool ancient instrument. Live your style playing and the instruments you folks are producing look to be top shelf. I may be purchasing one in the near future.

Ah, this is fascinating. I had wondered what goes into such a curious instrument. Looking forward to the rest of your series!

Suuuuuuch a fascinating instrument... I first heard it in the Black Sails theme and was enamoured with how different it sounded.

I've been trying to figure out how the trompette strings work and this has the closest description I could find. And up close slow motion would be interesting as a detailed video.

Nice video! Great explanation ! Thank you

This was a great instructional viedo. I have it bookmarked for when i buy my own. Thank you!

I just learned what a Hurdy Gurdy was tonight when your System of a Down video showed up in my feed. That was pretty incredible. I've watched it four times now. I was curious about the instrument and this video explained very well exactly what I wanted to know.

Very nice video. Seeing how it all is supposed to work was interesting to me. Just an engineer at heart loved seeing this.

Perfect video!!!!! You speak very clear so I could understand every word you said ❤️ I was very anxious to know how the hg works. I had few doubts but now I'm done! Thank you, Micha!!!! 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

Excellent video the best that I've seen on youtube about the functioning of a hurdy gundy I wait with you to do more explanations and some information where to get a hurdy gundy👍🏻👍🏻

Amazing instruments!

really a beautiful video

Your hurdy-gurdy part in 'Worship' was absolutely SICK!!!!

I love your channel, I had the pleasure to watch you playing in Costa Rica and you really make playing hurdy look easy lol

Great video.

Awesome, thank you...

Just an amazing instrument. I thought it was more like an accordion with strings. Just cam across you’re you tube channel and really like it

Great explanation. Thank you.

What a very cool instrument

Well explained....thank u...🖤🎼🐾

Najlepszy instrument jaki widziałem :D

I can't wait to see you in action in October at Lincoln!

Best hurdy-gurdy tutorial ever (: xx

Fantastic instrument and passionate person nice to listen

Very interesting. At the end it is something like accordion under cello base. Is complex and beauty, something hard to maintain! Love this instrument.

Super poradnik! Niesamowite że tak duża część community hurdy durdy jest z naszego kraju :). Pozdrawiam!

Good info

Thank you! I'm saving up for a MM hurdy gurdy 😁

amazing.

I love you and I admire you so much Michalina❤❤❤❤ never forget it😃✌, a big hug❤❤❤❤❤

you are amazing!

Very interesting.

Top Stuff, thank you for this video. Hailing from The Snowy Mountains of Australia.

Good Lord! Looks like tuning is so complicated it would be hard to find time to play! Great video.

Polka. W Eluveitie. Jeszcze jestem w szoku i nie mogę się nadziwić, że nie ma tu więcej subskrybcji, więcej polaków, więcej gratulacji! Dziękuję w imieniu tych, którzy żyją w nieświadomości :D Oby tak dalej !

two days ago I bought a hurdy gurdy to ancestor and It is going to come on december!!! 😍

Thank you so much for your video, Michalina... ^=^

Thank you for explaining this instrument I never even knew it existed till I seen a video of your playing rock songs on it. What a cool instrument it is, is it hard to learn to play?

✨🙏🏼 awesome ✨

Questions? Where would I start? I honestly never knew this instrument existed before today. Produces a unique sound, and you certainly play it very well, has to be said.

You are so fantastic! So hard instrument :)

Can you talk more about the sympathetic strings? How they vibrate? Amazing.

Watched this whole thing and the only thing I got out of this was: It runs on black magic.

Thanks for the explanation. I’d still like to hear how the individual strings sound and how does the cranking speed affect the sound, especially if you move thr crank very slowly. Would it work remotely like the violin does?

Wonderful and very useful too! I want to learn how to play and where I am (western Pennsylvania USA) I know of no one who could teach me.

ok you've talked me out of getting one, thanks! XD I play a dozen instruments already including 10 string Chapman stick, these wonderful machines are too high maintenance for me, I'll just enjoy hearing other people play them.

Deserve more view and subscriber

Ale ten nowy album Eluveitie jest swietny!!

I just cant imagine the situation when someone invented this complex thing And started to show it to people: ”what is it called” And the first thing that pops in to his mind is: ”Hurdy Gurdy”

Thanks for the nice, in depth description of the instrument. Is the number of melody strings limited? Also how does the Hurdy Gurdy compare to the Nyckelharpa? I love the sound of both instruments.

Great Michalina! BTW. You looks beautiful

Ну, это просто ахрененно!

Ничего не понятно, но очень интересно 🤩

Wow. Clicked on learning more about this instrument, instead learned I've been saying Eluveitie wrong all this time.

Szczegolnie te momenty gdy slychac hurdy-gurdyxd

That is an instrument I find very interesting and appealing. I am writing High Fantasy, and have a character, a wandering princess who plays music. Originally I had her play a magical violin, then added a magical electric guitar and had her use one or the other depending on her preference. Now that I know about the hurdy gurdy, I think I am going to replace the princess' violin and electric guitar for a hurdy gurdy, it looks more exotic, more magical, and also very complex in its construction, as something only nobles and royalty would be able to afford in a fantasy world. Where can I learn more in depth about it? Any place where I can chat with musicians willing to aid a fantasy writer? Any features or add-ons that would be more likely seen in a hurdy gurdy designed for a solo musician? Thanks :)

I love the sound of this incredible instrument. But unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find it here in Brazil.

Excelent video. What Is the most common tuning of each string? Thanks

Metal!! \m/

Bylem na koncercie Lacuna Coil w Glasgow i mega zaintrygowal mnie zespol Eluveitie. A teraz jeszcze dodatkowa eksytacja ze maja czlonka z Polski i to na jakim instrumencie! :)

Hi, does the wheel move freely like a back wheel of a bicicle or it have the same angular velocity as the crank? love from Brazil

Hurdy gurdy is not an instrument I would play seriously but I'd like to try someday

🤪🤪wow! And I thought a guitar could be difficult!

Now, play my guitar sounds so easy... 😂

Im going to play this thing im a cellist un think their going to be good friends. Where do you recommend to buy one?

I just like the name

Жутковатая конструкция у этого инструмента :) Но когда о конструкции рассказывает такая красавица, да еще так обстоятельно - все кажется проще и легче :)

Ничего не понял, но было интересно))))

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

What about the 'sound box'? (sorry I know nothing about musical instrument terminology) The violin and the acoustic guitar have distinctive body shapes and 'sound holes' that contribute to their overall sound. What governs the shape of the Hurdy Gurdy? And does it even have any sound holes?

beautifull woman and instrument keep ur great work up :-*

Where and when did this instrument come from?