This is super helpful! I’ve been having a hard time trying to figure out how to tune my gurdy.

I've watched a few of your videos now and this answered a ton of my questions. I was curious about replacement strings and what to use.

Thank you a lot for your help! Very clear :)

Finally video i looking for with informations about tunings ;D thx man!

I did watch it a second time and... I understood everything :D I think I'm ready! :3

Brand new, looking to get started with music in general, but specifically the Hurdy Gurdy. I'm going to do it, no matter how hard it is or how long it takes. I just want you to know, I appreciate you, it's extremely difficult to find this kind of information about HG. Thank you from a future HG player! :)

Thank you for the strings advice! ^_^

Hey great video thank you. Have you got any tips on practicing at night :) any tricks for practicing but not wake your neighbours up?

That was so useful! Thank you! By the way, what is your the intro songs name?)

thank you for the tuning and strings tips, do you have some music scores for medieval melodies ?

What is the name of the song at the end of the video? It is very good! Thanks!

Hello Sergio! I'm starting with a second-hand gurdy and after seeing the video I have a question: I understood you can stretch the C drone string to sound like a D, but can you do the same with the melodic strings? Because mine already look too stretched when they sound open G, I'm afraid they may break if I try an A. That's because I would like to play some irish music with friends playing in D.

During your string recommendations you list a .84mm savarez as working for the G trumpet, but when looking for the string .84mm is listed as an A and .89mm is listed as a G. Was this a typo? Or are you saying to tune an A string to G? I'm planning to build a nerdy gurdy and this has been the most helpful info I've found to figure out what strings to use for trumpets, thank you.

Usefull ! Thank you Sergio. What tune is played at 4'20" ? :)

Hi Sergio. Is it posible to change the tune of a chanter so you go from g' to low G by just placing the proper string (I look for a lower sound). Is there any trouble with this? Thanks in advance.

is Kürschner good for melody strings? All suppliers near me are out of vision strings, and on Kürschner's website they recommend a 0,82mm plain gut for G' chanterelle. They're also recommending a 1,62mm wound gut for G (I'm trying for a setup where one of my chanterelles is one octave lower than the other). I've used savarez gut for chanterelles but I am not liking the sound too much.

Will these strings work on the Nerdy too? If not, which do you recommend? Thanks

This is interesting but wouldn't it be simpler as a reference to mention what a typical 6-string G/C tuning uses? Like, G4 chanterelles if in unison, or G4 and G3 if tuned an octave apart, C4 trompette, G3 mouche, C3 petit bourdon, G2 gros bourdon.

Hey there, do you know where can I find one in Brazil?

He says we are crankers. I like to call us Crankheads

It it possible to have a soprano Gurdy to have more a lower range to that of a viola? This D G tuning ?

On a 2/2/2 gurdy do you recommend the drones at C2 and G2 or both drones in the same key at different octaves?

If I have a 1/2/1 Hurdy gurdy do I tune the drone and trompette to C and then both Chanters to G or one to G and one to C?

Hey! How are you? We play in the metal band and tune our guitar in drop A. What tuning would you suggest for hurdy gurdy to be able to play some nice melodies with our guitars? Thanks for help!!!

Like most videos about strings, it seems to be a matter of opinion!

D/G, Sergio. D/G

im unable to find the savarez bfc 1850 for a c drone, any tips?

I just got my first hurdy gurdy from china(I couldn't afford European made one, but still cost me 9k) I've got a few questions to ask, and if you answer for those, I would be really appreciated. 1. first 2 tuning pegs on the end of the head are super hard to move, do you think this is awfully made one or is it usually that hard? 2. fist trumpet string is connected with nylon string to the tuning peg on bottom, what is this? do I have to cut it off? 3. it only has 1 tuning peg on the bottom what is this for? 4. when all the strings are connected, it is hard to move the wheel while playing keys, is it another sign of awfully made instrument or is it normal?

I cant rly find the two drone strings you mentioned. I search for the Savarez BFC 1850 , Savarez BFC 854 but i dont get any results oO? Do they have other names or am i just to dumb for google? xD I am from germany. Are there any Drone options i could buy on Thomann?^^ Thx in advance

Where do i get a hurdy like yours?

So i saw a video and it said the drone was c/g and the trompette was c/g do you think they mixed up the order or is this actually how it was tuned?

Is the trumpet called that because it's a high tone, and drone because it's bassier? If you get my badly worded question.

What do you do if the third key doesn't go to C when it's tuned to G?

Brian David Gilbert sent me here

I'm waiting for him to say "OK" after every statement.... It must be the wrong region.

¿Por que no subtitulas en español?

is this real?