Good question. First of all, I'm not using the "standard" G tuning, instead my strings in these video were in C4 ( or C3 / C4?). This would be an Alto tuning. Secondly, I'm passing the sound through a piezo and then to my Roland Cube with Octavizer effect (it replicates your sound one octave lower) for extra bass. The cone of the amp is very small, but still I can get much more bass than normal!

You won't find them for 40$, but why not, it's a really relaxing instrument! Easy to learn, hard to master as they say

I think somewhere arounh 50/60 but hell I don't remember.

​@@CaptainGurdyIm each string? I saw people making for example 30 strands for the two outer strings and about 60 in the middle. Im curious because Im making a Talharpa now and have completely no idea about instruments 😅. How long is your Talharpa? Mine is about 85cm long

Thanks a lot! To be honest, I didn't think it, it just seemed the best way to do it.

I'm fine thanks! With 4 Hurdy Gurdies at home, I struggle to keep up with the maintenance & tuning :|

You can slow down the video on the youtube player if it helps. Also, I have posted "tabs" on the description of the video. It's not a known standard, so they may be hard to interpret, but should give you a hand. Let me know if you have any question!

which one are you?

@@CaptainGurdy my name is legion for we are many ?

@@lightningspirit2166Well first of thank you for comparing me playing th HG to me riding at the grand national. Donkeys are great animals, really trustworthy, so the comparison there is appreciated too. But seriously, I'm not that stupid. I'm a terrible concertina player, I have a 15€ Hohner concertina. Yet every time I post a song using that, I get only positive comments. I'm a shitty Saz player, I got my baglama for 50€ on ebay, again I get no bad comments when I shoot videos with it. Yet, every time I play something in the 600-700€ price range, I get a couple of comments, from 1 / 2 yr old accounts, who identify the name of the maker (even when I don't mention it) and insult either me directly or more often the maker. Every time the same charade. It doesn't take Einstein to understand that there is a very small number of people on the planet who would feel angered or threatened by my videos. Hence, my question.

@@CaptainGurdy hello......thanks for the reasonable reply......I've seen many of your u tube presentations ,where your hurdy gurdy playing is good....but i think the vrabel hurdy gurdy was the problem in this instance ....i have had a bad past experience buying from this maker,and I'm not the only one ....other u tube gurdy players have also pointed this out.....on their presentations....it really annoys me how this makers rubbish hurdys are sold to customers, who then lose out ! Nothing personal, your a victim too ,but at least you try to play well on a bad instrument .....however not with great success !regards.... ..

you're an asshole, you know that?

Hi.... its probably in part ,his crap vrabel hurdy gurdy.....I bought one of these gurdys and spent many luthier hours and many hundreds of pounds putting it right! I also think this captain hurdy is a rude arrogant twat....for calling you a asshole .....your only offering your honest opinion....after all and to some degree I agree with you !

It's not easy but I suggest looking the back of the keys. You can write the note name on tape there, if it makes it easier!

There is a slight air leakage

Correct, this is the tutorial for the armenian folk song "Đruncěn SæilØr". They get often mixed up. You can listen to the original here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mrenZ9pqvM28k4U.html

@@CaptainGurdy ah yes, a deeply clever and layered joke. surely this will distract everyone from how you _royally_ fucked up the melody to a song designed to be easy to play and sing

I got fuckin rick rolled in 2024 lmao​@@CaptainGurdy

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@@matthewbertrand4139bros mad for what

If you're interested in this kind of stuff, yes!

Sorry I'm not selling

A 6-string crwth has normally 3 choirs. Just like a 12 string guitar is pretty much like a 6 string guitar but with more presence.

Nah spongebob had accordion

I thought it was cool and was going to buy one until you said that. Way to discredit someone else doing something awesome and make it all childish and dumb.

@@MealaBeala what’s wrong with spongebob

yikes - idk if you even see the irony in that comment, but uh, it's a really childish one, so i mean - does it matter? TV series (whether for cartoons or not), have a musician or a band that play the theme. So if music is childish and dumb to you, then ig your comment makes sense. Also lots of intelligent adults enjoy things like animated shows, for a multitide of reasons. Maybe someone beat the child out of you somehow long ago though, idk. Kinda sad ngl@@MealaBeala

@DOCTORCHEATER always has such exciteful commentary

Thanks!

Obrigado pelas informações. Gostaria também de comprar um Oboé usado e ou concertina como se vê na figura pentagonal ou hexagonal...uma embora usada, mas que não fosse cara, mas operacional. Obrigado e Bom Natal - Boas Festas

I know it's not easy on video. You can buy the book with tablatures though, they help a lot!

Thanks a lot! You can find all our music on spotify or youtube under the name Ars Antiquitas

@@CaptainGurdy thanks! :)

Thanks! I'm already planning the next one

@Captain Gurdy YES! You are seriously the coolest person on KZfaq man I hope your channel blows up you deserve it :)

Nah, sold it to a collector and friend!

Many of the songs are fine with just a 20 buttons. On each song, a small diagram will show what buttons are necessary.

How surprising, another account with zero history just comments my videos! I'm sure it's a real person. Your mother was a hamster, and you father smelled of elderberries! I fart in your general direction!

@@CaptainGurdy well my excrement is very high status ,something you will never be able to match or achieve ?

Is that the story of your life? Thanks for sharing it.

@@CaptainGurdy I think it applies to you also ?

Uhm, no

@@CaptainGurdy well uhm,yes !unless you've got ulterior motives for not telling the truth?