Street Music in Prague, Czech Republic. The Harp, the Hurdy Gurdy and Voice Singing
to 08:29 Harp and voice singing 08:29 to the end Hurdygurdy and voice singing The hurdygurdy is a stringed instrument that produces sound by a crankturned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents small wedges, typically made of wood against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board to make the vibration of the strings audible. Most hurdygurdies have multiple drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. For this reason, the hurdygurdy is often used interchangeably or along with bagpipes, particularly in Occitan, Catalan, Sardinian, Cajun French and contemporary Galician and Hungarian folk music. Origins and history The hurdygurdy is general
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