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Hurdy-gurdy aka wheelfiddle (en) / draailier (nl) / vielle à roue (fr)

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Uploaded by on Sep 13, 2009

(Scroll for English) Clip van 2mans draailier bandje (nederlands: draailier, engels: "hurdy-gurdy" of "wheel fiddle", frans: vielle à roue) tijdens het Panderfeest 2009 te Den Haag.

De draailier is een middeleeuws snaarinstrument en als je het hoort denk je: doedelzak? Dat komt omdat er een cilinder tegen een snaar aan draait met "continue" geluidsproductie. Draailieren worden daarom ook vaak gebruikt afwisselend of samen met doedelzakken vooral in franse en hongaarse volksmuziek.

Draailier muzikanten spelen vaak op europese volksfeesten en festivals. Het bekendste festival met draailier vertegenwoordiging wordt rond 14 juli gehouden in Saint-Chartier, Frankrijk.

De draailier wordt alleen ambachtelijk en dan nog op speciaal verzoek door enkele vakmensen ter wereld gemaakt. De draailier die Jimmy hier speelt, heeft hij in Engeland laten maken.

Hurdy gurdy aka wheel fiddle / draailier (Dutch) / vielle à roue (French) - Clip of hurdy gurdy concert at "Panderfeest 2009" in The Hague, Holland.

A hurdy gurdy is a medieval lute-like instrument with small keys in which strings are actuated by contact with a rotating rosin-coated wheel.

Most hurdy gurdies have multiple "drone strings" which provide a continuing pitch, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. The hurdy gurdy is therefore often used interchangeably with or along with bagpipes, particularly in French and Hungarian folk music.

Many folk music festivals in Europe feature hurdy gurdy players, the most famous festival being at Saint-Chartier, France, around July 14.

Hurdy gurdies are still made by a few craftsmen around the world. The hurdy gurdy that Jimmy plays in this clip was made in England by special order.

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  • In Danish a Hurdy Gurdy is called a ‘drejelire’. Dreje means ‘turn’. Obviously the same word as in Dutch/nederlands

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