The man on the photo with morin khuur is Steve Morel. Go check his RUclips channel and website, if you are interested in this awesome instrument. He shares the best knowledge about it.
Worthy also mentioning the lyra in Calabria, South Italy and the fact that the Cretan lyra did in fact have up to four sympathetic strings (up until the beginning of the 20th century).
Thank you Chris for this informative and thought provoking overview! Every material and design approach yields a unique sound. Now what strange concoctions will emerge from my shop!
Absolutely fascinating! Thankyou so much for posting this very interesting video. I have subscribed now, so can watch any others that you might post. Thankyou ! 👍😊
Excellent as always Chris! I wondered if you might include newer variants like the Stroh violin, fretted fiddles, electric violins, Midi violin etc... Or using new materials and making methods like carbon fibre, 3d printing etc to make fiddles. Maybe this could be a topic for a future episode?
Thanks Brendan. Yes, as usual, I missed loads out- I didn't even mention Africa, which has lots of fiddles. The stroh would have been interesting to mention as it has become adopted by some Romanian gypsy musicians. As you say, plenty of room for episode 2!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed this. The audio I used was all done for me by friends around the world. They're listed in the description, I think in order of appearance, so that would be Raphael Sibertin-Blanc- on Kemence.
I play hardingfele, and I recently learned that our school has a rebab to go with our Gamelan, but it's been neglected and the bow hair badly needs to be replaced before it's playable at all. I tried putting the bridge back on and tuning it but the body keeps rotating around the pole that goes through it and forms the fingerboard so it's hard to keep in the same position
I have a Nepalese sarangi. It has 4 strings (nylon from tennis racket) strings are fingered frim side by finger nails. Bow iz a bent strip of bamboo with horsehair. In Nepal musicians are hereditary, you have to be born in right family. 😉
@@TheFiddleChannel got it from Nepali musicians playing in the street in galway. Plus a few lessons. Sounds great. But i don't practice it any more, no time 😕
I just got a Jordanian rebab today. Great video, by the way
Thanks!
The man on the photo with morin khuur is Steve Morel. Go check his RUclips channel and website, if you are interested in this awesome instrument. He shares the best knowledge about it.
Thank you Magne
Worthy also mentioning the lyra in Calabria, South Italy and the fact that the Cretan lyra did in fact have up to four sympathetic strings (up until the beginning of the 20th century).
Outstanding tour, thank you!
Thank you Chris for this informative and thought provoking overview! Every material and design approach yields a unique sound. Now what strange concoctions will emerge from my shop!
Hi Arthur. Glad you found it interesting and a challenge to your inventiveness!
Very nice video! Thanks!!
There is also type of fiddle called "gusle" in Serbian nation. They're used mainly for singing epical poetry...
I have one hanging on my wall!
My dear friend, i cant believe you didnt talk about the Brazilian Rabeca. Wonferfull fiddle instrument
Sorry about that!
@@TheFiddleChannel haha no problem friend!
Absolutely fascinating!
Thankyou so much for posting this very interesting video. I have subscribed now, so can watch any others that you might post. Thankyou ! 👍😊
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it.
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Excellent as always Chris! I wondered if you might include newer variants like the Stroh violin, fretted fiddles, electric violins, Midi violin etc... Or using new materials and making methods like carbon fibre, 3d printing etc to make fiddles. Maybe this could be a topic for a future episode?
Thanks Brendan. Yes, as usual, I missed loads out- I didn't even mention Africa, which has lots of fiddles. The stroh would have been interesting to mention as it has become adopted by some Romanian gypsy musicians. As you say, plenty of room for episode 2!
I would like it a lot more if there were more recordings for each of the instruments, rather than narration describing what it sounds like.
"The wind blowing over the skin of a dead monkey"
Great video. What's the recording playing at the very start?
Thanks, glad you enjoyed this. The audio I used was all done for me by friends around the world. They're listed in the description, I think in order of appearance, so that would be Raphael Sibertin-Blanc- on Kemence.
I play hardingfele, and I recently learned that our school has a rebab to go with our Gamelan, but it's been neglected and the bow hair badly needs to be replaced before it's playable at all. I tried putting the bridge back on and tuning it but the body keeps rotating around the pole that goes through it and forms the fingerboard so it's hard to keep in the same position
Shame! I hope you manage to get it working again!
check out cretan lyra or violin
You forgot Mesenko played in eritrea and ethiopia it is colled Chira Wata as wel.
Thank you Mera.
I have a Nepalese sarangi. It has 4 strings (nylon from tennis racket) strings are fingered frim side by finger nails. Bow iz a bent strip of bamboo with horsehair. In Nepal musicians are hereditary, you have to be born in right family. 😉
Very interesting!
@@TheFiddleChannel got it from Nepali musicians playing in the street in galway. Plus a few lessons. Sounds great. But i don't practice it any more, no time 😕
Chinese huqin is related to Mongolian Khuuchir not Morin Khuur.
Thanks Manduul.