Gloucestershire Wassail played on the Symphonay - a variation of the Hurdy Gurdy - presented by DeeDee Tibbits. Shop DeeDee's digital downloads and CDs: deedeetibbits.com/shop/ 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Music begins
@@deedeetibbits That's wonderful. Here in Germany I've never seen anyone with such an instrument. I'm almost sure that I'm going to buy one during this year. Best wishes.
My 6 year old daughter enjoyed watching some of your videos yesterday. Thanks for showing how the instruments work along with the historical information.❤
Oh! I’ve heard this song before, but I never knew the name! Good job! My family makes a drink called wassail around Christmastime. We use apple cider, orange juice, lemon juice, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, sugar, and water. Some people spike it, but I don’t. Merry Christmas!
@@KayElayempea I will try to give you the directions for it. I didn’t mention this initially, but it’s a warm drink. Boil 2 quarts of water and 4 cups of sugar for 10 minutes. Wrap in a cheesecloth: 1 tablespoon of whole cloves 6 teaspoons of ground ginger 6 cinnamon sticks Let that steep for 1 hour. Then add 1 gallon of apple cider, 2 quarts of orange juice, and 2 cups of lemon juice. And then if you want, you can add some alcohol to yours, but I don’t. I think it’s great without it! I hope you enjoy it! Merry Christmas!
Oh wow! I saw a guy at a renaissance festival who had one of those! But his was shaped more like a guitar. It had a neck and a round body like a kettle. And the crank was on the front, if I recall. (It may have been on the end). I was wondering how it worked. After his performance, a guy wanted to check it out and see how it works, but the owner was adamant that no one touch it and I don't blame him! It looked extremely old and valuable! Meanwhile, the idiot who kept demanding to touch it had obviously never been told no before! I think he was having trouble processing the concept! Don't touch the valuable medieval instrument! 😂
One of my favourite Christmas albums is from Kate Rusby, a Yorkshire native. That's the first I heard of wassailing -- she has a lovely upbeat traditional song about it on the album
Thank you for sharing for this holiday season. Hearing you play and watching your joy as you play, as well as your knowledge of the wonderful instruments... it's what we all could do with a bit of this year. Again, thank-you, and Merry Christmas to you and yours. 🎄
Hi Dee Dee, Happy New Year... a bit premature as it doesn't start till Monday, being the first day of the N. Year. Have to say you are so talented, playing so many instruments. Some weird and wonderful. Loved that one from Gloucestershire and I hate to admit it but didn't know we had Wassail in the UK. Clearly, I haven't lived. Now in FL I can't believe I didn't know.
I swear this lady reminds me of some Martha Stewart of obscure musical instruments 😂. Very talented and so knowledgeable about the history, it's amazing. PS I would love to see her, Martha Stewart, and Snoop do something together.
Hey DeeDee! This video was just recommended to me. I didn't know you had a channel. This is Awesome! Even though I can't take lessons from you anymore I'm so glad I can still be learning from you! I remember playing a Hurdy Gurdy at the dulcimer festival, I think the first time our family went, probably like 8 years ago. It's definitely a fun instrument!
Your collection of instruments is fascinating. I had heard of the hurdy-gurdy but had not known particulars about what looked or sounded like. Though this is not a wind instrument, the principle reminds me of bagpipes, where a continual drone tone accompanies the melody notes.
@@elteescat Yes, that too! I have an Appalachian dulcimer and think of it as a “stringed bagpipe”, with the gentle droning sound. It is a very pretty instrument.
Your instrument is a hurdy gurdy mechanism inside a symphony style box! So strictly speaking your instrument is not a traditional hurdy gurdy,plus a hurdy gurdy usually has a chien ,where's your buzz?
@@carmellewis2466 No ! .... because the u tube title still only mentions .. hurdy gurdy,plus on the video she still refers to it as a hurdy gurdy.......truth is I pointed out her error previously ....but sometimes people don't want to admit their wrong.,Just because you happen to afford a expensive bow wheeled instrument it does not automatically make you a authority on the instrument, I happen to have put many years into the study of wheel bowed instruments and know what I'm talking about ! Still in the kingdom of blind u tube ,the one eyed man is king ,happy self denial!
Eventually we'd like to take the time to correct any misinformation we may have shared, but these were done several weeks ago so your input has not been ignored.
