Hurdy Gurdy (The medieval wheel instrument)

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What is a Hurdy Gurdy? Where did it come from? How is it played? Tuned? Built? We sit down with a local Hurdy-gurdy expert to chat about this medieval instrument.
In a little while I'll put out a video and song with it. Hurdy Gurdy Metal maybe?
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@TarksGauntlet 5 лет назад

"You're crankin'!" This dudes been at it long enough to have Hurdy Gurdy dad jokes. Bless him.

@JacobDFerguson 5 лет назад

Tarks Gauntlet Amen

@deconimus2393 5 лет назад

"You have a good cranking arm" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@Ilicia16 5 лет назад

He didn't know what he was getting into when Rob said "gonna do a metal tune"

@xXEmbracetheMetalXx 5 лет назад

The guy is a badass, dad jokes or not. Haha He had Rob CRANKIN’ out the tunes in no time! Pretty cool stuff. 🙂

@womanzuzu9688 5 лет назад

For sure I couldn't get away from the video after that.

@WastelandBowman 4 года назад

> has opportunity to play historic instrument > plays Slayer Rob is a good man.

@nibblrrr7124 4 года назад

𝕿𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖒𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖉𝖞𝖊 𝕴 𝖜𝖊𝖑 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖊, 𝖖𝖚𝖔𝖉 𝖍𝖊, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖔 𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕰𝖓𝖘𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖂𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖊. 11:22

@ulfdanielsen6009 4 года назад

If I could like this comment a thousand times more I would!

@LUCIAN8016 4 года назад

Poor instrument... Poor instrument such profanation

@z-vil3339 4 года назад

War Ensemble !!!!

@diphenhydramine4605 4 года назад

@SalaComMander Год назад

This man has been waiting his whole life to talk about this, and I'm so happy he finally got the opportunity.

@gardensofthegods Год назад

True except this guy kept interrupting him and it was really a shame actually

@noname-by3qz Год назад

I'm pretty sure he's had many students in his life.

@ItsGiving798 Год назад

He came singing songs of lohohohoohohohohohove

@jimjambananaslam3596 Год назад

@@gardensofthegods Geez you people are unforgiving.

@jasonjames8460 11 месяцев назад

Lmao. 💯 cheers to the Hurdy Gurdy man!!

@BlitzAttacker 9 месяцев назад

I'd freaking love to see an "obscure" instruments band. Hurdy gurdy, sitar, theremin, glass armonica, lute chikuzen biwa, etc. The sounds that are on other sides of the planet but something in my brain feels they'd sound amazing together.

@bloodysmurf 9 месяцев назад

Hurdy Gurdy is actually having a bit of a resurgence. Check out Cellar Darling or Patty Gurdy, for example.

@andrew_ray 6 месяцев назад

And the musical saw, which is really just breathtaking to see and hear played.

@bridgetking4553 6 месяцев назад

Sitars are not obscure but the rest of them are

@jimicusjolcen9460 5 месяцев назад

Didgeridoo, bagpipes, Alp horn🤘🏻

@LukeBeks 4 месяца назад

That band is called Faun

@goaltotroll4241 5 лет назад

The hurdy gurdy guy so excited to have someone who wants to listen about it

@blackhawk3975 5 лет назад

I wouldn't understand, but I'd sure as hell listen!!!!!

@akdo_ 5 лет назад

hurdy gurdy man

@user-co4xl7wx3q 5 лет назад

Wish he would stfu & just let him talk about it

@dazzelya 5 лет назад

I'm enjoying hese videos but I would love to hear a little more of the experts playing. Just a continuous minute or two or so. Just to understand more what the instruments can do. Awesome vids!

@colslaughter3734 5 лет назад

Goal To Troll imagine spending your entire life mastering a complex instrument just to be known as ‘The Hurdy Gurdy guy’

@luxford60 3 года назад

I like the hurdy gurdy. Mate of mine had one stolen in a burglary at his house in London. amazingly he got it back after somebody bought it in a flea market in Romania. Guy who bought it saw a sticker with my mate's name on it, Googled him and saw the Facebook post about his instruments getting stolen and got in touch. he got it back in time for a gig he was due o play with it, the last gig I went to before the Covid lockdown.

@BootsORiley 3 года назад

What a great story! I’m glad your mate got his hurdy gurdy returned to him, and in time to play it at a gig he had lined up, at that!

@Krabadaque 3 года назад

@@BootsORiley yeah! The thieves didn't become very rich, ha ha!

@jerimow8400 2 года назад

Cool story! Thank you for sharing!

@farinheit2celsius 2 года назад

Tell us more about this gig though...does he like play medieval church music live or something lmao

@luxford60 2 года назад

@@farinheit2celsius prog rockers playing sea shanties.

@augusonictheracoon5279 Год назад

What a nicely advanced instrument from medieval age, each age had its advanced tecnologies.

@tgbluewolf Год назад

There's quite a long list of things that we ultimately have to thank the people of the medieval era for, and yeah I never would've guessed the hurdy gurdy's age just by looking at it!

@swervsplatt9672 10 месяцев назад

Except this one. This one has looting and gender fluidity....

@ashtar3876 8 месяцев назад

Insane how smart people were even back then

@bricaaron3978 8 месяцев назад

@@ashtar3876 *"Insane how smart people were even back then"* Well, you do know that intelligence has not increased over time? In fact, all evidence indicates that it has decreased since the inception of Man.

@Ancient_Authority 6 месяцев назад

@@swervsplatt9672 and the 1800s had public hangings and "unrapeable" black women. which is worse?

@Tuxlion 2 года назад

Just a bit of information that came from my college professor. The Hurdy Gurdy was originally used as the drone note in chants. For basics a drone note is just one note in the song that someone has to hold for long periods of time. So in easier to understand words, the Hurry Gurdy was made so people didn't pass out while chanting

@owls893 7 месяцев назад

originally used as? i dont know where this story comes from but its not entirely correct. it was a fully used instrument like any, since its beginnings.

@Snuusnuu69 4 года назад

"I've never played with another Hurdy Gurdy player". That was an amazing complement and a heartfelt statement, I'm sure he was pleasantly surprised and very happy in that moment playing together with you.

@amyicykintinakofa5016 4 года назад

that was just beautiful

@john27638 4 года назад

Well, there probably aren't many

@MooSaidChicken 4 года назад

You can tell in the moments prior by the smile on his face.

@lauriehutchison449 7 месяцев назад

He’s extremely lucky to have not ever played with another hurdy gurdy player. I once witnessed a group of around a dozen, and it was pure torture to politely sit through the entire performance. I say this having gotten myself through learning to play violin and having a love of bagpipes, including massed pipes. One hurdy gurdy is fun, would love to have one, but can’t recommend a group!

@rolandscales9380 4 месяца назад

@@john27638 Try Europe. It's possible to find decent instruments too, rather than the over-decorated piece of junk in the video.

@Zearo298 4 года назад

man, that guy must've been just so chuffed to see this young guy interested in and actively playing this medieval instrument

@vorshack8968 4 года назад

Guess who just had to google the word 'chuffed'. (me)

@manthak377 4 года назад

@@vorshack8968 lmao you Google chuffed to find out chuffed is its own antonym

@shaquillewilson1479 4 года назад

@@manthak377 nonononononononononononononononononononono o ono

@nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

He looked wicked excited

@historicalaccuracy15 4 года назад

@@manthak377 wat

@lemongreed7916 Год назад

Jim is so passionate about hurdy gurdy, I'm glad you got him as a guest, it's so wholesome 😭 And shredding riffs on a medieval box-like instrument is not something I ever expected to see but it's so cool

@peggyhemenger8983 7 месяцев назад

Wow, I'm Catholic and I never knew that. I'll have to spring this on our music director/pipe organist and see if he knows this bit of musical history. Hard to believe you two have never played together, well done!

@MW-bv3wu 6 месяцев назад

Now I want to find a Trad parish and start lobbying for hurdy gurdy use.

@poshrat4605 5 лет назад

"Newer instruments, and i mean renaissance and baroque-"

@DeepinMaiYass 5 лет назад

If it's not Baroque, don't fix it.

@olivef.8094 5 лет назад

@@DeepinMaiYass I hate that I get that joke hahaha

@nikomitrione 5 лет назад

Seth Cantsee that took me so long to get... I’m so slow

@donkmeister 5 лет назад

@@DeepinMaiYassI see where you're coming from , but the "roque" in Baroque rhymes with "rock", not "broke" (think how the cheese "roquefort" is pronounced)... So "I wanna Baroque" or "I love Baroque and roll" would make more sense.

@DeepinMaiYass 5 лет назад

@@donkmeister if I were in jolly old England that may hold water. Now Bach off and get me your credit card and Chopin number.

@joakimkaspersen6013 5 лет назад

"What instrument do you play?" Rob: "Yes"

@tylerhammerly0955 5 лет назад

Joakim Kaspersen this great

@valhalla6266 5 лет назад

He can't play the trumpet tho

@g4br9el 5 лет назад

Mhmm

@ddub1253 5 лет назад

@@valhalla6266 trumpet n wind inst. Take true talent

@virgilepotato9426 5 лет назад

I remember this one on '' every instrument song'' video that I made and i' m proud of it, yes I'm an assh*le

@feralbluee 9 месяцев назад

when i was a kid in the early ‘50’s, we’d visit my mom’s parents in Chicago. there was a really old lady who did have a big hurdy gurdy that she’d take around on wheels - sort of a smaller player piano in size. she’d play it on the streets for handouts. only i think she played it on her own, turning the crank and playing it with her other hand. i had no idea till a week ago that there were hand held instruments. i like hearing the old ballads from medieval times. very rich sound. 🌷🌱

@TheBlondiesNr1 2 года назад

It's such a reverent instrument. I feel in awe of the sound and my ears are used to all kinds of noises. Imagine what a medieval peasant might feel listening to this instrument in church. Out of this world

@MorrowSind 4 года назад

Every town should have a hurdy gurdy guy.

@GS195 4 года назад

I went to a convention that had one... long ago.

@GS195 4 года назад

Looper Birhinger Completely different

@Auspexel 4 года назад

With his frozen fingers, plays as best he can!

@zekezzekekan2144 4 года назад

I can't find a teacher in my town so mine's just rotten the closet

@demitriosvekkf.z.7768 4 года назад

only if he's paid well enough to live and thensome!

@namuh5799 4 года назад

Can we just appreciate this kind and wholesome man happily explaining everything about his hobby and instrument to a fellow musician and playing with him and genuinely praising him that hes got a talent and it was fun with no envy or sarcasm because rob learns so quick. This man is humanity+

@TullinBlack 4 года назад

Exactly! I love to see him so passionate about his instrument. Truly a heartwarming video.

@bodfer1 3 года назад

it just seems so that he is picking up so quickly. it comes because of his years of training with other stringed instrument, there is always a treshold sooner or later one will bump into. and at that point will be decided if you willing to put in more work for the sake of perfection on that instrument. one can`t just leave out the years it`s needed for to really master an instrument. anyway it is just a nice try nothing more

@piranhaplantX 3 года назад

I think it comes down to two choices when you have a niche interest/hobby. You can be very elitist, which works against the hobby as a whole, or you can be glad that someone else is helping keep the hobby alive.

@erikamuse2526 3 года назад

Indeed

@kyleguajardo 3 года назад

After satisfying yourself with knowledge of something to the point that you can be called an expert, the only natural course is to share interest

@ApproximatelyCee Год назад

Holy crow! I have never in all of my many years seen someone pick up a musical instrument for the first time and play so beautifully. Bravo! C’est magnifique.

@phonicalnotion248 Год назад

This has become one of my new all-time favourite instruments. The sound, the feel, the entire reverberation from it is just so welcoming. Just like bagpipes for me.

@Varaldar 4 года назад

"theres this felt on this string- "-thats cotton" "so this one has six strings then-" "it has four"

@gorgolyt 4 года назад

You'd prefer he lie and keep up the pretence of the mistake? Weird.

@Varaldar 4 года назад

@@gorgolyt no it's just funny, the rapid fire corrections

@gorgolyt 4 года назад

@@Varaldar I guess. If you work in technical industries that mode of speaking is pretty typical so I didn't really notice anything unusual or funny there.

@steamynoodle2010 4 года назад

Do you even Gerdy bro!?

@Rivers256 4 года назад

He chose to cut after that part rather than before it, makes sense to me.

@Brokenlance 4 года назад

When he said "I've never played with another Hurdy Gurdy player before" I don't know why but it felt so wholesome. It's like when you finally meet someone that shares a niche hobby with you and you two hit it off and you finally feel less isolated and weird. It was nice lol.

@amyicykintinakofa5016 4 года назад

i know its like when i find some one as weird and screwed up in the head as me

@minoritygaming4009 4 года назад

Nice

@A-G-F- 4 года назад

He sounded leggit hapoy after that oart

@computadorsoares 4 года назад

i really felt that when the melodys got together, so nice

@randyxyt5562 4 года назад

@@amyicykintinakofa5016 Oh an edgy teen, I see.

@meganh9637 Год назад

I just heard a classical piece with this instrument in it and now I've gone down a rabbit hole. I think this might be one of my favorite-sounding instruments ever

@subspace2913 5 лет назад

Me: * *has homework* * Also me: *hurdy gurdy*

@jose2226 5 лет назад

This is so dumb but made me laugh, thanks

@oscarsimpsonjacka7917 5 лет назад

I have a music exam and I actually need to know this for homework 😂

@shashainnova8951 4 года назад

Irresponsible ass fucking kid

@Luna-xb9zn 4 года назад

Dude this is homework, learning music and history

@serdarkahraman6765 4 года назад

Me rn

@eere3343 5 лет назад

I'm ready for Hurdy Gurdy Metal in very inappropriate places.

@mk_rexx 5 лет назад

There's no inappropriate place for Hurdy Gurdy Metal

@liberatetheforks 5 лет назад

@@Ehh97 Eluveitie is one of my go to bands. The sound is not like anything else I've heard.

@GlazzHalfFool 5 лет назад

@Big Boss rebirth is an amazing song.......

@TheRealMirCat 5 лет назад

May I interest you in a little "Storm Seeker"?

@GlazzHalfFool 5 лет назад

@Big Boss that's going into the topic of what type of band they are, are they a super group that intends to build the song to show off the ability of the players, or are they a normal band that use their ability to show off the song, either is fine. But usually a solo part is used to give a song a climax, I just listened again to all the song. They all are good songs, but most of them have an overly use of the "non electric" or rather "ethnic" instruments, maybe it's just not my cup of tea, but I just think that rebirth have a better song build, just a total drive that would pump you up any time, the other songs are rather monotonous, maybe except thousandfold, there is place to show the ability of the players, but for my taste it's not needed to be overused, which in most of the songs you mentioned it happens....

@TimGreig 6 месяцев назад

What a beautiful instrument: 1000 years old, that drone sound is a killer and those grace notes. So sweet

@dAdpool-lt2zh Год назад

This guy is simply “the Hurdy Gurdy Man” I loved this video !

@typepositivelyset4808 5 лет назад

the hurdy gurdy is the reason I exist, my parents met at a hurdy gurdy fesival. never thought I would see you playing one. crazy

@romajimamulo 5 лет назад

Better than a keg party

@versnellingspookie 5 лет назад

So you're a Hurdy Gurdy lovebaby?

@jarls5890 5 лет назад

"Hurdstock '68 - the summer of the Gurdy". =)

@basementpunkkid9199 5 лет назад

Jarl S this is my new favorite comment

@TheShadyShepardShow 5 лет назад

This sounds like some shit from a movie

@SavageDarkness 5 лет назад

Pardon me, my good sir, but doseth thyne musical contraption, djent?

@JacobHardman 5 лет назад

Asking the real questions.

@alexdaigle2006 5 лет назад

Haha 🤣

@Blarrgensnorf 5 лет назад

Dost thou djenteth?

@nathanielwier8972 5 лет назад

You glorious bastard, that made my day

@bmartin4320 5 лет назад

Lmao 😂😂😂

@igorvoloshin3406 6 месяцев назад

Here in Ukraine hurdy-gurdy is called simply "lira" and since old times up to the early XX century one could meet a wandering musician - "lirnyk" travelling across the land and singing folk tales - "kazka" and Cossack heroic ballads - "douma", accompanying himself with lira. Thank you for interesting video and greetings from Ukraine! ✌🇺🇦

@jasonwelsh417 Год назад

My father built two of these. It was pretty impressive.

@carolnearson7932 5 месяцев назад

Wow! That’s amazing!

@HangrySaturn Месяц назад

Your father is goated.

@stickoutofthemud 4 года назад

Finally, an instrument for those who don't have the lungs for bagpipes!

@MsMormoopidae 4 года назад

Steve V You might be interested in Irish bagpipes (uilleann pipes), they use a bellows instead of your lungs!

@vindiesel3066 3 года назад

Athsmatic bagpipes

@megaseis7849 3 года назад

more drone ! (in Christopher Walken's voice)

@Pentregarth 3 года назад

I'm asthmatic (or at least I used to be) and my lungs were never the problem with playing bagpipes. If you have a set with a decent seal, the first thing that will become fatigued as you play is your arm, then eventually your lips once your arm is trained to keep the pressure up. Hurdy gurdy is a beautiful instrument though and makes for a very nice accompaniment to bagpipes as well.

@matthewreese7710 3 года назад

Steve V “Finally!” Hurdy Gurdy: *is a 1000 years old*

@nightshadekelly 3 года назад

That guy was probably so happy to teach a young person so much about that instrument.

@Krabadaque 3 года назад

My impression is that both were happy about meeting and explaining / learning!

@kirbyjoe7484 2 года назад

He looked both happy and impressed with how quickly Rob picked up and explored the capabilities of the instrument.

@CrazyDave318 Год назад

It’s been 84 years.

@charliepea Год назад

That instrument looks too advanced for its time. It's amazing.

@erichwoods8336 Год назад

What a fantastic instrument, I had only heard about it through the song ‘hurdy gurdy man’ but such a delight to hear someone playing it and seemingly enjoying it. Something not to be lost in the passage of time. Thank You…..

@sergioguerra7551 3 года назад

I’m impressed how interesting the hurdy gurdy sounds, it’s like a bagpipe, a violin but the way of playing is like a piano yet you can do different techniques seen in guitar and violin but performed in different ways leaving us with the same effect, it’s genuinely incredible

@markm0000 2 года назад

This seems like a untapped sound that could be used more in music.

@madilock7460 2 года назад

@@markm0000 its actually used quite a lot. Less in popular music, but in folk music and movie soundtracks its suprisingly common

@timothyharshaw2347 Год назад

I'd argue it's probably a primordial instrument from which Violins, Pianos and Guitars all came from as standalone refinements for specific sounds. But certainly the Hurdy Gurdy combined multiple elements

@BlackHeartedJester Год назад

Eluveitie are a great example of how it's used in metal. They play a few folk instruments.

@gorak9000 Год назад

I think the first time I saw it used, or knew it existed, was many years ago when Arcade Fire played SNL - I was like 'WTF is that crank violin type thing?"

@kimberlyparrish7522 4 года назад

He needs a shirt that says "Ask me about my cranking arm”.

@vorshack8968 4 года назад

Yeeeeeeeesss.

@Ohm51 4 года назад

LoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoLoL

@The_Notorious_N.O.E. 3 года назад

Or one that says: I'll let you crank my hurdy gurdy

@Vercus100 2 года назад

I've known about this instrument for years but didn't really know what it was. I didn't expect to like it as much as I do. Thanks so much for doing these videos. It's really fascinating learning about these unusual instruments.

@roadking99jokerst60 5 месяцев назад

Let's all thank the craftsmen that build these lovely instruments. Then thank the folks that play.

@beedubz1322 4 года назад

Leave Rob on a deserted Island for a week. When you come back he'll have built and mastered 3 new unique instruments, and be playing Slayer on some coconut bark seagull feather shovel.

@nathanjohansen7169 3 года назад

Wait... you play the coconut bark seagull feather shovel?! Me too!!

@BrianSantero 3 года назад

@@purplelord8531 this 100%, Martin is a god.

@rainsworth- 4 года назад

I felt the emotions when he said it's his first time playing with another hurdy gurdy player.

@jakobvanklinken 3 года назад

It's not gay if the tips don't touch

@GiftedFestiveBee 3 года назад

@@jakobvanklinken 😳😳

@edifyguy 3 года назад

@Deus Vult. Dead? Not at all, but mostly forgotten. I knew it existed, and I have even seen one in person, but they are very uncommon to be sure.

@Tedd755 3 года назад

Me too! Watching Jim's passion for the instrument and joy in teaching it to Rob was inspiring.

@user-mv4it2mp6z Год назад

This man genuine love his instruments... his eyes light up just talking about about them.

@jimwile9313 Месяц назад

I absolutely love to watch an expert talk on their subject. What an extremely nice man.

@rawrimaoctopus5715 5 лет назад

He was so impressed at rob but dude knows his stuff awesome guy

@TurdleShell 5 лет назад

idk whats more interesting. all the info on the instrument itself or how excited this man is to explain it all

@kristinmoreno9203 5 месяцев назад

Both of those instruments have a lovely sound. Very interesting! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

@heyahowareyou5971 2 года назад

Can’t help but love his enthusiasm.

@thegamer9882 3 года назад

Me and the boys on sea of thieves be like:

@rectrix6868 2 года назад

I was looking for a sot comment

@MrFrootcakeOfficial 2 года назад

I can't stop thinking: "Play Maiden Voyage."

@simjammed1868 2 года назад

Sea of thieves

@tigerangiles2894 2 года назад

We shall sail together!

@trickytreyperfected1482 2 года назад

@@ollie7041 I personally feel like Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) doesn't sound the best on the hurdy gurdy... or at least how they played it in game. I feel like it fits the banjo a lot more. Bosun Bill and Summon the Megalodon sound better on the hurdy gurdy to me.

@dannymcfries2956 5 лет назад

So when’s the signature model then, Rob?

@fsdirtbear_gaming3315 5 лет назад

You son of a bitch I laughed so hard at this comment lmfao!!!

@dannymcfries2956 5 лет назад

x401 chaos I try my best

@RubberD3 Год назад

their conversation is so nice

@hipdogdsv Год назад

The Hurdy Gurdy Man was a favorite song of mine in the 60s. This is really fascinating. It sounds like a bagpipe with all 4 strings cranking. Wow. I have a bagpipe chanter and took bagpipe lessons years ago.

@catherineabbott6249 9 месяцев назад

So much fun. I've heard hurdy gurdies played at Renaissance Festivals, but y'all put them in the shade. Thank you for sharing.

@dennislork 4 года назад

"You allready got a good cranking arm." Well...

@stankystorms7170 3 года назад

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@official_karmastudios5413 3 года назад

*. . .*

@jeelpandya5147 3 года назад

*cricket noises*

@onion1319 3 года назад

. . .

@areascoda2912 3 года назад

...

@michalina_malisz 5 лет назад

Hey man, thank you for spreading the gurdy love! ❤️ I'm a hurdy gurdy player for a Swiss band Eluveitie, I also record metal covers and I'm all about metal hurdy gurdy, so I'm looking forward very much to your song with this instrument! 😏 Great job!

@tenhundredkills 5 лет назад

I love your work. It's truly amazing!

@franlovelsimic8421 5 лет назад

oh shit, Eluveitie introduced me to hg, excited to see how your new record will pan out.

@zundra616 5 лет назад

Wasn't expecting to see a member from my fav band in the comments

5 лет назад

Elu are masters and so is our Michalina ;)

@neurosin 5 лет назад

You were the first person I thought of when this video showed up, Michalina! Every time you come to California I loved talking to you about your instrument.

@ruthpate788 8 месяцев назад

❤ You both sounded great in your duet on your hurdy-gurdys! Love it!

@TWMAC2011 Год назад

Loved this. So glad it was mentioned that it could sound like the pipes (bag pipes). I have said this about other stringed instruments and gotten puzzled looks from people. So thank you for that!

@iDrunkRS 5 лет назад

8:05 "...you already have a great cranking arm" THANKS

@TH3C001 5 лет назад

Masturbation.

@IdenticalTentacle 5 лет назад

hahahahaha came here to say this hahaha

@hellsonion514 5 лет назад

"I'm a wanker! I'm a wanker! and it does me good like it bloody well should!"

@imafood 5 лет назад

I love the hurdy gurdy man, he was so sweet and exited to jam with another hurdy gurdy player 😭😊

@tvoommen4688 4 года назад

I like his shirt

@trainsbyben Год назад

From an engineering point of view, the technical aspect of just building the instrument blows my mind. To watch different artist play this instrument in YT and Patreon videos is worthy of praise. Passion becomes evident and praise of another becomes the one who praises. Awesome video as others you do.

@verenamaharajah6082 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely amazing that someone so long ago invented and constructed this complex instrument. And people are still making and playing them today. Marvellous.

@andrewhuang 5 лет назад

This is a wordy nerdy hurdy gurdy video

@robscallon 5 лет назад

I could make thirty nerdy wordy videos about this absurdly perdy sturdy hurdy gurdy

@MaleeshatheCatt 5 лет назад

Hi Andrew.

@RuffBestSyndication 5 лет назад

How did you comment 15 hours before the video was uploaded?? 😂😂

@fencingisb 5 лет назад

Rob Scallon make thirty nerdy wordy videos about that perdy sturdy hurdy gurdy

@aaarne4875 5 лет назад

nominated for best comment of the year

@Benzy670 4 года назад

This video feels wholesome af. “I’ve never played with another hurdy gurdy player before,” filled my heart.

@The.Reilly 10 месяцев назад

It's incredible how this was created approximately 4 centuries before the guitar despite being 10× more complex.

@walleyvideo8297 2 года назад

1000 times I love this video. Thank you for expanding my musical horizons I look forward to your music on the hurdy-gurdy.

@bradleyburrow9121 2 года назад

Dad jokes aside, "You already have a good cranking arm" sold me. I feel like I can definitely play this now.

@user199543999 5 лет назад

I recommend Lamb of God - Grace (hurdy gurdy cover) by helvetion to get a better idea about this instrument.

@br1an_b 5 лет назад

I just checked it out and it's freaking awesome!! Thank you for the recommendation. I hope Rob sees it too!

@krystianwojtas1032 5 лет назад

I proud of she becouse she is from my country XD. And she play in eluveitie

@FlipperWolf 5 лет назад

Rob should collab with her, she play in Eluveitie which is a celtic Metal Band.

@katnax3059 5 лет назад

She also released another covers, like Monuments - Jhin, or August Burns Red - Martyr ^^

@jansmit2341 5 лет назад

Storm seeker have standard someone in the band to play the hurdy gurdy (band isn’t really well known)

@333grace Год назад

How very fun! Thank you both for showing this amazing instrument. Lovely!

@tylerabney6227 6 месяцев назад

This man is so excited to share this with the world and I'm so, so glad he did 🫶 Such a beautiful instrument

@seancady3813 2 года назад

It is always so satisfying to see Rob's musical fundamentals allow him to get a grasp on a brand new instrument.

@flowinsounds 3 месяца назад

except we never heard the expert, so had nothing to compare to

@LilDeuceDeuce 5 лет назад

I love that Rob can take something fairly esoteric like this and package it in a way that's genuinely entertaining and informative...sometimes I feel cynical about RU-vid as a whole but when I think of videos like this being seen by hundreds of thousands of people it makes me feel like the system works

@CyberChrist 5 лет назад

Even a broken clock is right twice a day ;)

@47tilinfinity29 5 лет назад

it's his birthday today

@jackorion7157 5 лет назад

Adam Neely can learn from this guy then

@jerryreed5098 5 лет назад

@@CyberChrist I like that.

@jpunkabillybayd.7562 5 лет назад

Sometimes!

@ThomasWatts-si8lw 5 месяцев назад

I love the energy they give off playing together

@JimiGosu 8 месяцев назад

This was phenomenal! It's a very interesting and surprisingly versatile instrument.

@JohnDoe-xx8yw 5 лет назад

That guy was probably having the time of his life, actually getting to jam with somebody on the hurdy gurdy

@mksxntwr 5 лет назад

11:17 Slayer - War Ensemble

@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS 5 лет назад

SSSSLLLLAAAAYYYYEEEERRRGGHHH!!!!! (thank you)

@mario1997281 5 лет назад

Was looking for this comment.

@vincecarpenter661 5 лет назад

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS WAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!

@MrMetalhorse 5 лет назад

@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS FOOOOCKINGGG SLEYAAAAAAAA!!!!

@robscallon 5 лет назад

This is a bit of foreshadowing to the next video ;)

@johnmeyers8588 6 месяцев назад

Used to work at a Renaissance Faire - hearing the two of them play takes me back.

@bloomsandthreads8519 2 года назад

Beautiful! I loved it! Thank you for sharing with us❗️

@tonyhakston536 5 лет назад

Sounds somewhere between a fiddle and a bagpipe. I like it.

@misterturkturkle 4 года назад

Played right it can sound a bit like an accordion too

@Spyro_76 4 года назад

Others sound more like a violin too

@tvoommen4688 4 года назад

Yeah , to me it is a bagpipe

@covfefe1787 4 года назад

It’s polish in origin

@tvoommen4688 4 года назад

@@covfefe1787 I thought it is Hungarian; any way, it is east-european.....

@meanhe1093 5 лет назад

The hurdy gurdy is the platypus of the musical world. 😂

@Justwantahover 4 года назад

Worse than the platypus.

@grahamriley8064 4 года назад

@@Justwantahover Better than the platypus

@DavidMcbrady 4 года назад

#truth

@dfgjhdj 4 года назад

i've always thought of it as the medieval keytar.

@justaway_of_the_samurai 4 года назад

I would say the Stroh Violin would be the platypus of the musical world. It is a string instrument like a normal violin, but it is amplified using a metal horn like a brass instrument.

@darrellpidgeon6440 2 года назад

I've heard of this instrument. Glad I finally looked into it on your channel. You helped bring the art of playing it to life. Great jammin' btw!

@michaeltheoret3842 Год назад

There is something very ancient within me that rouses when I hear the Bagpipes . This " something very ancient" also rouses when hearing the Hurdy Gurdy . Wonderful POWERFUL Instruments !

@Sergey-wg7ne 5 лет назад

There's a really cool folk melodic death metal band Eluveitie from Switzerland which uses hurdy gurdy in its music. They also have two acoustic (non-metal) albums called Evocation and Evocation II which feature hurdy gurdy even more prominently.

@Thrashmetalkicksass 5 лет назад

Metallica used it as well in "Low man's lyrics"

@Satan-lb8pu 5 лет назад

Gonna check them out. For once there is a metal band from my country. EDIT: Damn, I just check them out and this is amazing. I mean, flute, bagpipe, harp and hurdy gurdy, this is perfect.

@Nakhiruz 5 лет назад

Sergey Chapaev Thanks for adding another band to my life :)

@adityaverma8474 5 лет назад

Yassss, i saw them live, they were amazing!

@digitaldeathsquid3448 5 лет назад

Cellar Darling do a similar thing, but from more of a gothic/power metal type of folk metal fusion. Their lead singer plays both a hurdy-gurdy and a flute

@tomfrazofishal 4 года назад

"how many strings does it have" oh dear god please don't djent the hurdy gurdy

@Molteniceee 4 года назад

PLEASE DO

@ulfdanielsen6009 4 года назад

Why not? Eluveitie´s been doing it for seventeen years!

@sotetsotetsotetsotetsotet2379 4 года назад

Wait until we get the 12 string microtonal version then we crank

@trossk 4 года назад

Stevie T challenge?

@evergreenbear 3 года назад

PERIPHERY ON THE HURDY GURDY

@yakhooves 5 месяцев назад

I adore his enthusiasm! It’s infectious!

@kathrynmodene9428 11 месяцев назад

I am so glad you have this video, I'm going to show it to our summer camp during our music lessons and I can't wait for their reactions.

@Dorlinedainwen 3 года назад

*has sea of thieves flashbacks of sitting and playing hurdy gurdy on ship while 12 year olds scream and chase my sloop trying to sink me*

@cobrahazarddj7370 2 года назад

@muttproductions2536 2 года назад

I've encountered players like that who won't stop, so I decided to give them a taste of their own medicine, only I use megakegs

@ianprescott7924 5 лет назад

Some of the experts in these videos seem intimidated by how easily Rob picks it up haha

@ericmoody3944 5 лет назад

That's what I was picking up as well.

@EndingTimes0 4 года назад

Was thinking the same thing lol

@jxshziag742 4 года назад

Robs just talented as fuck man

@iannordin5250 4 года назад

Not intimidated so much as extremely impressed. As for Rob, when you are a trained musician you tend to be able to pick up a wide variety of instruments quickly, especially if you experiment wacky ones.

@MrJizzinmypantz 4 года назад

he tells him he has great talent multiple times, he seemed to be genuinely enjoying the discussion and the experience. 12:38

@Scalpaxos Год назад

This is such an epic instrument.

@barryfroelich3526 Месяц назад

Soooo.cool. Beautiful works of art. Thank you for the great demonstration.

@lgwappo 3 года назад

Donovan was a famous pop singer who wrote the hit song "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in 1968. All these years I never knew there is something actually called a hurdy gurdy.

@RockBarnRecords 3 года назад

Same. I thought it was just gibberish.

@jojo212 Год назад

The very reason I clicked on this video. Curious to know what is a hurry Gordy? Because of that song!

@erinmalone2669 10 месяцев назад

That was the only reason I had ever heard of it as well. I’m really glad people are keeping these old things alive.

@brendakearns8995 10 месяцев назад

It IS nice to hear the instrument they sang about in the song. 😊

@earthlingjohn 10 месяцев назад

Oddly enough, Donovan did not include a Hurdy Gurdy in the song Hurdy Gurdy Man

@RubenLopez-oy7lj 5 лет назад

So.. you're telling me that this guy. Can literally play any instrument he's handed? Can we just have you be handed 20 different instruments where you create a full orchestral masterpiece? By the way this was awesome and I learned something !

@xXEmbracetheMetalXx 5 лет назад

Ruben Lopez pretty talented dude!

@gxtmfa 5 лет назад

Certain instruments have visible intervals, making them easier to learn if you’re used to seeing those patterns. It’s like how learning 1 woodwind helps you pick up another one easily.

@xXEmbracetheMetalXx 5 лет назад

gxtmfa Doesnt make Rob any less of a badass.

@TomTreeMan 5 лет назад

Ruben Lopez Rob is a cross genre explorative musician, he’s written his own and covered metal tunes on folk and exotic instruments check out his channel

@facelessmusicdiary 5 лет назад

I wished I had a hurdy gurdy in my hands in the future just to try how it feels like

@cherylmburton5577 9 месяцев назад

St Hildegard of Bingen had one of the first and you can identify it in her music, sounding as if she mixed in modern folk music. The folk musicians revived the hurdy gurdy in modern times.

@victorcast2467 Месяц назад

This video was so lovely to watch

@thomastallis7245 3 года назад

This brings back memories of walking around the street market in Breedsraat, Utrecht, Holland. A gentleman was playing a rather large hurdy gurdy, something which he wheeled into the market square. It had large bass notes, with very soft edges. He was very slowly spinning the crank, whilst playing, and singing along. The sound was so beautiful.

@edwardhanson3664 Год назад

I saw one of those in Foix. Got a couple of pics.

@ulfdanielsen6009 4 года назад

Forget the cowbell,- EVERYTHING needs more Hurdy Gurdy!

@edward_grabczewski 3 месяца назад

Great video. I enjoyed watching you guys!

@joshtucker5724 3 года назад

first time playing hurdy gurdy: *plays smoke on the water*

@Technotoadnotafrog 3 года назад

There are few things you can't play that on

@blitheringrando1410 2 года назад

Imagine taking a hurdy gurdy into guitar center for a setup. The tech would quit 😂

@titheproven954 Год назад

I thought that was a requirement for the first time on any instrument?

@1980alsful 5 лет назад

Music... There's no higher form of art on the planet. That moment when they both jammed together and the smiles on their faces was pretty special

@asmallphd9648 5 лет назад

@Bobert Wiltshire do you want a cookie?

@captainfreaky2655 5 лет назад

Bobert Wiltshire That’s just, like, your opinion man

@alexig1840 5 лет назад

Bobert Wiltshire you can mess with people emotions a lot more and easier with music

@kodybuchart8285 5 лет назад

@Bobert Wiltshire Listen to some John Coltrane and tell me that

@TeensyTea 5 лет назад

@Bobert Wiltshire Art never captures the viewers emotions. Look at the people's emotions and expressions at an art gallery and compare them to those of a concert...