La Girandola - Thomas Morley - Treble viol duet 

Thank you! It is indeed a more natural position, much less tiring than violin

Thanks!

Thank you! We do indeed still both play!

Thank you - very happy to hear that you like our playing! It's so fantastic to hear that there are gamba players in North Carolina. We grew up in Warwickshire, UK (Shakespeare's county) so there is a lot of history in the area and a flourishing early music scene. I started viol at 13 after playing fiddle in an early music group, and my little sister started around 9. The lessons were in schools and instruments were loaned for free by the county music service run by the council - it made it very accessible. There's actually a website about it here: www.rondopublishing.co.uk/rondo-viol-academy/viol-teaching-in-schools/ . We still both play but live on opposite sides of the country now so recording videos is a bit trickier, especially as we can't visit due to Covid. Fingers crossed we'll be able to play again in the summer!

Awwh thank you, I'm sure you'll get there! Bass is harder because it's a stretch

Yes - we do have our fingers around the bow hair! The bow hold shape is similar to the continental double bass bow hold but with the middle finger hooked around the hair. You never rosin that end of the bow to prevent sticky fingers. Interesting huh?

Matias Dment awwh thanks! My treble (left) is a Charlie Ogle Beijing Workshop that I got at the early music festival in Greenwich, and my sister's was second hand.

@@iplaytheviol I haven't seen Charlie for a couple of years. Lovely playing! Somebody emailed me a recording of one of the parts of La Girandola, so I played the other part along with it on my treble viol: a rewarding "lockdown" activity!

@@johnsteedman7480 Glad you like it! I've also been doing some single part duetting during lockdown