O Come All Ye Faithful on the Hurdy Gurdy performed by DeeDee Tibbits. Shop DeeDee's digital downloads and CDs: deedeetibbits.com/shop/ [order by 12/12/23 for delivery in time for Christmas]
Amazing.....Thankyou.....in the 80 there is a song....THE Hurdy Gurdy Man........now in my old-age I understands the song..greetings from South Africa 💖🇿🇦
СПАСИБО ВАМ ЗА КРАСОТУ , ЗА СОПРОВОЖДЕНИИ ВО ВРЕМЕНИ , с Вами перенеслись во времена 14 века, когда подобный инструмент шарманка озвучивал ПРОСТРАНСТВО И РАДОВАЛ ЛЮДЕЙ!!! СПАСИБО ВАМ, ДОРОГАЯ ТРУЖЕНИЦА!!! СПАСИБО ВАМ!!!
Thank you for your comments! We live back in the woods, and really want folks to feel at home! I was drawn to the Gurdy BECAUSE it sounded like a bagpipe!🎶
You remind me of my elementary school teachers in the early part of the 80s. I remember them as being engaged, and enthusiastic about imparting knowledge to young people.
This is amazing. I used to think this instrument was just a goofy little toy because of its name. Never knew it had such an interesting history. Another awesome video.
Yeah, leave it to the English to give it a goofy name… in France it’s called a vielle a roue, in Germany a dreilier, in Italy a zamfona all which mean “wheel fiddle”
I love exotic instruments. I'm learning how to play a Zampona pan flute, have a bunch of Christmas songs worked up and they sound beautiful. Pan flute is one of the oldest instruments on the planet Earth 🌎 If not the oldest
Just a few months ago I mentioned this instrument at work, and I don’t think anyone had ever heard of it. Now all you need is a Capuchin monkey and a tin cup to catch tips!
I only play eight instruments including bad piano from my childhood lessons. I always have been fascinated by hurdy gurdy's having seen same here on RU-vid only. Never in person. Glad you play it. They are amazing. I play the b flat clarinet, e flat alto clarinet, guitar, piano, concert ukulele, e flat saxophone and baritone ukulele plus a venture into soprano recorder a long time ago.
Glad you enjoy all those instruments! However, I’ve found that my saxophone ( my major band instrument) is not very fun to play alone, I think that’s why I enjoy the instruments that can accompany themselves. Even the Hurdy Gurdy has a drone accompaniment.
Yes, played in the high school Marching and Symphonic Bands - good ensembles but very small for parades and football (only 40 of us in band back when I was a student). Urban Los Angeles.@tibbits
I dont know which is more amazing, the ibstruments you play as if born to them or the fact that you are able to play all these instruments from long ago! To add to this conundrum, you are a gifted and quite talented singer! Thank you for bringing this long forgotten music to brighten our Christmas season!
Oh! I am a big fan of odd/unusual/rare instruments, folk instruments, and instruments that make sounds that many people consider unattractive. Hurdy-gurdies have been my favourite of these since I was a kid! Lovely to hear one being played, I haven't heard one since I was in Dinan, France, in 2011, where there was a street musician playing one. Thank you!
I’ve heard of the hurdy-gurdy, but never saw or heard one. This was so interesting. Very reminiscent of a bagpipe. Thanks for sharing this charming instrument.
The only other time I heard a reference to the Hurdy Gurdy was a Donovan song in the 1960s. Now I not only know what one looks like, I know what one sounds like. Thank you.
This woman is a true treasure. I’m a professional accompanist/pianist and recently had the honor to play the tubular chimes in our schools band concert. The piece was Santa the Barbarian Snowcopalypse. What fun! I so love to listen to this beautiful instruments. And what talent!
Venite adoremus dominus. The sound of this magic box resemble so much the one of traditional pipes! I'm Italian and we have the traditional "zampognari" (pipes players) during Christmas time, they always have an important role in the celebration and are always present into every Nativity Scene. "Adeste Fideles" is one of my favorite Christmas songs and the sound remind me of the narrow streets of San Gregorio Armeno, a beautiful part of Napoli where they make the most traditional Nativity Scenes. Thanks for this gift, you're very talented!
Thank you sweet lady for allowing us to enjoy insteuments from by gone eras. Do agree with someone daying it reminded me of bag pipes. The particular reason i listened to this segment was because of the title ,Hurdy Gurdy . The only time i remember that word was back in the 70s by rock musicians using the word/ phrase Hurdy Gurdy back then and had no idea what they were saying ! And now i know! I think!😅
Unless I’m very much mistaken, the Renaissance was a couple of centuries later than the 1100s, 1200s. I’ve been taught that the Renaissance came after the Middle Ages, and the Middle Ages were roughly between 500 AD/CE and 1500 AD/CE.
I love that you show us the instrument, and tell those little stories. I just think that you are a wonderful lady. Oh.. and I enjoy the music (obviously).
I saw that the hobo on the polar express had one in his hands when we first meet him. It was so cool to recognize it for the first time this year! I want one so bad!
Thank you so much for refreshing my mind with this long forgotten instrument. Music is everything different and yet, everything is also the same. There are so many ‘voices’ in the world of music and I’m elated that you have this channel that focuses on the not so ordinary.
Used to see these on street corners when I lived in France; they were popular with buskers. I liked them quite a lot, but then as a Scot, I have an instinctive attraction to instruments with drones.
