Hi Dave; Welcome to the crowd. Good places to look for thin-cut wood for soundboards are www.folkcraft.com, www.stew-mac.com, and of course Ebay under "craft...
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Patrick Woolery
patrick_woolery
Apr 3, 2007 5:19 pm
I had a thought a few minutes ago and wanted to share it. There are a lot of folks on this group who would like to play better and a fair number who already...
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ken_hulme
Apr 3, 2007 11:23 pm
Great description of chording and chord changes Patrick! The Woolery Guide to Chorded Lyres! --KenHulme ... <patrick_woolery@...> wrote: ...What would...
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Patrick Woolery
patrick_woolery
Apr 4, 2007 5:02 am
Thanks, Ken. But how do YOU play? What makes your lyre playing different from mine? (When you aren't making dulcimers and odd lute-zithers, that is.) And...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Apr 4, 2007 8:21 am
... <patrick_woolery@...> wrote: Hi Patrick, ... playing easier or better would be a great thing to share. It can be general performance tips, your own tuning...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Apr 4, 2007 8:36 am
Hi all, I just wanted to clarify a couple of things I wrote about plucking a minute ago. When I wrote about striking a string with the fingertip this is when...
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Patrick
kadwall
Apr 4, 2007 2:04 pm
Hi all, Thanks for all these tips about playing the lyre. I'm about to post a collection of putatively ancient Breton songs/tunes -- Bretons being a Celtic...
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Sean
eternalnitem...
Apr 6, 2007 11:29 am
Hello Everyone! I just joined this week. I just wanted to introduce myself. I was looking around for something to make my mother for a gift and her being very...
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Danae Spencer
frater_auxil...
Apr 6, 2007 4:04 pm
... <eternalnitemare75@...> wrote: <snip> Plus I'm also in the group Medieval Sawdust so I ... Welcome, Sean! Medieval Sawdust? What's that?...
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Teleri Barod
sca_bard
Apr 6, 2007 4:09 pm
I don't claim to be a good player, but I'll share. I tune in F, because it suits my vocal range best. Although I'm also a harper, for some reason it seems to...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Apr 6, 2007 5:03 pm
... <sca_bard@...> wrote: Hi Jamie, the pitch you tune your lyre to doesn't mattter of course, as long as all your strings are in tune with one another. I...
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LM
lavransrm
Apr 6, 2007 6:05 pm
As I may have mentioned before, on the 6 stringed lyre, I play in an a minor scale (Aeolian mode) and a pentatonic tuning. I am strictly a plucker,...
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Eternal Nightmare
eternalnitem...
Apr 6, 2007 8:25 pm
Where we get together and talk and trade plans for building medieval funiture ... ...
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rowynntree
Apr 7, 2007 3:24 pm
Good Morning, I recently joined this group as well and I am finding it a great resource. Thanks to all of you. I come to this group from an early music...
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ken_hulme
Apr 7, 2007 7:00 pm
Hi Rowan; ... If you hadn't punned we'd have been dismayed! Buying any instrument unseen is always a problem. I've not heard anything one way or the other...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Apr 8, 2007 4:55 am
... wrote: Hi Rowan, It is difficult to shop for an instrument that I can't hear, ... String number is certainly an important consideration, and your choice ...
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Danae Spencer
frater_auxil...
Apr 8, 2007 4:17 pm
I was burned once before and I am hesitant ... Hello, Danae here, I can speak for Orphic Airs, and I know there are several members of this list who will offer...
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zoukboy_2000
Apr 8, 2007 6:36 pm
About ten years ago I was host to the first international gathering of Irish bouzouki players (since grown into a full fledged World Music camp) that developed...
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LM
lavransrm
Apr 8, 2007 8:59 pm
We'd have to agree on a site that's equally inconvenient for everyone. Like Bermuda. ;=)> Larry...
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Sean
eternalnitem...
Apr 8, 2007 9:07 pm
I would like to know if anyone has any beginner tips on making a lyre. Wood, techniques, or any of the like. I currently have basic tools (Scroll saw, Dremmel,...
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zoukboy_2000
Apr 8, 2007 9:11 pm
But of course! Are there any AS ruins in Bermuda? ;-) -- Roger Landes rwlandes@... Website: http://rogerlandes.com Bouzouki duo CD:...
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ken_hulme
Apr 8, 2007 10:42 pm
Maple or oak are good starting woods, as well as very traditional. Both the body and soundboard can be made from them. A drill press with Forstner bits is the...
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Patrick Woolery
patrick_woolery
Apr 9, 2007 12:47 am
Here's how I made my first lyre. I do not suggest you use the tuning pegs I used, as they are a lot less reliable than a properly fit set made with matching...
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Patrick Woolery
patrick_woolery
Apr 9, 2007 12:53 am
The idea is a cool one. I heard a few years back about a gathering at the SCA Pennsic war that was meant to encourage anyone who had a lyre to show up and...
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Tim Caldwell
vikingtimbo
Apr 9, 2007 7:53 am
... <patrick_woolery@...> wrote: Hi all, ... presentation? I'd pay for the video. Another suggestion that might be easier to manage is just for any lyre...
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michaeljking2007
michaeljking...
Apr 9, 2007 11:47 am
The Headsets sold for skype, internet telephones have noise cancelling microphones that will beat any microphone in the same price range. ...
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Teleri Barod
sca_bard
Apr 9, 2007 12:08 pm
I second the recommendation for Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ I used it, along with one of those lousy $10 computer mics, to put together a...
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LM
lavransrm
Apr 9, 2007 1:03 pm
I have a Compaq Presario with Adobe Audition, a Eurorack mixer, an Echo Gina 2 sound card, and a couple of Russian Oktava Condenser mics. The whole rig cost ...
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Ed Lund
baronulrik
Apr 9, 2007 3:52 pm
Greetings, I am new to this list, having recently become interested in Lyre's, I am involved in Viking era Living history. I am a non-player of any type of...
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Sean O'Dea
ruiri_sean
Apr 9, 2007 11:05 pm
Hi everyone. Here is a link to an event I attended on the weekend, in the gallery section there is a clip of me playing my 2 week old, $10 Lyre. ...
