Christmas carols on gurdy

[Paul Howland]

Hello,

My eight year son is learning the violin and able to play basic tunes in the first position.  His teacher has suggested that he plays a violin/hurdy-gurdy duet with me at a Christmas concert.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a simple traditional Christmas carol that works well on the hurdy-gurdy?  We have a few weeks to work on it!

Thanks, 

Paul

[Graham Whyte]

Ding Dong Merrily on High works very well, I have played it on
hurdy-gurdy in church at Christmas with a choir

It is a very old Tudor ? dance ? called Bransle Officiel

Graham

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Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Wexford Carol

Come, My Children Dere, Draw Near Me

Holly and the Ivy

Oh, Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Good King Wenceslas

 

Alice

[Elizabeth Gilmore]

I would think any older christmas carol or noels would sound wonderful on the hurdy.  Of course Im biased tho...Noels would sound wonderful I think...I do a lot of English Country dancing... and there are a lot of the tunes we dance to that are not necessarily Christmas songs that would certainly pass for Christmas songs...or at least sound Christmassy... like Nonesuch... one of my favorites.

 

 

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Graham Whyte <gra...@altongate.co.uk> wrote:

Ding Dong Merrily on High works very well, I have played it on hurdy-gurdy in church at Christmas with a choir

It is a very old Tudor ? dance ? called Bransle Officiel

Graham

On 24/10/13 16:45, Paul Howland wrote:

Hello,

 My eight year son is learning the violin and able to play basic tunes in the first position.  His teacher has suggested that he plays a violin/hurdy-gurdy duet with me at a Christmas concert.  Does anyone have any recommendations for a simple traditional Christmas carol that works well on the hurdy-gurdy?  We have a few weeks to work on it!

Thanks,

Paul
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[Paul Howland]

Thanks to everyone for your replies.  Some great suggestions - made me realise how old many of the traditional Christmas tunes are.  Hopefully this thread has inspired some other players too!  Paul

[Barbara Currier]

I appreciate the thread. Now that I've taken my gurdies to 3 story times and become Preschool legend :^) my coworkers want me to play Mamselle at the Christmas staff meeting. The Big Time!

Thanks, 

Barbara

On Saturday, October 26, 2013, Paul Howland wrote:

Thanks to everyone for your replies.  Some great suggestions - made me realise how old many of the traditional Christmas tunes are.  Hopefully this thread has inspired some other players too!  Paul

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