Moldavian Folk Music on Hurdy-gurdy and Gardon by Tünde Tokodi and Egon Fazekas

Moldavian Folk Music on Hurdy-gurdy and Gardon by Tünde Tokodi and Egon Fazekas Tünde Tokodi - gardon (ütőgardon) Egon Fazekas - hurdy-gurdy (tekerő) Video by Dénes Poór Gear: https://thmn.to/thocf/tbsnsodrpc The hurdy-gurdy (tekerőlant, tekerő, nyenyere, nyekerő, szentlélekmuzsika, kolduslant, forgólant) is a mechanical string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin. Melodies are played on a keyboard that presses tangents—small wedges, typically made of wood—against one or more of the strings to change their pitch. Like most other acoustic stringed instruments, it has a sound board and hollow cavity to make the vibration of the strings audible. Most hurdy-gurdies have multiple drone strings, which give a constant pitch accompaniment to the melody, resulting in a sound similar to that of bagpipes. For this reason, the hurdy-gurdy is often used interchangeably or along with bagpipes, particularly in Occitan, Aragon, Cajun French and contemporary Asturian, Cantabric, Galician, Hungarian and Slavic folk music. The ütőgardon also called a gardon, gardony, ütősgardony, tekenyőgardon, is a folk musical instrument played in regions of Transylvania and Hungary. It is similar in appearance to a cello, but it is played percussively: instead of using a bow, the player plucks and beats the strings with a stick.