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04 Jun 20 - 12:28 AM (#4057089) Subject: my first orpharion From: leeneia Tonight the DH and I were watching a Time Team show, and the historian mentioned that a wealthy Tudor family owned an orpharion. A what? Click on the link to hear an orpharion. You can hear Greensleeves, too. dances on orpharion It's certainly an archaic sound. |
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04 Jun 20 - 04:33 AM (#4057117) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: Phillip Beautiful. Thanks for the pointer |
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04 Jun 20 - 09:07 AM (#4057174) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: Jack Campin I've never seen such strongly fanned frets. Apart from the tuning it seems very like a Puerto Rican cuatro. |
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04 Jun 20 - 10:38 AM (#4057191) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: GUEST,Mark Bluemel Fascinating. A quick web search yielded this page which tells me the instrument was "a hybrid between the shape of the bandora (though the bandora was much larger) and the tuning of the lute" and that in common with modern fan-fret guitars and bass guitars, the angled bridge, nut and frets allowed greater range. Apparently the secret of the original metal strings was lost, and the instrument fell out of favour as the alternatives didn't match the sound. I rather like the sound of the one in the video. |
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04 Jun 20 - 11:53 AM (#4057211) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: meself Thanks - what a beautiful-sounding instrument! |
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04 Jun 20 - 01:20 PM (#4057233) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: leeneia I like it too. It seems like a lute with steel strings. I prefer the dances to Greensleeves. I wonder if that's because Greensleeves moves stepwise more and that leads to disharmony among the sustained tones. I am reminded of Shakespeare's 'Tempest' with its twangling instruments. |
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05 Jun 20 - 03:48 AM (#4057368) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: JennieG "Twangling" is a wonderful word. What a gorgeous sound, I love it.......music of the Renaissance is a favourite. I'm convinced that I was born 400 years late. On our last trip to Canada in Oct-Nov 2018 I spent most of the time on those long flights listening to a recording of Thomas Dunford playing Bach on theorbo, over and over and over, courtesy of Air Canada's music choices. Lute transcription of cello suite |
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05 Jun 20 - 08:52 AM (#4057449) Subject: RE: my first orpharion From: Phil Cooper Thanks for posting the link. |