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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: OldNew Hegelung, nice music
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:14:30 -0400 (EDT)
OldNew Hegelung Finally have the hegelung down right, I think, although there are only seven frets (1st for nut, then six above in a pentatonic scale). The two strings are in unison; one is played against a drone (although I fret the drone on a couple of occasions). Everything depends on ornament, hammering on / pulling off / bending the string / harmonics. I'm still amazed at the resonance of the hegelung. (The hegelung normally has nine frets, but two would cover and ruin the glass-bead ornament; from what I can gather, this one has always had only seven, although Hans Brandeis feels differently.) There are a few videos of traditional hegelung playing online, which were helpful; my own playing however is improvisatory. http://www.alansondheim.org/hegelungoldnew.mp3