Post by scorpiodog on Jul 21, 2020 15:30:13 GMT
I'll get to what I've bought in a minute, but in my usual rambling style, I'd like to give you a bit of background first.
Do you all know of "Bardcore"? This seems to be the only good thing to have come out of lockdown. And to be honest, it's not all good.
Apparently, in April, A German YouTuber, Cornelius Link released a video of Tony Igy's Astronomia. I'm getting this all from Wikipedia, by the way, to save you all some bother looking it up. But he put it into a cod medieval idiom. I have listened to this (thankfully it wasn't my first Bardcore experience, because, if it had been I probably wouldn't have bothered with any of it) and I don't like it much. It's synthesizer music, quite obviously so. But in its wake followed a lot (and I do mean a lot) of YouTubers posted their own versions of all sorts of songs in this medieval idiom. And some of them had lyrics rewritten to appear to a person with no knowledge of the medieval period (and please excuse me for not spelling it correctly at all here, I know it's mediaeval but I'm getting fed up with the wavy red lines on my post).
Now the best of these are truly funny though you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince. I thought it would be fun to try to arrange and record one. Now, I have some instruments that can be used to create a medieval feel, but I felt something was lacking, so I cast around for something a little bit different.
I found this so I bought one.
It arrived yesterday and it's just like the illustration, but it has incredibly flaccid strings. I was busy all day and evening yesterday, so it wasn't until this morning before work that I was able to bring it up to tension. The tuning stability is shocking, and I'm hoping that's because the strings are new. I'll tune it again when I get home later. But if all is well, it does sound absolutely delightful, and I'm hoping it's a keeper. Can I play it? No, of course not, but it's got 16 strings all of which are tuned to a natural, so I must be able to get a tune out of the bloody thing (in C Major or A Minor, or the various modes).
So, you may ask yourself (or perhaps not!) why does this make me a bloody idiot? Well, because I'm finding it hard enough to understand enough conventional harmony to arrange modern stuff. How on earth, with my very limited musical theory knowledge will I ever be able to create a bit of Bardcore? But as with so many of these things, I am hoping that the journey will be worthwhile, even if the destination is not.
Now I'm looking for a crumhorn, or a racket (don't worry I'm not really).
I'll let you know how I get on.
By the way, if you're interested in Bardcore, I strongly recommend you listen to the YouTube channel called Hildegard Von Blingin. The version of Jolene, I already put up in the Acoustic Cafe, but there are some other songs in there that are really brilliant.
Do you all know of "Bardcore"? This seems to be the only good thing to have come out of lockdown. And to be honest, it's not all good.
Apparently, in April, A German YouTuber, Cornelius Link released a video of Tony Igy's Astronomia. I'm getting this all from Wikipedia, by the way, to save you all some bother looking it up. But he put it into a cod medieval idiom. I have listened to this (thankfully it wasn't my first Bardcore experience, because, if it had been I probably wouldn't have bothered with any of it) and I don't like it much. It's synthesizer music, quite obviously so. But in its wake followed a lot (and I do mean a lot) of YouTubers posted their own versions of all sorts of songs in this medieval idiom. And some of them had lyrics rewritten to appear to a person with no knowledge of the medieval period (and please excuse me for not spelling it correctly at all here, I know it's mediaeval but I'm getting fed up with the wavy red lines on my post).
Now the best of these are truly funny though you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince. I thought it would be fun to try to arrange and record one. Now, I have some instruments that can be used to create a medieval feel, but I felt something was lacking, so I cast around for something a little bit different.
I found this so I bought one.
It arrived yesterday and it's just like the illustration, but it has incredibly flaccid strings. I was busy all day and evening yesterday, so it wasn't until this morning before work that I was able to bring it up to tension. The tuning stability is shocking, and I'm hoping that's because the strings are new. I'll tune it again when I get home later. But if all is well, it does sound absolutely delightful, and I'm hoping it's a keeper. Can I play it? No, of course not, but it's got 16 strings all of which are tuned to a natural, so I must be able to get a tune out of the bloody thing (in C Major or A Minor, or the various modes).
So, you may ask yourself (or perhaps not!) why does this make me a bloody idiot? Well, because I'm finding it hard enough to understand enough conventional harmony to arrange modern stuff. How on earth, with my very limited musical theory knowledge will I ever be able to create a bit of Bardcore? But as with so many of these things, I am hoping that the journey will be worthwhile, even if the destination is not.
Now I'm looking for a crumhorn, or a racket (don't worry I'm not really).
I'll let you know how I get on.
By the way, if you're interested in Bardcore, I strongly recommend you listen to the YouTube channel called Hildegard Von Blingin. The version of Jolene, I already put up in the Acoustic Cafe, but there are some other songs in there that are really brilliant.
Jo whoever he is.
