Friday, 27 June 2014
Trossingen lyre by Michael J King
Trossingen lyre in maple with Kolrosing decoration
Plans for this is on my Lyre making CD, instruments available to order from my website.
I have written links mentioned in this video below plus some more to help and inspire you, The book in the video that (low stock at the moment)has the drawings on the lyre in detaile:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3981218124/?tag=mijki07-21
(This is an Amazon Affiliate link to the German language version of their Website, it doesn't cost you any more to buy but adds a tiny bit to my amazon camera fund for better future videos!)
My Lyre CD is available from my website as always from my website as a Disc or Download, It has all my Bowed and plucked lyre plans.
If you purchase this CD/Download to make a Trossingen Lyre email me after purchase and I may have an extra download file of my scaled trossingen drawings to help you! ;-)
http://www.michaeljking.com/lyre_shop.htm
http://www.michaeljking.com/plans.htm
Do check out my Trossingen Lyre pages, these will be expanded over the coming weeks, watch out too for the follow up videos
http://www.michaeljking.com/trossingen.htm
Special thanks must go to Dr Barbara Theune-Grosskopf Who has helped me and the Lyre Community through her great work and wonderful openness.
Do check out My Anglo Saxon Lyre Community on Yahoo groups
and my Lyre group on facebook, there is a world of lyres out there!
In the video I am using a Kolrosing knife made in the USA by Lee Ferguson see
http://www.fergusonknives.com
for more info on Kolrosing see:
http://www.pinewoodforge.com/kolrosing.html
Best wishes!
Michael J King
website
www.michaeljking.com
https://www.facebook.com/Michael.J.King.1970
Blog
http://michaeljking.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/michaeljking
Google+
https://plus.google.com/111213660776947015232/
Do see my other videos on this lyre including the one on the decorations, Kolrosing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8WmwVQe3X4
(There are a number of blips in my editing on this video, I had trouble as my laptop died and I did the work on a borrowed device.)
website
www.michaeljking.com
https://www.facebook.com/Michael.J.King.1970
Blog
http://michaeljking.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/michaeljking
Google+
https://plus.google.com/111213660776947015232/
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Trossingen Lyre: Chords in Diatonic E tuning
Here are a selection of chord shapes that work on diatonic tuned lyres. With its long scale length you can tune the Trossingen Lyre to
anywhere between D and F# from the lowest note. The optimal length is E or F, The best thing is to pitch it to your Voice pitch when you sing. Here is the Tuning in E diatonic, This example has the strings from low to high left to right, Harpists and Kantele players may like to string the Lyre the other way around with the highest note closest to the body when held. In that case the chord shapes are mirrored.
I have kept the sample chords patterns here identical to the Wiki How page on Lyre chords which is for Lyres in C
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Chords-on-an-Anglo-Saxon-Lyre
More playing info on my playing page of my website
http://www.michaeljking.com/how_to_play_the_lyre.htm
website
www.michaeljking.com
https://www.facebook.com/Michael.J.King.1970
Blog
http://michaeljking.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/michaeljking
Google+
https://plus.google.com/111213660776947015232/
Trossingen Lyre: Tuning to Diatonic E pitch
With its long scale length you can tune the Trossingen Lyre to
anywhere between D and F# from the lowest note. The optimal length is E or F, The best thing is to pitch it to your Voice pitch when you sing. Here is the Tuning in E diatonic, This example has the strings from low to high left to right, Harpists and Kantele players may like to string the Lyre the other way around with the highest note closest to the body when held. In that case the chord shapes are mirrored.
I have kept the sample chords patterns here identical to the Wiki How page on Lyre chords which is for Lyres in C
http://www.wikihow.com/Play-Chords-on-an-Anglo-Saxon-Lyre
More playing info on my playing page of my website
http://www.michaeljking.com/how_to_play_the_lyre.htm
Friday, 20 June 2014
Kolrosing: Decorating the Trossingen Lyre
Kolrosing on the Trossingen Lyre
For the Book mentioned in this video:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3981218124/?tag=mijki07-21
This is an Amazon Affiliate link to the German language version of their Website, it doesn't cost you any more to buy but adds a tiny bit to my amazon camera fund for better future videos!
My Lyre CD is available from my website as always from my website as a Disc or Download, It has all my Bowed and plucked lyre plans. If you purchase this to make a Trossingen Lyre email me after purchase and I may have an extra download file to help you.
http://www.michaeljking.com/lyre_shop.htm
http://www.michaeljking.com/plans.htm
Do check out my Trossingen Lyre pages, these will be expanded over the coming weeks, watch out too for the follow up videos
http://www.michaeljking.com/trossingen.htm
Special thanks must go to Dr Barbara Theune-Grosskopf Who has helped me and the Lyre Community through her great work and wonderful openness.
Do check out My Anglo Saxon Lyre Community on Yahoo groups
and my Lyre group on facebook, there is a world of lyres out there!
In the video I am using a Kolrosing knife made in the USA by Lee Ferguson see
http://www.fergusonknives.com
for more info on Kolrosing see:
http://www.pinewoodforge.com/kolrosing.html
Best wishes!
Michael J King
website
www.michaeljking.com
https://www.facebook.com/Michael.J.King.1970
Blog
http://michaeljking.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/michaeljking
Google+
https://plus.google.com/111213660776947015232/
Kolrosing: Decorating the Trossingen Lyre
Kolrosing on the Trossingen Lyre
For the Book mentioned in this video:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3981218124/?tag=mijki07-21
This is an Amazon Affiliate link to the German language version of their Website, it doesn't cost you any more to buy but adds a tiny bit to my amazon camera fund for better future videos!
My Lyre CD is available from my website as always from my website as a Disc or Download, It has all my Bowed and plucked lyre plans. If you purchase this to make a Trossingen Lyre email me after purchase and I may have an extra download file to help you.
http://www.michaeljking.com/lyre_shop.htm
http://www.michaeljking.com/plans.htm
Do check out my Trossingen Lyre pages, these will be expanded over the coming weeks, watch out too for the follow up videos
http://www.michaeljking.com/trossingen.htm
Special thanks must go to Dr Barbara Theune-Grosskopf Who has helped me and the Lyre Community through her great work and wonderful openness.
Do check out My Anglo Saxon Lyre Community on Yahoo groups
and my Lyre group on facebook, there is a world of lyres out there!
In the video I am using a Kolrosing knife made in the USA by Lee Ferguson see
http://www.fergusonknives.com
for more info on Kolrosing see:
http://www.pinewoodforge.com/kolrosing.html
Best wishes!
Michael J King
website
www.michaeljking.com
https://www.facebook.com/Michael.J.King.1970
Blog
http://michaeljking.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/michaeljking
Google+
https://plus.google.com/111213660776947015232/
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Decorating the Trossingen lyre
The decoration shown here is a method that still is done in Norway and Sweden to this day, it's called Kolrosing
Small Nordic knives scratch into the wood a v section and charcoal or coal dust is let into the grooves mixed with animal fat or beeswax. (Walnut oil is the modern alternative choice ).
I will be filming a short video demonstrating this next week
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