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The Ugears Hurdy-Gurdy is a fully fledged mechanical musical instrument. To play it – just turn the crank with one hand and push the keys with the other. Today we are presenting a lesson of playing the Ugears Hurdy-Gurdy performed by Oleksa Kabanov, a professional Ukrainian Hurdy-Gurdy Master.

The Hurdy-Gurdy plays dancing melodies, from folk to modern, being the bridge between the medieval times and the present day.
This mechanical musical instrument brings the unforgettable time of working together on things that are popular among people of any age. Just put it together and you are ready to throw an original party giving a new spur to whatever music you like – whether it is folk or modern – playing your new unique Hurdy-Gurdy.

The history of this instrument begins in the 15th century. One of the earliest forms of the hurdy-gurdy was the organistrum (a portable organ) in Medieval Europe. After some modifications it became a common instrument among travelling musicians in England and went through its renaissance period in the later 17th-18th centuries as more of the noble class musical instrument for the amusement of the rich. Those instruments were decorated by craftsmen with inlays and carving and had the built-in hurdy-gurdy mechanism into the guitar or lute body.

Some call the Hurdy-Gurdy music "a medieval rock’n’roll", which we find pretty cool. It captured us and we decided to create the Ugears' version of the Hurdy-Gurdy.

Ugears Hurdy-Gurdy: your next musical adventure. Engineered for self-assembly and play modern and medieval rock’n’roll: [ Ссылка ]

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