MonViolon [en/it] @monviolon@stereodon.social

#introduction
I produce collections, recordings and videos of #freeMusic on
https://www.monviolon.org

A flagship project is the #BoeufTrad: repertoire of popular dance music.

I only use free software - (including #Lilypond #Gimp #Inkscape #Scribus #Ardour #Audacity #Kdenlive…) and sleepless nights.

You can support me on #LiberaPay
https://liberapay.com/MonViolon

#music #trad #folk #balfolk
#freeArtLicense #ccbysa #copyleft
#popularEducation

#presentazione
Produco collezioni, registrazioni e video di #musicaLibera utilizzabile da tutti su
https://www.monviolon.org

Un progetto di punta è il #BoeufTrad: repertorio di musica popolare da ballare.

Uso solo software libero (#Lilypond #Gimp #Inkscape #Scribus #Ardour #Audacity #Kdenlive…) e notti insonni.

Puoi supportarmi su #LiberaPay
https://liberapay.com/MonViolon

#musica #musicaGratis #trad #folk #balfolk
#freeArtLicense #ccbysa #creativeCommons #copyleft #gratis #educazionePopolare

Hey, I can show you some images from this afternoon's shoot like youtube guys do for their patrons (by the way, you know I am on liberapay 😜 https://liberapay.com/MonViolon)
So that's it: we shot the wood fire scene in the Food Forest teepee for my tune "Eestival".
A bit too much in a hurry but I'll do with it. I like the idea of putting instruments in the hands of people who don't usually play them (here the guitarist and the pizz violinist) and teach them 1 bar to play in a loop for the show 😏

"Neapolitan Tarantella" update: pdf now available in English (and Estonian) in A minor (for instruments in C, B♭ and E♭) or E minor. There is still the diatonic accordion tablature.
13 pdf files for only one tune! 😛
https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_1/details&ref=tarantella-napoletana

I finally found the time to film the making of my #copyleft "Mazurkas" booklet to make a video tutorial which should be ready before the end of this year.

To make it yourself:
https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_pap/mazurkas
My editor is "do it yourself"! (s/he's the best).

#diy #faiDaTe #artigianato #craft #handicraft #bookbinding #musicaLibera #balFolk

Coming soon: a new musical piece, under #ccby license with 6 separate downloadable tracks for your remixes!
A little "trailer" for me to test the association of the images of @naturebuisson with the sound of @monviolon…
https://exode.me/w/4xTQzKmNBsbQ8T9Lv5r84x
#peertubeMusic #audio #ardour #foss #nature

I finally added one hole to my #whistle, which allowed me to play 3 more notes!

New #whistel for testing new things (windway higher than the bevel, use lilac #wood and what if I leave the bark on ?)
3 notes : G, A, B.

And this second 2-notes whistle sounds like that (almost E - G).

Here's how it sounds.
Almost A - G.
Lot of wind.
Also, it doesn't sound like the fundamental sound of the tube but its first harmonic.
I wouldn't have believed it until I started playing with a knife an wooden pipes but this is all really fun for me!

I tried to make my first #whistle (two tones, "ti-tuu") last week for a neighbor's birthday. I took it back yesterday to improve it.
I enlarged the windway and I redid the labium… with epoxy 🙄
The result is not a masterpiece of craftsmanship 😬 but it does the job and I'm learning from all the mistakes I've made here.

Finaly I added an extention to my #whistel so that it sounds lower and can play two notes.
The form looks a bit absurd now but easy to handle.
This gave me the idea 💡 to make a new one from a single piece of wood (a branch with a fork) 🤔
#woodcarving

1h. The glue is not dry but it does not move any more. I cut off the excess, I sand. That's it. Soft sound, quite low because the tube is closed.
To be improved:
- don't hesitate to throw away when the drill goes at an angle.
- use a thinner wood for a better bevel (in Estonia Juniper or Prunus cerasifera)
- Smaller window: 5mm should fit with my 10mm drill.
- test open tube with "extensions" with holes! 🎵

So, how does #whistle work for you?

The easiest way is to saw (hacksaw) to notch at 90° and 45° (start with that). As I had already done it and because I saw https://flute-a-bec.com/acoustique-embouchure.html 🤩 I wanted to test with the mini chisel + scalpel. took care of my block (probably ridiculous details here but hey, why not?).
Window 7×7mm (too long).
Vinyl glue, I adjusted the position of the block by testing. FUUUT!
I wait for it to dry a bit…

What natural instrument without special knowledge?
I did #xylophone (easy, you have to make one if you haven't tried it yet) https://exode.me/w/fuTBAecw6k67zz53ZcoWxe
Now a #whistle!
I'm an expert (no), tell me how you did it yourself!
1st try in *Viburnum opulus* (Sambucus or lilac are easy to use too) ⇒ wood too soft for clean bevel but it works.
2nd try: I drill ⌀10 in *Prunus padus* and then sand to make a nice blind pipe.
#flute #diy

"Farewell to Rosalie" (mazurka) updated : https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_1/details&ref=maz-rosalie
This tune is from a song collected by Achille Millien in 1878.
#boeufTrad #balfolk

Because today, as a mandolin teacher, I had a new student from Ukraine who plays the 4-string #domra, I am documenting about this instrument. I found this page that gives a slightly longer overview than Wikipedia:
https://www.fretexpert.com/the-domra-instrument-what-it-is-how-it-sounds/

Breton #Mazurka updated:
https://www.monviolon.org/fr/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_1/details&ref=maz-bzh
Repertoire of Hyacinthe Guégan (1924-2016), treujenn gaol ("cabbage stalk", the clarinet) player in Central Brittany.
#boeufTrad #Brittany