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Hurdy-gurdy for beginners

Caroline Phillips · TED

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About

Caroline Phillips cranks out tunes on a seldom-heard folk instrument: the hurdy-gurdy, a.k.a. the wheel fiddle. A searching, Basque melody follows her fun lesson on its unique anatomy and 1,000-year history.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2010
Speaker
Caroline Phillips
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Music
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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