# Hurdy-gurdy for beginners

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2010
- Speaker: Caroline Phillips
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_phillips_hurdy_gurdy_for_beginners)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Hurdy-gurdy for beginners](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/caroline_phillips_hurdy_gurdy_for_beginners/b4eda26e1dd8), 6 min (TED's player)