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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, since this is TEDGlobal,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can tell me what this is called in French?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see you're all up on the history of hurdy-gurdy --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"vielle à roue."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Spanish, "zanfona."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.00,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Italian, "ghironda," okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hurdy-gurdy, or wheel fiddle.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, these are the different kinds and shapes of the hurdy-gurdy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hurdy-gurdy is the only musical instrument
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that uses a crank to turn a wheel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rub strings, like the bow of a violin,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.00,0:00:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to produce music.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.00,0:00:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has three different kinds of strings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.00,0:00:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first string is the drone string,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which plays a continuous sound like the bagpipe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second string is a melody string,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is played with a wooden keyboard tuned like a piano.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the third string is pretty innovative.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also the only instrument
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.00,0:01:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that uses this kind of technique.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.00,0:01:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It activates what's called the buzzing bridge, or the dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I turn the crank and I apply pressure,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes a sound like a barking dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So all of this is pretty innovative,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you consider
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the hurdy-gurdy appeared about a thousand years ago
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it took two people to play it;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one to turn the crank,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.00,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and another person -- yes -- to play the melody
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by physically pulling up large wooden pegs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.00,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luckily, all of this changed a couple of centuries later.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, one person could actually play
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and almost -- this is pretty heavy --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carry the hurdy-gurdy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hurdy-gurdy has been used, historically, through the centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in mostly dance music
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the uniqueness of the melody
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combined with the acoustic boombox here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, the hurdy-gurdy is used in all sorts of music --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditional folk music,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:01:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dance, contemporary
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and world music --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the U.K., in France, in Spain
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Italy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this kind of hurdy-gurdy takes anywhere from three to five years [to order and receive it].
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.00,0:02:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's made by specialized luthiers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.00,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also in Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's very difficult to tune.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So without further ado, would you like to hear it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.00,0:02:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience: Yes.)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.00,0:02:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caroline Phillips: I didn't hear you. Would you like to hear it? (Audience: Yes!)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CP: Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There I go.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to sing in Basque,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.00,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the language spoken in the Basque Country where I live,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the region in France and Spain.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Basque]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.00,0:03:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.00,0:04:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.00,0:04:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.00,0:04:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a song that I wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based on traditional Basque rhythms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a song that has a kind of a Celtic feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.00,0:05:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.00,0:05:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)