Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-gurdy for beginners

Translator: Palmira Irisarri Reviewer: Alvaro Moya

Now, since this is TEDGlobal,

TEDGlobalean gaudenez gero

who can tell me what this is called in French?

nork esan diezadake zelan deitzen den hau frantsesez?

I see you're all up on the history of hurdy-gurdy --

"hurdy-gurdy"aren historian interesatuta zaudetela ikusten dut.

"vielle à roue."

"Vielle à roue".

And in Spanish, "zanfona."

Gasteleraz "zanfoña" da.

And in Italian, "ghironda," okay?

Eta italieraz, "ghironda", ez da?

Hurdy-gurdy, or wheel fiddle.

Zarrabetea, edo "gurpil biola" da.

So, these are the different kinds and shapes of the hurdy-gurdy.

Mota eta itxura ezberdinekoak daude.

The hurdy-gurdy is the only musical instrument

Zarrabetea musika-tresna bakarra da

that uses a crank to turn a wheel

gurpil bati eragiteko biradera bat erabiltzen duena

to rub strings, like the bow of a violin,

hariak igurtzitzeko, bibolinaren arkuak bezala,

to produce music.

musika sortzeko.

It has three different kinds of strings.

Hiru motatako hariak dauzka.

The first string is the drone string,

Lehenengo mota pordoiak dira;

which plays a continuous sound like the bagpipe.

hauek gaiten antzeko soinu jarraia igortzen dute.

The second string is a melody string,

Bigarren mota hari melodikoak dira;

which is played with a wooden keyboard tuned like a piano.

hauek pianoa bezala afinatutako zurezko teklatu batekin jotzen dira.

And the third string is pretty innovative.

Hirugarren mota nahiko berriztatzailea da.

It's also the only instrument

Teknika hau erabiltzen duen gaur eguneko

that uses this kind of technique.

tresna bakarra da, bestalde.

It activates what's called the buzzing bridge, or the dog.

Burrunba-zubia edo txakurra deitzen dena aktibatzen du.

When I turn the crank and I apply pressure,

Biraderari eragin eta presioa egiten diodanean

it makes a sound like a barking dog.

txakur zaunkaren antzeko soinua egiten du, ezta?

So all of this is pretty innovative,

Hau guztia nahiko berriztatzailea da

if you consider

kontuan izanda

that the hurdy-gurdy appeared about a thousand years ago

zarrabetea duela milaka urte sortu zela

and it took two people to play it;

eta jotzeko bi pertsona behar zirela:

one to turn the crank,

bata biraderari eragiteko

and another person -- yes -- to play the melody

eta bestea zurezko tekla handi batzuk

by physically pulling up large wooden pegs.

sakatuz doinua jotzeko.

Luckily, all of this changed a couple of centuries later.

Zorionez, hau guztia bi mende beranduago aldatu zen.

So, one person could actually play

Horrela, pertsona bakar batek jo dezake

and almost -- this is pretty heavy --

eta ia-ia... hau nahiko astuna da...

carry the hurdy-gurdy.

zarrabetea eramatea.

The hurdy-gurdy has been used, historically, through the centuries

Zarrabetea, historikoki, mendeetan zehar, erabili izan da

in mostly dance music

batez ere dantzarako musikan,

because of the uniqueness of the melody

bere doinuaren berezitasunagatik

combined with the acoustic boombox here.

soinu-tresneria honekin konbinatuta.

And today, the hurdy-gurdy is used in all sorts of music --

Gaur egun zarrabetea musika mota guztietan erabiltzen da:

traditional folk music,

herri musika tradizionalean,

dance, contemporary

musika garaikidean, dantzan

and world music --

eta munduko musikan.

in the U.K., in France, in Spain

Erresuma Batuan, Frantzian, Espainian

and in Italy.

eta Italian.

And this kind of hurdy-gurdy takes anywhere from three to five years [to order and receive it].

Mota honetako zarrabete bat egiteko 3 eta 5 urte bitartean behar dira.

It's made by specialized luthiers,

Luthier espezializatuek egiten dute,

also in Europe.

Europan ere.

And it's very difficult to tune.

Eta oso zaila da afinatzea.

So without further ado, would you like to hear it?

Orduan, besterik gabe, entzutea gustatuko litzaizueke?

(Audience: Yes.)

(Entzuleak: Bai)

Caroline Phillips: I didn't hear you. Would you like to hear it? (Audience: Yes!)

Caroline Phillips: Ez dizuet entzuten. Entzutea gustatuko litzaizueke? (Entzuleak: Bai)

CP: Okay.

Ondo

There I go.

Badoa.

I'd like to sing in Basque,

Tira, euskaraz abestea gustatuko litzaidake,

which is the language spoken in the Basque Country where I live,

Euskal Herriko hizkuntza da ta, bizi naizen lekua,

in the region in France and Spain.

Frantzia eta Espainiako herrialde bat.

(Music)

(Musika)

[Basque]

[Euskara]

(Music)

(Musika)

Thank you.

Eskerrik asko.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

This is a song that I wrote

Abesti hau idatzi nuen

based on traditional Basque rhythms.

euskal erritmoetan oinarrituta.

And this is a song that has a kind of a Celtic feel.

Eta egia esan zeltiar musikaren kutsua dauka.

(Music)

(Musika)

Thank you. Thank you.

Eskerrik asko.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)