What was that instrument Sting was playing?

[Atlantean]

In the song from Cold Mountain, what was that funny looking instrument?

 

Mandolin?

 

[Atlantean]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Mandolin?

I thought that was a stringed instrument... it was weird cause he was moving his hand around in circles under the instrument.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: jumpr
Mandolin?

no. But I was literally just about to post this

a mandolin is played a little bit like a guitar. Same string pattern as a bass, but many octaves higher, and you have eight strings (4 pairs of 2 identicle strings)

he was cranked something on one side, and moving his hand around on the other side, and music was coming out.

It was pretty sweet.

 

[Howard]

I know what it is... Just can't seem to remember what it's called.

 

[Howard]

A hurdy-gurdy!

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Howard
A hurdy-gurdy!

No no no, that's a lick spittle.

 

[Howard]

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[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Howard
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Vorschtien?

 

[Howard]

The town?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Hurdy gurdy


n : makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

 

[Jzero]

It really was a hurdy-gurdy. I bumped into a fellow playing one in Canterbury, England a few years back and he took it apart and showed me how it worked. It's not unlike a violin, except you turn the crank and that spins a wheel that strokes the strings.