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What (who) is hurdy-gurdy - definition
Hurdy-gurdy
![Hurdy-gurdy player in [[Saint-Jean-des-Ollières]], [[Puy-de-Dôme]] (France)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/0 Joueur de vielle à roue à Saint-Jean-des-Ollières.JPG?width=200 "Hurdy-gurdy player in [[Saint-Jean-des-Ollières]], [[Puy-de-Dôme]] (France)")
![Hurdy Gurdy player Sergio González on an [[Early Music]] setting with a [[harpsichord]] in the back](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Early.music.hurdy.gurdy.sergio.gonzalez.jpg?width=200 "Hurdy Gurdy player Sergio González on an [[Early Music]] setting with a [[harpsichord]] in the back")
![Detail of ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' by [[Hieronymus Bosch]], showing the first known depiction of a buzzing bridge on a hurdy-gurdy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hieronymus Bosch 040.jpg?width=200 "Detail of ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' by [[Hieronymus Bosch]], showing the first known depiction of a buzzing bridge on a hurdy-gurdy")
![Sébastien Tron]], French hurdy gurdy player.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sébastien Tron.jpg?width=200 "Sébastien Tron]], French hurdy gurdy player.")
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Hurdy-Gurdy; Hurdygurdy; Ghironda; Lyra tedesca; Bauernleier; Hurdy-gurdies; Vevlira; Tekerőlant; Vielle à roue; Tekerő; Tekero; Zanfona; Tekerolant; Vielle a roue; Wheel fiddle; Hurdy Gurdy; Wheel Fiddle; Hurdy gurdies; Kolyosnaya lira; Kolyosnaya Lira; Zanfoña; Symphon; Radleier; Hurdy gurdy; Lira organizzata; Lyra organizzata; Viella organisée; Rotata; Wheel lyre; Clavecin-vielle; Humpenscrump; Hardy-gurdy
The hurdy-gurdy is a string instrument that produces sound by a hand-crank-turned, rosined wheel rubbing against the strings. The wheel functions much like a violin bow, and single notes played on the instrument sound similar to those of a violin.
Hurdy-gurdy
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Hurdy-Gurdy; Hurdygurdy; Ghironda; Lyra tedesca; Bauernleier; Hurdy-gurdies; Vevlira; Tekerőlant; Vielle à roue; Tekerő; Tekero; Zanfona; Tekerolant; Vielle a roue; Wheel fiddle; Hurdy Gurdy; Wheel Fiddle; Hurdy gurdies; Kolyosnaya lira; Kolyosnaya Lira; Zanfoña; Symphon; Radleier; Hurdy gurdy; Lira organizzata; Lyra organizzata; Viella organisée; Rotata; Wheel lyre; Clavecin-vielle; Humpenscrump; Hardy-gurdy
·noun In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
II. Hurdy-gurdy ·noun A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys.
hurdy-gurdy
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Hurdy-Gurdy; Hurdygurdy; Ghironda; Lyra tedesca; Bauernleier; Hurdy-gurdies; Vevlira; Tekerőlant; Vielle à roue; Tekerő; Tekero; Zanfona; Tekerolant; Vielle a roue; Wheel fiddle; Hurdy Gurdy; Wheel Fiddle; Hurdy gurdies; Kolyosnaya lira; Kolyosnaya Lira; Zanfoña; Symphon; Radleier; Hurdy gurdy; Lira organizzata; Lyra organizzata; Viella organisée; Rotata; Wheel lyre; Clavecin-vielle; Humpenscrump; Hardy-gurdy
['h?:d??g?:di]
¦ noun (plural hurdy-gurdies) a musical instrument with a droning sound played by turning a handle, which is typically attached to a rosined wheel sounding a series of drone strings, with keys worked by the left hand.
?informal a barrel organ.
Origin
C18: prob. imitative of the instrument's sound.
