music and song connecting the past with the present
Copyright © Hexachordia
Sarah Doig
viols, lute, vielle,
voice & recorder
Tony Scheuregger
lute, gittern, guitar
flute, recorder & voice
Jane Scheuregger
voice, recorder, bagpipes,
shawm, rauschpfeife & crumhorn
The Hexachordia trio offers a fresh approach to early music. We recreate the instrumental flexibility that was a key feature in music-making at the time. The ability to play a number of different musical instruments along with the possession of a good singing voice was essential for professional musicians. Each of us, therefore, specialises in a range of instruments of this period, allowing us to perform a wide repertoire of ensemble music in a number of different instrumental and vocal combinations.
HEXACHORD [hek-suh-kawrd] - a diatonic series of six tones having, in medieval music, a half step between the third and fourth tones and whole steps between the others. Origin: Late Greek hexáchordos having six strings.
