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i love this ..i imagine Rob Mackillop might too.
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09-02-2022 09:57 AM
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I doubt I could ever achieve any kind of proficiency with my limited practice time...but man, I'd love an accordion.
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Hmmmmmm . . .
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Tone on the recording is surprisingly good but what is happening with the left hand??? It definitely isn't playing all the rhythm section sounds in the video.
Think I'll stick with the tactile experience of interacting with a heavier instrument though.
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What the accordion can teach you about music, with the ever-delightful Nahre Sol and the virtouso Cory Pesaturo
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My nephew just got an accordion. He is a high school senior. He plays trombone, banjo and is picking up the accordion, and his brother plays balalaika. They decided they like non-traditional instruments, and there is actually an informal club they call the UTI Club--UnTraditional Instrument Club.
He is surprisingly good for having had it only a couple of months, and he doesn't even play piano.
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wont be long before someone posts Donna Lee on one..lets stick to Jigs,Sea Shanties...Scottish Reels or Irish...
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Originally Posted by voxo
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Originally Posted by voxo
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
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hahaha Rob..
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There is even a group called The Jimi Shandrix Experience…true. Not as exciting as the name suggests.
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Originally Posted by Bop Head
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A couple of years ago, I wanted to buy an accordion. I wanted a piano accordion, so instead of that I bought a cheap melodica than a real one.
In France we've got the tradition of C button accordion and we are used to hearing accordion. I was used to I may say, we don't see accordion anymore on TV.
I discovered American and Brazilian traditions on accordion.
Diatonic and chromatic ones, it's very interesting.
I was interested in Bandoneón too and thought about a Concertina.
Now I don't know, I like the diatonic accordion sound.
Do you know this guy ?
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I've got a worse guilty pleasure ... a few LPs I dug out of my parents' collection of James Last and His Orchestra. They're actually pretty fun to listen to from time to time (and imagine that apparently Germans *can* have a sense of humor )
Way back when I was in a music initiation class with a bunch of other 7 yos piping away on soprano recorders, the teacher often accompanied us on a big accordeon. I liked that so much I wanted to pick it as my "real" instrument after that initial year. My mom didn't want, officially because "she'd have to schlepp that big suitcase on the back of her bike cycling to the next town over" where the musicschool was, but I think that there was also some prejudice about "the people who play that kind of music" going on. Which would be somewhat strange because French chansons were a staple at home.
I've always wondered how people could play anything on those huge arrays of buttons, but after picking up 1 or 2 of those tablet apps I realised they're laid out pretty cleverly.
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Wix Wickens, the accordionist on This is the Day, was a schoolfriend of Douglas Adams, and played at his memorial service. Wickens has been keyboardist in Paul McCartney's band since 1989.
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I love the sound of the accordion, especially players like Ludovic Beier who is often playing with the best Gypsy artists in the world.
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I caught Beier with Dorado Schmitt's band in Minneapolis a decade or so ago, and after the show I asked him if I was hearing correctly, what sounded like bent notes--sort of like what you can get by overblowing on a harmonica. He said that his accordion was modified with buttons that allowed that effect. Nice guy, and a hell of a player.
I love the sound of free-reed instruments--including bagpipes--and have sections of my music library just for them. (Then there's chromatic harmonica. . . .)
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I saw Jack Emblow a couple of times with Martin Taylor’s ‘Spirit of Django’ band at Ronnie Scotts, he made it swing for sure.
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Just wanted to jump in and say that it's definitely a tough choice between the concertina and the accordion. Right now, though, I find myself leaning towards the concertina. I have this huge love for Irish music, and the concertina just captures the essence of it so beautifully. It's such a joy to play those traditional tunes on this instrument. By the way, if you're looking to explore more with concertinas or accordions, you should check out the irish music shop. They usually have a fantastic selection of both instruments. Who knows, you might stumble upon your perfect match there!
Last edited by JacobMauer; 07-10-2023 at 06:29 AM.
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Does no one remember who brought us the Polytone? It was Tommy Gumina, an accordionist you all need to know. He and Buddy DeFranco had a wonderful quartet for years - I have their vinyl. And here’s a cool album with DeFranco, Gumina, and Joe Pass. I’m not wild about Gumina’s use of the “Polycorus”, whatever that is - I assume it’s an electronic accordion gizmo from the sounds on this album. But there’s some great jazz in Gumina’s accordion.
EDIT: The “Polycorus” must be the EH PolyChorus pedal misspelled.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
The album is from 1987, MIDI accordions have existed for a long time but I believe he used an analogic technology.
Like this thing.
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
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