A treasure trove

[artelagro]

I sent this man a copy of the score for the Anna Polka by Totti and Condi a couple of years ago.
He has since arranged it, added fingering etc. and shared it with us all.
That is only the start – his website now lists over 100 scores which have been given the treatment.
Something for everyone at <S>https://app.box.com/s/eke1mvbwarxsx4gzptsqfpqletsw5twa
To hear the maestro playing PA or CBA just look for grigpit on Youtube.
What a guy – Well done Peter.
Edited in line with acc2009s comments - see below, also note other relevant comments
Garth

 

[Russ]

Very nice, thanks

 

[Glenn]

Nice collection. A bit of something for everyone.
Ill add it to the list.
http://accordionists.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=46&p=212#p212[/url]

 

[JohnDev]

Thank you,great find!
The guy knows how to play too!

 

[acc2009]

This link is broken. Here is an other link, but I dont know how long this will work, because he decided to upload all his stuff to separate dropbox-links (see below his videos in the description). http://grigpit.webs.com/scoresold.htm

 

[debra]

This link is broken. Here is an other link, but I dont know how long this will work, because he decided to upload all his stuff to separate dropbox-links (see below his videos in the description). http://grigpit.webs.com/scoresold.htm

Shame that the link does not work and the scoresold link is a page that has many wrong (repeated) links...
Lets hope we get a more complete list at some point. What there is already is a great resource for people looking for solo pieces.

 

[acc2009]

I know he want's to use dropbox links only in the future. So you have to go to every tune from him and use a separate download-link.

 

[acc2009]

I got an other idea. I wrote him and asked him if he could share his complete dropbox-link for us where all his arrangements took place. So if he says "yes" I will post it here.

 

[acc2009]

https://app.box.com/s/eke1mvbwarxsx4gzptsqfpqletsw5twa

 

[landro]

The guy is tremendously gifted but he doesn`t have an inkling of how to put it to better use. His eagerness to demonstrate how fast he can play totally destroys the integrity of the number he plays. He has unusually quick fingering , the best I`ve seen , but he demonstrates more showman than anything else from my POV.
Again , he has an insane talent for the accordion but never learned how to use it to an advantage. Much of what he plays (a finger speed race ) detracts so much from the way the piece was intended to be played.
What a waste of talent !

 

[JerryPH]

That is unfortunately sometimes one sign of the self taught. They want to show what they know, however, they don't know when to stop the flash and put some meat in to the song. Generally speaking its not even a bad thing, but for someone that is also a musician, we understand that there is a difference between hearing a melody as it was written or meant to be played versus that same melody being butchered by huge useless amounts of added notes meant to impress rather than convey the music.

In the words of Eddie from Eddie and the Cruisers II... "the music's gotta live, man... it's gotta to breathe..."

 

[acc2009]

Someone asked for a complete list of tunes. Here it is.

I can't do and won't do anything against your thoughts. His intention is only to help and show other people how to play the accordion. I tried some easier tunes from him and man, his written fingering is really great. I learned much more through the years after I left my (hobby) accordion-school. There are much abilities I never thought I could do this, so I got much better.

 

[acc2009]

You both should watch his other tunes and not only this one what was posted here some time ago. Here is an other example of him playing and expressing amazingly: