wirralaccordion
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niels
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a tune from the 12th century.
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Mike t.
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Simple fiddle tune, “Hunting the Buffalo” once through. Not sure if quite know how to do this?
Simple fiddle tune, “Hunting the Buffalo” once through. Not sure if quite know how to do this?
breezybellows
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From the Classical Era - Early Romantic. Sonatina by Clementi.
Responding to Jerry's comment. I'm playing 85 BPM where I feel comfortable. I do not play the second and third movements.
Responding to Jerry's comment. I'm playing 85 BPM where I feel comfortable. I do not play the second and third movements.
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breezybellows
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A couple old American tunes, so I had to wear my old band hat, not my bunnet. Angelina Baker/Old Joe Clark. Warning: If you don’t like the sound of the Roland this will not change your mind. PS, Check out the cool embroidery my lovely daughter made for me hanging on the wall. 
breezybellows
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Baroque music on free bass accordion. #menuet #scarlatti #classicalmusic #freebassaccordion #accordion #organ
Akkordiman
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A little original Progressive Rock
stickista
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Jobim’s A Felicidade
Inspired by Roland Dyens classical guitar arrangement.
Inspired by Roland Dyens classical guitar arrangement.
Dark Phoenix
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It's so nice to hear some Clementi. I've managed to find two used versions of his Sonatinas, one arranged by Frank Gaviani and the other by Eugene Ettore.
Good one George. Joe Trolli did a lot of arranging for Yankovic. I have Trolli's Volume One but his waltz is not in it.
Your use of the organ sound is good -- just like Frank did it. Yours sounds better to me since you can play more than one note at a time. Frank used a Hammond Solovox which is a monophonic instrument and could only play one note at a time.
A bit of added trivia. The Hammond RT3 was identical to the B3 with the added feature that it had a 32 note pedal board. -- This was what the American Guild of Organists (AGO), considered was the standard configuration for organ pedals. Hammond's Concert Model was the RT3, that had the 32 note pedal board with 32 foot pedal tones. The B3 lowest pedal tone was 16 foot. Hammond did the 32 foot pedal tone with their Hammond Solovox. that was designed to go down to 16 Hz for that 32 foot tone. Hammond's claim to fame was that their tonewheel organs would never go out of tune (unless your power company didn't hold a stable 60 Hz frequency for their synchronous motor that rotated the tonewheels).
What was never revealed was that the lowest pedal octave, created with their Solovox design could drift out of tune (and had to be adjusted periodically), since these lowest frequencies were generated by tube oscillators. Of course, who would notice that a pedal note was off tune in the 16 -32 Hz range, especially since it was added to what ever was selected via the 16 and 8 foot drawbars.. At 16 Hz, you can barely hear the tone, but you can "feel" it with the pressure wave that is created at that very low frequency.
Your use of the organ sound is good -- just like Frank did it. Yours sounds better to me since you can play more than one note at a time. Frank used a Hammond Solovox which is a monophonic instrument and could only play one note at a time.
A bit of added trivia. The Hammond RT3 was identical to the B3 with the added feature that it had a 32 note pedal board. -- This was what the American Guild of Organists (AGO), considered was the standard configuration for organ pedals. Hammond's Concert Model was the RT3, that had the 32 note pedal board with 32 foot pedal tones. The B3 lowest pedal tone was 16 foot. Hammond did the 32 foot pedal tone with their Hammond Solovox. that was designed to go down to 16 Hz for that 32 foot tone. Hammond's claim to fame was that their tonewheel organs would never go out of tune (unless your power company didn't hold a stable 60 Hz frequency for their synchronous motor that rotated the tonewheels).
What was never revealed was that the lowest pedal octave, created with their Solovox design could drift out of tune (and had to be adjusted periodically), since these lowest frequencies were generated by tube oscillators. Of course, who would notice that a pedal note was off tune in the 16 -32 Hz range, especially since it was added to what ever was selected via the 16 and 8 foot drawbars.. At 16 Hz, you can barely hear the tone, but you can "feel" it with the pressure wave that is created at that very low frequency.
I think all participants deserve a runners up medalSome great tunes posted, but well done to our winner @Piotr
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