It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

[wirralaccordion]

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”

Played on 2 accordions, each on the master setting of LMMM. I tried to play exactly the same notes throughout for a simple comparison. Which do you prefer, old ( -23 cents, 0, +26 cents ) or modern ( -5 cents, 0, +16 cents ) both at 440 Hz?

 

[Tom]

I prefer the first one, brighter.

 

[olivigus]

Hmmm, I like them both, although I tend to gravitate toward the sound of an older accordion in general. I would choose the modern for the formal holiday concert, and the old-timey one for the outdoor Christmas folk fest.

 

[NickC]

I like them both!

 

[Longshore]

First one. Much nicer to my ear anyway...

 

[Caps]

I kind of prefer the older one. Crisper and more "Christmassy" sounding.

 

[vivdunstan]

Another vote for the first one. And thanks for the reminder: I downloaded the sheet music for a version of this recently, but still have to try it on my box. Next accordion goal! Cheers.

 

[JerryPH]

2nd one... I tend to gravitate to the larger ones due to the slightly (to me at least) richer sound.

 

[Dingo40]

Both good, in their way, but I do prefer the first, overall.