"The Jolly Caballero" - mus. Pietro Frosini
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... about the tuning... I think I heard a flat noteNice classic accordion music and fun with Roland - especially bellow shake
BTW - this accordion is not out of tune - joke
I AM KIDDING!!!
Well done, I am seeing big improvements in your playing with this one!
Thomas N
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This was great Piotr! I used to play that during my lesson years and I never once played it that clean from start to finish. I hope others here understand how difficult that is!
I also love playing the accordion. I do two things every day and if I don't do them my wife says I'm in a bad mood the entire day. I run every morning and I play accordion for at least an hour. Both allow me to just zone out and not think about everything going on in life and both are physical exercise and challenging.
I also love playing the accordion. I do two things every day and if I don't do them my wife says I'm in a bad mood the entire day. I run every morning and I play accordion for at least an hour. Both allow me to just zone out and not think about everything going on in life and both are physical exercise and challenging.
You and Piotr have a great gift in being able to play each day, I'm trying but thats not happening. Work and life have a way of interfering. On a similar note, my Jiu-Jitsu instructor recently (about 3 months ago) took an early retirement. We spoke this past Saturday and I asked how he loved being retired... his words? "I've never been so busy in my life! Also considering going back to work!"
When I take my retirement, I will definitely have less of an excuse to not play at least a little each day, looking forward to it!
I agree with your teacher! I am more busy than ever, accordion, pottery, artwork, studying, hiking, making firewood. Amazing I had time to work! I still don’t play accordion every day though, need more motivation somehow.You and Piotr have a great gift in being able to play each day, I'm trying but thats not happening. Work and life have a way of interfering. On a similar note, my Jiu-Jitsu instructor recently (about 3 months ago) took an early retirement. We spoke this past Saturday and I asked how he loved being retired... his words? "I've never been so busy in my life! Also considering going back to work!"
When I take my retirement, I will definitely have less of an excuse to not play at least a little each day, looking forward to it!
Thomas N
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I have a good friend that worked with me, but he's in Wales. He retired a year ago and emailed recently in response to me asking him how he liked retirement. Our industry is very fast-moving and stressful and it's a career for the young - and I'm not young anymore. He replied with "It's great. I do the things I want to do, when I want to do them!"
I haven't had a vacation in 30 years where I wasn't stressed over some impending sale or making calls early in the morning to clear up things for work. It's going to be liberating, hopefully!
Thomas N
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Just thought of something related to Jolly Caballero - I use that opening chromatic run all the time! It look a long time in my early years to get it down flawlessly but once you have it it's very valuable for ascending or descending between verses in any song. I'm not one for a lot of dead space in my playing and if there's a measure without notes I'll use that chromatic scale to fill it!
