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acordiansam
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You are doing great! I never liked trad. accordion music as a kid. So my instructor would write up show tunes and swing tunes for me.
Relax, have fun put a little air or break at the end of each phrase. Say take a breath like you were singing. You have the notes now bring in the feel or swing.
Keep up the good work!!
Relax, have fun put a little air or break at the end of each phrase. Say take a breath like you were singing. You have the notes now bring in the feel or swing.
Keep up the good work!!
Ha...thankyou Sam...you've reminded me of t Coen Bros movie The Man that wasn't There....Billy Bob Thornton takes what is considers a child prodigy on piano to a conservatory to learn more...sh is denied admittance and Billy bob can't grasp why...the teacher tells him Ye she plays the piano fanastically...like a typist
Sadly that's me too
Or put another way a friend told me...don't play like an Essex boy...get your cahones out
Sadly that's me too
Or put another way a friend told me...don't play like an Essex boy...get your cahones out
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Your style reminds me of the older Dutch jazz players like Johnny Meijer and Toos Endlich.
Here is a clip of Toos Endlich. Little lady, big accordion, huge chords.
Not an easy style to master, and all I think you need to do is slow down a tad. Youre getting there!
Here is a clip of Toos Endlich. Little lady, big accordion, huge chords.
Not an easy style to master, and all I think you need to do is slow down a tad. Youre getting there!
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There is nothing wrong with the way you play. Just my tast. Everyone has different tast. I am afraid to say I've been playing for 45 years and don't have the guts to post my playing.
Speaking of typing. I used to play duets with a lady that had long fingernails. Sounded like she was typing or we had a percussionist in the wings when we played.
Speaking of typing. I used to play duets with a lady that had long fingernails. Sounded like she was typing or we had a percussionist in the wings when we played.
Aaahh Toos, what a truly majestic player
Her and johnny liked them Accordionola boxes...not sure where they were made but look like 3/3 basses to me
That youve noticed my influences is enough to know im on the right track...thank you...
Her and johnny liked them Accordionola boxes...not sure where they were made but look like 3/3 basses to me
That youve noticed my influences is enough to know im on the right track...thank you...
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Accordiola was taken over by Mengascini, and I believe they can still be had (at a price) from retailers in Belgium and Holland. They also made instruments for the French market, some of which had a very nice warm two voice americain sound.
I had been trying to work out why you favoured full on 3 voice musette to play jazzy numbers, and the penny finally dropped. In the clip of Toos Endlich youve posted she makes a bit of use of the single bassoon reed, before she turns on the power with the musette coupler.
Ive posted this clip of the French player, Alexandra Paris, from Crisolles in Picardy, playing a similar style, although perhaps not exactly to your taste.
Youll see that she slows things down to a comfortable pace so she can change couplers and work on the melody.
I remember her as a chubby teenager being taught to play by Maurice Larcange. With a surname like hers she was bound to be a success! Every time you look on the net for Paris Musette or Paris Accordion, there she is!
Her instrument sounds as though it has double bassoon reeds, and would cost a fortune (upwards of £10,000 new). I know nothing about midi or digi, but the sound is at least acoustic like.
Hope you like it! I love her Picard Chti accent!
I had been trying to work out why you favoured full on 3 voice musette to play jazzy numbers, and the penny finally dropped. In the clip of Toos Endlich youve posted she makes a bit of use of the single bassoon reed, before she turns on the power with the musette coupler.
Ive posted this clip of the French player, Alexandra Paris, from Crisolles in Picardy, playing a similar style, although perhaps not exactly to your taste.
Youll see that she slows things down to a comfortable pace so she can change couplers and work on the melody.
I remember her as a chubby teenager being taught to play by Maurice Larcange. With a surname like hers she was bound to be a success! Every time you look on the net for Paris Musette or Paris Accordion, there she is!
Her instrument sounds as though it has double bassoon reeds, and would cost a fortune (upwards of £10,000 new). I know nothing about midi or digi, but the sound is at least acoustic like.
Hope you like it! I love her Picard Chti accent!
Terry,
Try a "What a difference a Day Made" Disco ish LH pattern on this. By that I mean 2 tonic bass notes before a chord, dotted quaver to a semiquaver etc. You're already playing the Dominant bass note so you're most of the way there..
Try a "What a difference a Day Made" Disco ish LH pattern on this. By that I mean 2 tonic bass notes before a chord, dotted quaver to a semiquaver etc. You're already playing the Dominant bass note so you're most of the way there..
Thanks Bob...tried this morning and actually harder than I thought...did settle things down a bit to make melody stand out and allowed me to play slower without thinking thinking would all fall over....at first I thought you meant a samba but foun that real difficult to keep a feel...
Thanks Maugien....very impressed with Alexandra....on the nail for the sound I love
I play the jazz tunes mostly because I find t progressions so pretty and the possibilities are wonderful...speedy stuff is not really for me...wide chords...wide progressions...but perhaps I shouldn't keep my musete so wide
Thanks Maugien....very impressed with Alexandra....on the nail for the sound I love
I play the jazz tunes mostly because I find t progressions so pretty and the possibilities are wonderful...speedy stuff is not really for me...wide chords...wide progressions...but perhaps I shouldn't keep my musete so wide
losthobos said:
It is a kind of samba, and of course it doesnt have to be unrelenting, but if you keep practicing on its own as a drummer would, itll become second nature pretty quickly.
Theres also an easy way to play the min scale to chromatic bass run under the word C-O-C-A when youre ready, get that LH button chart out..
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If you choke it back to one or two voices occasionally, then hit the musette or master when you are about to begin a different part of the tune, you're adding another dimension to your playing. I would imagine with your style coupler changes can be a swine, but if you can manage them mid tune you'll get what I mean. In the early days I found with my rear mounted French couplers that a change could throw my hand position off to the extent that I lost track of the tune. I used to record myself playing using old fashioned tape recorders, and seldom changed coupler during a tune in case I fluffed it. I don't have any accordions with couplers on the front, so I can't compare them. With my boxes it's a case of remembering which switch does what and trying to get the changes right, Even yet, I sometimes get surprises when I find I've selected the wrong one.
Playing LH bass has always been a weakness with me, and Bob's advice is way out of my ballpark. One day I'll take playing the basses seriously, but I know one or two pro players who can only do the basics, same as me.
You've more bottle than Fuller's brewery putting yourself on You Tube, and I'm sure most members will learn something from each of your posts. I'm wading back into playing after a longish break, and if I ever get the hang of how to record myself playing these days I might have a go. I've still got a lot of practising to do until I get the old techniques back, so don't wait up for me posting!
Playing LH bass has always been a weakness with me, and Bob's advice is way out of my ballpark. One day I'll take playing the basses seriously, but I know one or two pro players who can only do the basics, same as me.
You've more bottle than Fuller's brewery putting yourself on You Tube, and I'm sure most members will learn something from each of your posts. I'm wading back into playing after a longish break, and if I ever get the hang of how to record myself playing these days I might have a go. I've still got a lot of practising to do until I get the old techniques back, so don't wait up for me posting!
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