Squeeze box6/3/2023 The tunes are suitable for melodeon, fiddle and accordion, and many will also fit within the range of bagpipes and hurdy gurdy. The book Bal Folk is also a great book which contains 214 tunes, mostly from Central France and will be of interest to anyone who enjoys playing French music, or playing for French dancing. Not books or tuition material is available here in the UK for playing European music. The Hohner Pokerwork and many of the excellent squeezeboxes in the Saltarelle range are available in the keys of G/C and C/F. The keys of G/C and C/F are also typical and excellent keys for songs and many singers sing in the keys of G C and F. The most popular keys for melodeon in the rest of Europe is G/C and C/F …G/C being the predominant key. The English Concertina and Piano Accordion is also used in English folk music, please see the separate sections for English Concertina and Piano Accordion. Learning from the ‘Mally’ method book and CD you will soon be playing tunes and on your way to playing in the local sessions or joining your local Morris side! The amount of practise that you put in will decide how good you will become as a player. Its amazing how soon a beginner can get a tune out of a melodeon. the Pack also included a deluxe Extreme Protection ‘Mally Bag’ which is the accepted way to carry a melodeon. The Hohner Pokerwork will give you the best value when you compare quality with price, nothing on the market can beat it. On a D/G melodeon you can access playing in the major keys of A D E G and the minor keys of A minor B minor and C.Īccomplished players can spider around the buttons, substitute notes here and there and play in more keys! For beginning to play the melodeon we recommend the Hohner Pokerwork Pack with detailed instructions from Dave Mallinson …a most respected English and Irish music melodeon player. (for the one row melodeon, the key of D is the most popular) For English music players, the D/G Hohner Pokerwork has been the ‘industry standard’ if you like for beginners that want a tried and tested quality box, that has the ‘authentic strident sound’ at a fair price. There are also one row melodeons which are just as hard to learn to play, but are limited to the diatonic key on the single row. The most popular squeezebox that you will see in the hands of Morris Dance Music players is the two row Melodeon in the key of D/G (you will also see concertinas and piano accordions used by these players which we shall explain further on in these technical notes), the D/G melodeon will give you that rhythmic bouncy style which is achieved because you have to change the bellows direction to play notes that are the same as their accompanying chords on the bass end of the instrument. The Melodeon - Most favoured for playing English Dance Music, Irish Music, European Music and Cajun Music. Here we explain the squeezeboxes and the popular types of music suited to each particular squeezebox. Please follow the links for technical details for each instrument. The popular types of squeezebox that we shall explain are Melodeon, Button Accordion, Piano Accordion, Continental Chromatic Accordion, Anglo Concertina, English Concertina. Please be aware that there are many retailers in the UK that don’t specialise in accordions, and out of their own ignorance they may sell you the wrong instrument. However, to the beginner, the melodeon, button accordion, concertina and piano accordion all sound similar! Eagle Music helps you here and gives you specialist advice that will help you to make the right choice and not waste your money on the wrong squeezebox. You may have heard someone playing a squeezebox at a festival, session or village summer event somewhere and thought to yourself ‘I would like to do that’. We have many books, cds and dvds to take you from beginner to advanced player. The notes below explain the Types of squeezebox and the kind of music that is played on them, these notes will help you choose the squeezebox that is the right model for you. The different types of squeezebox explained and simplified Original article written by Steve Noon, founder of Eagle Music, 2004. Eagle Music demystifies the main differences between a Melodeon, Button Accordion, Piano Accordion, Continental Chromatic Accordion, Anglo Concertina, English Concertina and Duet Concertina The types of music that are best suited for playing English folk music and traditional Irish music styles are all explained. Whether you are looking to start playing English or Irish dance music, pop or general folk music, Eagle Music will help you to make the right choice. We are often asked what’s the difference between a melodeon and a button accordion, what is the difference between an Anglo and English concertina? Eagle Music demystify and explain all the different squeezebox types.
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