Archive for February, 2010
How to Play the Accordion: Free Online Music Lessons for Beginners : Part 2: How to Play “Mary Had a Little Lamb” on the Accordion
Learn how to play the bass part to Mary Had a Little Lamb on the accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Duration : 0:2:31
Alkanzeboy Accordion Instructional Videos
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZalkanzeboy
accordion for sale. $800 dry tuned. no basses. hohner corona II Classic GCF
Duration : 0:2:7
New Orleans Louisiana Creole Cajun Zydeco Music. Blues & Jazz of Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday NOLA Saints
New Orleans (pronounced /nu???li?nz, nu???l?nz/ locally and often pronounced /nu??r?li?nz/ in most other US dialects French: La Nouvelle-Orléans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state.
New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana, straddling the Mississippi River. It is coextensive with Orleans Parish, meaning that the boundaries of the city and the parish are the same. It is bounded by the parishes of St. Tammany (north), St. Bernard (east), Plaquemines (south), and Jefferson (south and west). Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits, lies to the north, and Lake Borgne lies to the east.
The city is named after Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans, Regent of France, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It is well known for its multicultural and multilingual heritage, cuisine, architecture, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz), and its annual Mardi Gras and other celebrations and festivals. The city is often referred to as the “most unique” city in America
La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans) was founded May 7, 1718, by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who was Regent of France at the time; his title came from the French city of Orléans. The French colony was ceded to the Spanish Empire in the Treaty of Paris (1763) and remained under Spanish control until 1801, when it reverted to French control. Most of the surviving architecture of the Vieux Carré (French Quarter) dates from this Spanish period. Napoleon sold the territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The city grew rapidly with influxes of Americans, French, and Creole French. Major commodity crops of sugar and cotton were cultivated with slave labor on large plantations outside the city.
The Haitian Revolution of 1804 established the second republic in the Western Hemisphere and the first led by blacks. Haitian refugees both white and free people of color (affranchis) arrived in New Orleans, often bringing slaves with them. While Governor Claiborne and other officials wanted to keep out more free black men, French Creoles wanted to increase the French-speaking population. As more refugees were allowed in Louisiana, Haitian émigrés who had gone to Cuba also arrived. Nearly 90 percent of the new immigrants settled in New Orleans. The 1809 migration brought 2,731 whites; 3,102 free persons of African descent; and 3,226 enslaved refugees to the city, doubling its French-speaking population.
During the War of 1812, the British sent a force to conquer the city. The Americans decisively defeated the British troops, led by Sir Edward Pakenham, in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815.
As a principal port, New Orleans had the major role of any city during the antebellum era in the slave trade. Its port handled huge quantities of goods for export from the interior and import from other countries to be traded up the Mississippi River. The river was filled with steamboats, flatboats, and sailing ships. At the same time, it had the most prosperous community of free persons of color in the South, who were often educated and middle-class property owners.
The population of the city doubled in the 1830s, and by 1840 New Orleans had become the wealthiest and third-most populous city in the nation. It had the largest slave market. Two-thirds of the more than one million slaves brought to the Deep South arrived via the forced migration of the internal slave trade. The money generated by sales of slaves in the Upper South has been estimated at fifteen percent of the value of the staple crop economy. The slaves represented half a billion dollars in property, and an ancillary economy grew up around the trade in slaves – for transportation, housing and clothing, fees, etc., estimated at 13.5 percent of the price per person. All this amounted to tens of billions of dollars during the antebellum period, with New Orleans as a prime beneficiary.
The Union captured New Orleans early in the American Civil War, sparing the city the destruction suffered by many other cities of the American South.
Duration : 0:3:25
Cajun Accordion, KNIRI TUNING, Melodeon, Langnauerli, Blues Oergeli , Alternate Tuning
The cajun accordion(made by Marc Savoy) shown in the video , has a special tuning.
I came up with some alternative tunings for diatonic Accordions. The one row Cajun-Accordions do usually have the ‘RICHTER’ tuning.
I was looking for an easier way to play the Blues with the common three chords (C, F and G7 in the key of C). After playing around for some time I found a continuous mathematical scale in the circle of 5th
for Blues, Folk and Jazz.
Layout —– *Kniri Tuning*221
B*english=H deutsch
blow: G, B*, D’, F’, A’, C”, Eb”, G”, Bb”, Db”’
holes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9, 10
draw: A, C’, E’, G’, Bb’, D”, F”, Ab”, C”’, Eb”’
A more detailed description of this “Blues Oergeli” tuning system can be found at
http://www.kniri.ch/bluesaccordion.aspx
Das “Bluesörgeli” mit *Kniri Tuning*
hat eine von mir erfundene regelmässige Toneinteilung (221 Skala) im Quintenzirkel, für Blues , Folk und Jazz.
Näheres auf meiner Website : www.kniri.ch
http://www.kniri.ch/bluesoergeli.aspx
Duration : 0:2:2
Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite Closed Cell Sleeping Pad
Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite The most compact closed-cell pad. Compact: Accordion-style design lies flat and packs small. Ultralight: Light enough to carry on virtually any adventure. Warm: Egg-carton pattern enhances warmth and softness. Uses: The perfect choice for chronic ounce-counters engaging in virtually any activity. Regular Small Weight 14 oz. (390g) 10 oz. (310g) Open Size 20″x72″ 20″x51″ Folded Size 20x4x5.5in. (51x13x14cm) 20x5x5.5in. (51x10x13cm) R-Value 2.2 2.2 Thickness 0.75 in. (2 cm) 0.75 in. (2 cm)
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Hohner 3002B Ariette Cajun-Style Diatonic Accordion – Black
A great accordion for the Cajun sound and other folk styles, Hohners Ariette has a traditional design with four treble stops, open key mechanism and Cajun tuning. The perfect beginners accordion, Ariette includes a 40-page instructional book, shoulder strap and carrying case. For nearly a century, the worlds top musicians have revered the distinctive sound of Hohner accordions. The Hohner sound, for which the companys accordions are famous, originates from the responsive, precisely tuned Hohner reed and the resonant construction of the woodwork. Shortly after the company started manufacturing accordions, this unique sound catapulted the Hohner accordion to the top of the international market, where it continues to be the worlds leading brand. Features: Treble Keys: 10 Bass/Chord Buttons: 2 Treble Reeds: 4 sets Key: C Color: Black Weight: 5.5 lbs. Size: 6″” deep by 11″” highIncludes case, shoulder strap and 40 page instruction book.
im learning accordion but i don’t know what to practice my "skills" on.?
im not learning through lessons, but i know the general ideas and i dont know how i can practice, as my knowledge of what cords to play where are limited i cant really make my own music without help. i would also prefer to test the skills i know in theory with other peoples music so i can become comfortable with it
ps my accordion is the type with a keyboard on one side not buttons
thank you
I can offer a few suggestions –
First to develop keyboard skill, practice your scales – two octaves at a time, then play triads of the major & minor chords of each scale, up and down the keyboard. There is also a book called "The Virtuoso Accordionist" based on the Hanon piano studies. Here is a free score of the piano version that could be adapted to accordion.
http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Virtuoso_Pianist_(Hanon,_Charles-Louis)
To help know what chords to play when, study piano chord theory. There are many online resources for this – here’s one
http://www.piano-play-it.com/piano-chord-theory.html
Once you learn how to build chords from a melody in the right hand, you’ll understand how to utilize the bass section of the accordion better, especially on your own music.
Good luck