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Press Release: 2010 Cajun Squeezebox Shootout
The 5th Annual
Cajun Squeezebox Shootout Accordion Championship
Saturday, February 13, 2010 HIGH NOON
Strand Theatre 432 N. Main Street Jennings, Louisiana
For the past 18 years, Jennings, Louisiana has been the proud home of Cajun Country’s Mardi Gras “Kick Off” event: The Jennings Mardi Gras Parade and Festival. Each year, the parade and the Main Street after-party street dance has grown tremendously and the event is now recognized as a Mardi Gras season highlight.
In 2006 the Cajun Squeezebox Shootout Accordion Championship was born. The fifth annual Shootout is scheduled for Saturday, February 13th at the Historic Strand Theatre on Main Street in Jennings. Cajun diatonic accordion players will meet to shoot it out at High Noon. Doors to the Strand open at 11 a.m. and the competition begins at noon. Admission is $5 general admission, those 12 and under get in free.
The Shootout is a family event designed to expand and promote Cajun music and culture. The contest is open to diatonic nine-and-ten-button Cajun accordion players of all ages. A panel of five judges from the Cajun Music industry will evaluate each player. Judging is based on overall Cajun Music skill; command of accordion voicing; traditional song playing and style; hammering accuracy; knowledge of modern modes; and finally, on performance and presence.
There is no entry fee for the contest, but accordionists must register in order to compete. A registration form and details are available on the Shootout site: jeffdavis.org . Competition features three divisions. The Youth Division includes players age 13 and under, on or before Feb. 13, 2010. The Junior Division includes players age 14 – 20, on or before Feb.13, 2010. The last division is the Adult Division including players age 21 and older, on or before Feb.13, 2010. The deadline to register to compete is Thursday, February 11 at 3 p.m.
The prizes include recognition as the 2010 Cajun Accordion Champion, as well as trophies and a $500 Grand Prize in each division. $100 second prizes and $50 third prizes will also be awarded. To register for competition or learn more about the Shootout go to the website:
www.jeffdavis.org or call (337) 821-5532 or email polly@cityofjennings.com.
Proudly sponsored by the Jeff Davis Parish Tourist Commission, the City of Jennings and the Jennings Festival Association.
Accordion Lesson: bellows shake (Dave Evans). How to play accordion
http://digitalpill.tv Dave Evans explains the uses of the accordion bellows shake. In this video, Dave describes the uses of the double and triple bellows shake in jazz, zydeco and cabaret music. He includes detailed instructions about how to perform the shake as well as techniques for adding accents to play with the rhythmic aspects of accordion.
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Korsakov – Flight of the bumble bee – by Alexander Dmitriev
Alexander Dmitriev plays Flight of the bumble bee from Korsakov on the Accordion (bayan). Perfect! He is wonderful!
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Cajun Accordion (KNIRI TUNING) Hohner One Row, Melodeon, Alternate Tuning “Blues Oergeli”
The accordion (Hohner 1 Row 114 C) shown in the video,
has a special circular tuning “in the circle of 5th”, *Kniri Tuning 221*
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 (“221″ Scale) for diatonic Instruments with 10 Buttons. This means that the notes do always have the same steps(221221221221…..2=wholetone, 1=halftone) This allows to play on the same Instrument 5 different Major and Minor scales and 16 different triads, which are related/similar to the circle of fifths.
A more detailed description of this alternate accordion tunig system can be found at
http://www.kniri.ch/bluesaccordion.aspx
Das “Bluesörgeli” mit “221″ Tuning,hat eine von mir entwickelte Tonanordnung (“221″ Skala), mit der man auf demselben 10-Knopf- Accordion identische Melodien in verschiedenen Tonarten spielen kann, das heisst in 5 Dur- und 5 Molltonarten über mehr als 1 Oktave.
Es sind zudem 16 verschiedene Dreiklänge im Quintenzirkel möglich, immer 3 Töne nebeneinander liegend.
Näheres unter:
http://www.kniri.ch/bluesoergeli.aspx
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How do I choose an accordion?
I’m about to start Accordion Lessons and I need to pick one to rent from my teacher. I’m wanting to play folk metal mainly so should I go for a button accordion or a piano accordion? Which is more fitting?
If I were starting over, I would pick the Continental Button Accordion, sometimes called a chromatic button accordion. Second choice would be a piano accordion. Don’t go with the diatonic button box.
Latinos: How do you dance Cajun Music ?
http://www.ncta.net/events/touring2.htm
The original recordings, made on reel-to-reel tapes, digital audiotape, cassettes, and CDs, hold treasures of classic American forms such as bluegrass, blues, gospel, cowboy songs, Cajun, and Appalachian ballads. In the archives is music from the Veracruz region of Mexico, American Indian shape note singing, and African, Vietnamese, and Armenian songs. It includes Yiddish klezmer, Creole zydeco, and Irish folk singing.
soy latina pero no se.lo siento!!
clases de acordeon master accordion
www.acordeonpreciso.com accordion master classes to learn to play the accordion teacher accordion button accordion classes online
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Zelda theme on accordion
Zelda theme song on the accordion.
Been playing accordion for 1 month – sorry the sloppy playing.
More videos on my profile.
Update: The Toronto Star (a daily newspaper in Toronto) did a story on me. Read it here:
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/412894
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