Posts Tagged ‘Akkordeon’
Demo of Crucianelli Musette Piano Accordion with MIDI System
Take a look at my new toy, this beautiful Crucianelli 120-bass Italian Piano Accordion. As well the lovely traditional musette sound from the internal reeds in the usual way, the instrument now has a brand new MIDI system fitted, which through use of a Roland accordion expander enables hundreds of sounds to be synthesised in real time to add great variety to the music produced. One can also turn off the actual treble and/or bass reeds to have purely electronic sounds for melody, chords or bass, or naturally use as a traditional acoustic instrument with no electronics at all, so the possibilities are endless.
I’ve been playing with this setup for just over a week now, and thought it about time I make a demo video, along with a Christmas medley. Things didn’t quite go to plan however… enjoy!
P.S. Please check out my other accordion videos! Here’s one taken the day after this particular video while I was out street busking for the first time with this instrument…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kT-gphWtB3c
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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
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Magic Piano Accordion Duet (2 Accordions, 1 Player!)
Filmed at the Twinwoods Mechanical organ Festival 2008, this video shows me playing two accordions at once with the aid of a midi link
The accordion I’m wearing and playing is a 120 bass Crucianelli which in addition to its beautifully handmade musette tuned reeds, also has a midi output. Connecting this output to Chris Does Magic Accordion, an amazing self-playing instrument made by organ builder Alan Pell, I’m thus able to play a duet with myself in real time – cool or what!
Here you’ll hear a quick test rendition of Serenade No. 13 by Carl Frei – look at my other accordion videos and you can hear the same piece played on just one accordion, plus more videos featuring this midi accordion in action.
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