Posts Tagged ‘Traditional’
Playing Accordion Music : The Stradella Buttons on the Accordion
Learn about the Stradella buttons on the accordion and their function with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
Expert: Paul Becker
Bio: Paul Becker has been playing the piano for more then 20 years. He is a musician in heart and soul, and also plays the Accordion and the Shofar.
Filmmaker: Danniel Fishler
Duration : 0:1:0
Nuala Hehir on Irish accordion and Liz Gaughan on fiddle
A set of jigs from button accordion player Nuala Hehir from Ennis, Co. Clare and fiddle player Liz Gaughan, originally from Manchester, England and now living in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. They learned the first tune from Clare concertina player Gearóid O’Halloran and they associate the second with the late Joe Liddy, fiddle player and composer from Co. Leitrim.
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Duration : 0:2:26
Irish accordion player Darra Mulhearn at Fleadh Nua
Recorded at the Fleadh Nua held in Ennis in 2005, button accordion player Darra Mulhearn from Ennis, Co. Clare plays the multi-part reel “The Mason’s Apron”.
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Duration : 0:3:9
Dean Warner on Piano Accordion
Piano accordion player Dean Warner plays a set of reels, ending with “The Sandymount”. Originally from Leeds, England, Dean now lives near Lurgan, Co. Armagh.
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Duration : 0:2:42
Accordion player Jimmy Keane and Fiddle Player Seán Cleland
A set of jigs by piano accordion player Jimmy Keane and fiddle player Seán Cleland, both from Chicago. Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann lovers will remember the great duet between Jimmy and Liz Carroll when they won the Duets title in Buncrana in the late 1970s. Here they play “The Ships in Full Sail”, “The Bohola Jig” and “The Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies”. They were recorded at the 2008 Comhaltas North American Convention, held in the Hilton Hotel at Parsippany, New Jersey between the 26th and 30th of March.
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Duration : 0:5:22
Playing Accordion Music : Rock & Roll Accordion
Learn about rock and roll style accordion music with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
Expert: Paul Becker
Bio: Paul Becker has been playing the piano for more then 20 years. He is a musician in heart and soul, and also plays the Accordion and the Shofar.
Filmmaker: Danniel Fishler
Duration : 0:1:2
Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn (Banjo/Accordion)
A selection of three reels played at the Scoil Éigse Master Tutors’ Concert at Fleadh 2007 by Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn on banjo and button accordion. The reels are “Mc Carthy’s Reel”, “The Widow’s Daughter” and “The Strokestown Reel”.
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Duration : 0:4:39
Gaelic Song : Eilidh MacKenzie : A Gaelic Cajun Fusion
‘I Huiraibh o chan eil mi slan’ (I am not well) by Eilidh MacKenzie. A very old song, arranged by Eilidh and Cajun accordian ace Kim Tebble, successively member of Celtic-Cajun-Indie-Country band Deaf Heights Cajun Aces, then Les Miseres and The Tuberians. Video from elsewhere & I thought it might work OK.
Duration : 0:3:37
Playing Accordion Music : Playing Piano Accordions
Learn how to play piano accordions with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
Expert: Paul Becker
Bio: Paul Becker has been playing the piano for more then 20 years. He is a musician in heart and soul, and also plays the Accordion and the Shofar.
Filmmaker: Danniel Fishler
Duration : 0:2:7
Button Accordion player Damien McKee – Irish Jigs
Three jigs: “Paddy Fahy’s”, “Dingle David” (composed by Cian O’Grady) and “Jerry Mulholland’s”, played by button accordion player Damien McKee, joined by Seán Óg Graham on guitar. Damien and Seán Óg come from Co. Antrim.
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Duration : 0:5:4