Theo Gibb
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(Date Posted:24/08/2007 22:59:31)
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HelloI'm a complete beginner and I'm looking for a teacher for D/G box in Edinburgh.My main interest is in playing for dancing (Rapper, Yorkshire Longsword and Cotswold Morris) but need to learn the very basics firstcheersIan
Hi Ian
You may struggle to find D/G tuition in Edinburgh. There is an adult ed project there where one of the organisers main instrument is A/D/G box. I have forgotten his name, but someone here may know who I'm talking about.
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Ian Burdon
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(Date Posted:27/10/2007 21:19:50)
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Hi Ian You may struggle to find D/G tuition in Edinburgh. There is an adult ed project there where one of the organiser's main instrument is A/D/G box. I have forgotten his name, but someone here may know who I'm talking about.
Thanks Theo. I know to whom you refer and have been in email contact.
Well, 2 months after my first post I have a D/G box and have had it for a week. I can just about get a couple of tunes out of it now with no unfortunate extraneous noises - but right hand only and not at anything like the proper speed.
It is not quite a standard box - it is a rebuilt Hohner Erica with one of the reeds flipped over, but I was very kindly given it as a gift and I am not complaining.
Ian
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wgwy
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(Date Posted:27/10/2007 22:01:27)
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Ian,
Following our brief exchange over on Footstompin', it occurs to me that you might need to consider going to workshops etc. in England to get some hands-on instruction, e.g Melodeons at Witney or some such. (Plenty of information from others on this forum as to what's available & when). When I started out on the B/C, I started going up to Skye each year for a course for the very same reason - lack of tuition locally. Not as good as regular tuition, but better than nothing. Meanwhile, stick in at the books.
Bill Young
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Ian Burdon
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(Date Posted:27/10/2007 22:12:41)
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Thanks Bill
I plan to do precisely that as and when I get chance. Looking through the threads here, I think one of the differences I have with a number of members (and also as we were discussing briefly elsewhere)is that I am not that interested - at least at present - in playing at sessions: my main interest is in dance tunes and playing for dancing. While in one sense this is limiting, on the other it gives me a coherent set of targets to work at - essentially working up a smallish repetoire of dance tunes which ought in their turn to give me some experience in basic right and left hand technique.
Cheers
Ian
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Derektmm
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(Date Posted:30/10/2007 15:30:56)
This may not be particularly useful info and you may be aware of it anyway, but -
before I started playing melodeon I used to play a mouth organ. The melodeon was a natural progression as it's like a mouth organ with bellows (except for the bass buttons). So it took me about a week to learn how to play it, this time being mostly spent working on the bass notes.
So, if want to play melodeon, get a mouth organ and learn tunes on that. The point being that a mouth organ can be bought quite cheaply and fits in the pocket for those times when you can fit a quick practice in.
One problem I did have was that playing melodeon used to leave me breathless as I found my self sucking and blowing in sympathy with the bellows.
Have fun
Derek
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Ian Burdon
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(Date Posted:30/10/2007 21:22:19)
Derak
thanks
oddly enough I have so far found the melodeon easier than the mouthie. On the other hand I haven't applied myself to the bass buttons yet....
cheers
Ian
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This may not be particularly useful info and you may be aware of it anyway, but -before I started playing melodeon I used to play a mouth organ. The melodeon was a natural progression as it's like a mouth organ with bellows (except for the bass buttons). So it took me about a week to learn how to play it, this time being mostly spent working on the bass notes.So, if want to play melodeon, get a mouth organ and learn tunes on that. The point being that a mouth organ can be bought quite cheaply and fits in the pocket for those times when you can fit a quick practice in.One problem I did have was that playing melodeon used to leave me breathless as I found my self sucking and blowing in sympathy with the bellows.Have funDerek
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Txbear
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(Date Posted:05/11/2007 20:41:19)
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Derakthanksoddly enough I have so far found the melodeon easier than the mouthie. On the other hand I haven't applied myself to the bass buttons yet....cheersIanReply to : DerektmmThis may not be particularly useful info and you may be aware of it anyway, but -before I started playing melodeon I used to play a mouth organ. The melodeon was a natural progression as it's like a mouth organ with bellows (except for the bass buttons). So it took me about a week to learn how to play it, this time being mostly spent working on the bass notes.So, if want to play melodeon, get a mouth organ and learn tunes on that. The point being that a mouth organ can be bought quite cheaply and fits in the pocket for those times when you can fit a quick practice in.One problem I did have was that play
There are some slight differences in tuning between harmonicas and melodeons, some differences in which notes are left out... but they work on the same idea. You can even play octaves with a harmonica if you are good at blocking notes with your tongue, etc. Can't bend notes on a melodeon, but there are a lot of things you can do on a melodeon that you can't do on a harmonica...all those fingers available to press keys... The harmonica and the melodeon really complement each other and I'm surprised you don't see them playing together more often. Which is easier? Damn if I know, but the melodeon grabbed me in ways the harmonica never did. The bass side has much to do with that.
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Theo Gibb
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(Date Posted:06/11/2007 10:39:34)
Reply to : Txbear
Can't bend notes on a melodeon,
Well its not easy, but it can be done. Listen to Chris Parkinson for example.
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frank Lee
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(Date Posted:06/11/2007 12:56:55)
Bending notes on a melodeon.
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The ability to do this seems to depend on the type of reeds you have - not sure which particular reeds work best, but those fitted to Saltarelles seem to respond to this better than Castagnaris, for instance.
I can't bend notes easily on any of my boxes (Baffetti /Castagnari) but found it much easier on a friend's Saltarelle.
Chris Parkinson uses Saltarelles) . The higher up the scale you go, the more difficult 'bending' becomes.
F.
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georgegarside
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(Date Posted:06/11/2007 15:21:39)
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Bending notes on a melodeon.______________________________________The ability to do this seems to depend on the type of reeds you have - not sure which particular reeds work best, but those fitted to Saltarelles seem to respond to this better than Castagnaris, for instance.I can't bend notes easily on any of my boxes (Baffetti /Castagnari) but found it much easier on a friend's Saltarelle.BRChris Parkinson uses Saltarelles) . The higher up the scale you go, the more difficult 'bending' becomes.F.
I found the single reed castagnari lilly to be reasonably bendable but then I suppose bendable mouthorgans only have one set of reeds so its to be expected.
george
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