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Fontana Button Accordion Club
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Fontana Button Accordion Club: Perpetuate our Knowledge, Skills and Talents of the Diatonic Accordion
Promote Slovene and other Balkan Music
Perform at Various Public and Private Events
Host the Far West Button Accordion Jamboree
Support the SNPJ Joe Umeck Scholarship Fund
The diatonic accordion (or melodeon) resembles a small piano accordion, except where the piano-accordion has piano-style keys, the diatonic has one or more vertical rows of buttons - hence the title "button box". Each of these rows of buttons plays a major scale in one key only - so to play in more than one key means that more than one row of buttons is required if all the notes of the scale are to be available. Another characteristic is that each button plays two different notes - one when the bellows are closed, and another, usually the next in the scale, when the bellows are opened. Similarly the bass buttons play one note or chord in one bellows direction and a different one in the other.
This system may appear a little strange at first sight, but it is what gives the instrument its character and is actually extremely logical. It is the same system as used by the harmonica, Anglo system concertinas and other instruments such as the Bandoneon and Chemnitzer. Although it limits the keys the 'box can play in, it keeps the physical size of the instrument down, and allows for very fast playing of arpeggios and short scales - just the kind of thing found in a lot of traditional music ...
Promote Slovene and other Balkan Music
Perform at Various Public and Private Events
Host the Far West Button Accordion Jamboree
Support the SNPJ Joe Umeck Scholarship Fund
The diatonic accordion (or melodeon) resembles a small piano accordion, except where the piano-accordion has piano-style keys, the diatonic has one or more vertical rows of buttons - hence the title "button box". Each of these rows of buttons plays a major scale in one key only - so to play in more than one key means that more than one row of buttons is required if all the notes of the scale are to be available. Another characteristic is that each button plays two different notes - one when the bellows are closed, and another, usually the next in the scale, when the bellows are opened. Similarly the bass buttons play one note or chord in one bellows direction and a different one in the other.
This system may appear a little strange at first sight, but it is what gives the instrument its character and is actually extremely logical. It is the same system as used by the harmonica, Anglo system concertinas and other instruments such as the Bandoneon and Chemnitzer. Although it limits the keys the 'box can play in, it keeps the physical size of the instrument down, and allows for very fast playing of arpeggios and short scales - just the kind of thing found in a lot of traditional music ...
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taught by Derek Hickey
Software from Ireland! Derek Hickey is one of Ireland's finest young accordion players. Before joining De Dannan in 1995, he was a member of Arcady. Here he teaches B/C button accordion for all levels, from beginner to advanced. The basic skills are taught using easy tunes. Jigs and reels are then introduced and ornaments are gradually added ...
taught by Derek Hickey
Software from Ireland! Derek Hickey is one of Ireland's finest young accordion players. Before joining De Dannan in 1995, he was a member of Arcady. Here he teaches B/C button accordion for all levels, from beginner to advanced. The basic skills are taught using easy tunes. Jigs and reels are then introduced and ornaments are gradually added ...
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Slovenian Accordions by Jim Allen:
Here are a couple of keyboad layouts for Slovenian diatonic button accordions. These were furnished to me by another person, who had received them from someone else. I have never played one of these instruments, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the layouts. I welcome any comments or corrections.
The layout follows the same system as most three-row boxes, with the major triad, Do-Mi-So-Do on the push stroke and Re-Fa-La-Ti on the pull. On the lower end of each row, the So also plays on the pull stroke, as does the low So on most one-row melodeons. This replaces the La in that octave, but the La can be obtained by playing the Re on the next row out. Also at the very low end the low Re is found by jumping the rows ...
Here are a couple of keyboad layouts for Slovenian diatonic button accordions. These were furnished to me by another person, who had received them from someone else. I have never played one of these instruments, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the layouts. I welcome any comments or corrections.
The layout follows the same system as most three-row boxes, with the major triad, Do-Mi-So-Do on the push stroke and Re-Fa-La-Ti on the pull. On the lower end of each row, the So also plays on the pull stroke, as does the low So on most one-row melodeons. This replaces the La in that octave, but the La can be obtained by playing the Re on the next row out. Also at the very low end the low Re is found by jumping the rows ...
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Musician's Guide to the Club System Accordion: Autodidaction in the Club System diatonic button accordion for experienced musicians.
The purpose of this book is to introduce experienced musicians to the Club System accordion. This book is not a graded tutorial, nor does it teach a particular style of music. Instead, it is an exposition of what the musician must know to get started playing his or her own repertoire on the Club System accordion.
The purpose of this book is to introduce experienced musicians to the Club System accordion. This book is not a graded tutorial, nor does it teach a particular style of music. Instead, it is an exposition of what the musician must know to get started playing his or her own repertoire on the Club System accordion.
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Traditional Irish music on the web. At MadForTrad.com (Irish Music .com) we have Irish Music CDs, Irish music tutorials, news from the Irish traditional Music scene , traditional Irish tunes, folk festival and session listings and much, much more.
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Founded in 1991 by Warren Wilson College President Douglas M. Orr, Jr., The Swannanoa Gathering is a series of week-long workshops in various folk arts held in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College just east of Asheville in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. With a limited enrollment and an 'open' format which allows each student to select their own curriculum from a variety of courses, we offer an intimate, supportive community experience for students of all abilities, featuring a staff of some of the finest performers and teachers in the world.
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Rodger will be available by appointment for private sessions to work on technique, a favorite song, or any problems or questions you might have. The accordion is cool, it’s versatile, it’s fun, and it’s back. Learn more about playing this marvelous instrument from someone who began taking lessons in the Year 3 B.E. (Before Elvis). Students at all levels are welcome, but a working knowledge of basic music theory is a big plus. And yes, you have to bring your own instrument, preferably a piano accordion ...
VOCAL CLASSES, INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES ...
Rodger will be available by appointment for private sessions to work on technique, a favorite song, or any problems or questions you might have. The accordion is cool, it’s versatile, it’s fun, and it’s back. Learn more about playing this marvelous instrument from someone who began taking lessons in the Year 3 B.E. (Before Elvis). Students at all levels are welcome, but a working knowledge of basic music theory is a big plus. And yes, you have to bring your own instrument, preferably a piano accordion ...
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