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In the News (Sat 26 Dec 09)

  
 Accordion History
The accordion we now use is actually by origin and definition a "melodeon" because a pull out of the bellows gives a different note than a push in on the same button.
The accordion players had themselves "seconded" (backed) by a triangle (tit fer - "little iron") player, because the Cajun fiddlers, proud guardians of a long tradition, mostly refused to accompany the melodeon on account of their inability to harmonise with the first models in F. The arrival of the MONARCH in D solved the problem.
The accordion (the word melodeon for our part is now considered obsolete), harmonica and concertina were invented in Europe in the early 1800's and were not well developed until about the mid 1800's.
www.meloche.net /acchist.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Accordion History
The accordion we now use is actually by origin and definition a "melodeon" because a pull out of the bellows gives a different note than a push in on the same button.
The accordion players had themselves "seconded" (backed) by a triangle (tit fer - "little iron") player, because the Cajun fiddlers, proud guardians of a long tradition, mostly refused to accompany the melodeon on account of their inability to harmonise with the first models in F. The arrival of the MONARCH in D solved the problem.
The accordion (the word melodeon for our part is now considered obsolete), harmonica and concertina were invented in Europe in the early 1800's and were not well developed until about the mid 1800's.
www.meloche.net /acchist.htm   (1652 words)

  
 A section of music encyclopedia
Because the accordion produces the same note whether you push or pull the bellows, getting up a snappy rhythm is more difficult than with a melodeon, which yields a bass chord rhythm as the bellows are moved in and out because a different note is produced on the push and on the pull.
The accordion has a chromatic piano-like keyboard, although you’ll occasionally see true accordions with buttons (not to be confused with the melodeon).
All accordions and melodeons have lefthand buttons for playing bass chords.
www.traditionalmusic.co.uk /traditional-music/ency/a.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Free Reed (accordion, melodeon, etc) recordings at cdRoots
Free Reed (accordion, melodeon, etc) recordings at cdRoots
Free Reeds: the accordion, melodeon, harmonica and their kin.
This is just John, on various boxes including single and 2 row melodeons, treble, bass and baritone concertinas, occasionally overdubbed in self-duets.
www.cdroots.com /freereed.shtml   (1652 words)

  
 Basic Information
In practice, any 2 or 3 row diatonic button-key accordion can be called a melodeon without causing confusion.
If the reasoning behind all of the above is clear to you, and seems convincing, remember also that all melodeons and most button accordions play different notes on the push and the pull, so that the bellows direction changes affect the rhythmic dynamics of the playing too, which in turn affect the style.
Strictly speaking, a melodeon is a single row instrument with only two basses.
www.mustrad.org.uk /basic.htm   (1652 words)

  
 Traditional Musical Instruments and related Folk Music, The Music Room, melodeon, banjo, mandolin, saltarelle, dino baffetti, pigini, castagnari, piano accordion, concertina, guitar, bouzouki, traditional music books,
Traditional Musical Instruments and related Folk Music, The Music Room, melodeon, banjo, mandolin, saltarelle, dino baffetti, pigini, castagnari, piano accordion, concertina, guitar, bouzouki, traditional music books,
The Squeezebox Family ; melodeon, accordion, concertina, button accordeon, from makes including Saltarelle, Dino Baffetti, Pigini, Morse, Castagnari, Hohner etc.
This site created by James Noon, Alistair Russell, Steve Noon and John Turner.
www.the-music-room.com   (1652 words)

  
 HMT Catalog: Button Accordion Books
It is assumed that the D/G melodeon is fitted with F natural/G# as the first button on the G row and Bb/G# as the first button on the D row.
Spread your wings with this new collection of tunes for the mini button accordion.
Art of Playing Hohner Diatonic Accordion book - C Irving Valentine, a general instruction manual for beginners on 1, 2 and 3 row diatonic accordions.
www.hmtrad.com /catalog/books/sbx-bks/bb-bks.html   (1005 words)

  
 Items matching melodeon
The Oyster Band, with John Jones on lead vocals, accordion, melodeon and piano, and Ian Telfer on violin, viola and concertina.
It has a large collection of layouts for different melodeon types, a section where players can review their instrument for the site, as well as links to melodeon makers, (UK) shops, players, and general links.
Liam Robinson and Thomas Fairbairn is an English duo (melodeon and fiddle respectively) whose repertoire includes traditional material from Europe and North America, as well as swing jazz and many self penned pieces.
www.accordionlinks.com /cgi-bin/search.pl?for=melodeon   (1005 words)

  
 Accordion, Accordian, Concertina, Melodeon Books: Instruction, Sheet Music, CD, DVD, Video
Accordion, Accordian, Concertina, Melodeon Books: Instruction, Sheet Music, CD, DVD, Video
www.electricbluesclub.co.uk /accordian_books.html   (1005 words)

  
 Accordion Page: Piano, Button and Chromatic instruments
The Piano Accordion first appeared about a hundred years ago and initially they were like a melodeon with a piano keyboard, and a limited number of basses.
The Piano type tends to suit beginners who can already read music or play the piano, as the instrument is very logically laid out, and of course has a familiar keyboard.
During the 1920’s, great improvements were made to the design and sound, and with the Stradella bass system, a full left hand accompaniment became possible.
www.hobgoblin-usa.com /accordion.htm   (281 words)

  
 John Joe Gannon, button accordion
The activities of the new year began with an evening of music and musical reminiscence in Henrietta Street from button accordion and melodeon player John Joe Gannon.
John Joe'smother, daughter of a flute player, sang to his father's accordion accompaniment, and the Gannon home was a ceilí house with cards around the fire and sets and solo dancing most nights of the week.
His father James was one of three concertina and accordion- playing brothers who had learned music from their.
homepage.eircom.net /~shields/fmsi/ceoltire/29a.htm   (467 words)

  
 Howland Midi Button Accordion
The MIDI Button Accordion is also known as the MIDI Melodeon in the UK.
The Howland MIDI Button Accordion is a unique and radically new advancement in the development of free-reed instruments.
The Howland MIDI Button Accordion is a high quality hand-built wooden accordion specially designed and built for use as a MIDI input device.
www.users.zetnet.co.uk /alba/midibutt.htm   (560 words)

  
 CDs DVDs Videos for Concertina & Accordion
The melodeon is the British term for the button accordion.
John Williams is a virtuoso on both concertina and two-row button accordion.
The one-row button accordion creates the defining sound that drives the waltzes and two-steps beloved by enthusiasts of Cajun music.
www.buttonbox.com /multimed.shtml   (2072 words)

  
 Concertina & Accordion CDs
The Mulcahys play a dazzling array of instruments on the album; Mick plays accordion and melodeon, Louise plays concert flute and uilleann pipes and Michelle plays fiddle, concertina, harp and piano.
He learned to play the accordion from his father and added to his knowledge from the music of Boston’s Irish community.
The title "reflects what we have: the old tunes, admirably cranked out by two competent players who know their way up and down and over the back of their instruments, playing as for a group of friends squeezed into a small, cozy and sociable space.
www.buttonbox.com /cdmusic.shtml   (2965 words)

  
 Piano Accordion: accordions, hohner accordion, button accordion, melodica, concertinas, bayan, accordian, concertina, harmonium, squeeze box, diatonic accordion, accordion, weltmeister, melodeon, harmonica
Piano Accordion: accordions, hohner accordion, button accordion, melodica, concertinas, bayan, accordian, concertina, harmonium, squeeze box, diatonic accordion, accordion, weltmeister, melodeon, harmonica
Hear the Accordion on "Accordion Favorites" at Amazon.com.
Serenellini Cassotto Professional 3+2, 41 Piano, 120 Bass
www.apollosaxes.com /accordians.html   (89 words)

  
 Concertina & Accordion CDs
This band consists of Paul Brock (accordion, melodeon), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Enda Scahill (banjo, guitar), Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar) and Dennis Morrison and Denis Carey sharing keyboard duties.
The first solo CD from Solas accordion player Mick McAuley.
O'Brien, Gans, Sproule - Snug in the Blanket
www.buttonbox.com /cdmusic.shtml   (2729 words)

  
 Piano Accordion: accordions, hohner accordion, button accordion, melodica, concertinas, bayan, accordian, concertina, harmonium, squeeze box, diatonic accordion, accordion, weltmeister, melodeon, harmonica
Piano Accordion: accordions, hohner accordion, button accordion, melodica, concertinas, bayan, accordian, concertina, harmonium, squeeze box, diatonic accordion, accordion, weltmeister, melodeon, harmonica
Hear the Accordion on "Accordion Favorites" at Amazon.com.
www.apollosaxes.com /accordians.html   (89 words)

  
 Piano Accordion: accordions, hohner accordion, button accordion, melodica, concertinas, bayan, accordian, concertina, harmonium, squeeze box, diatonic accordion, accordion, weltmeister, melodeon, harmonica
Piano Accordion: accordions, hohner accordion, button accordion, melodica, concertinas, bayan, accordian, concertina, harmonium, squeeze box, diatonic accordion, accordion, weltmeister, melodeon, harmonica
Hear the Accordion on "Accordion Favorites" at Amazon.com.
www.apollosaxes.com /accordians.html   (89 words)

  
 The Flanagan Brothers
But I'm certain that the father of the Flanagan boys didn't play his "single row accordion or melodeon" (page 2) in such a manner.
But as good a melodeon player as Joe Flanagan was, and he was seldom short of excellent, his 1929 electrical remake of Kimmel's acoustic International Echoes of 1918, reveals that his technique falls quite a bit short of that heard on the original.
I disagree entirely that Joe Flanagan helped to "create" that distinctive U.S. style of fast, staccato melodeon playing, full of cascading triplets, to which he aspired (page 7 of the insert booklet).
www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/flanagan.htm   (89 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Martin produced Tippin' Away for his son Damien on the Kincora three voice accordion and melodeon and Pete Mancuso on guitar.
Martin has been teaching music on a weekly basis in Ennis for the last twenty-five years and is recognize as probably the top accordion teacher in the country, with many of his students getting top honours in all competitions each year.
Martin Connolly is highly regarded as an accordion maker, musician and accordion teacher.
homepage.eircom.net /~kincoraaccordions/mc.htm   (554 words)

  
 Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn
Now paired up with Martin Quinn, an accordion player from Armagh, and still expertly backed by Blake, Carberry delivers another  wonderful performance, bringing an elegant and lyrical (dare I say "feminine"?) touch to her playing of an instrument more known for its percussive tone, all the while swinging with abandon.
Quinn also plays the melodeon on a couple of tracks, including his solo, and a banjo-melodeon unaccompanied duet which sounds right out of a Flanagan Brothers 78rpm record.
A young banjo player from a noted musical family, Angelina Carberry first attracted notice through the recording entitled "Memories of the Holla" which she made with her father, accordion player Peter Carberry, and the great John Blake on guitar and piano.
celticgrooves.homestead.com /CG_Carberry_Quinn.html   (274 words)

  
 HMT Catalog: Button Accordion Books
Mally's Melodeon Methods - all are written for G/D Melodeon, but can be used for 2 row diatonic box in any key - the relative fingerings are all the same.
You Can Play Cajun Accordion - Larry Miller, book with CD Learn to Play Cajun Accordion - 2 VIDEOS, with Dirk Powell.
Club Melodeon and 3-row keyboard charts, care and maintenance tips.
www.hmtrad.com /catalog/books/sbx-bks/bb-bks.html   (1005 words)

  
 Free Reed - Accordion, Melodeon, Concertina, Harmonica
The Piano Accordion first appeared about a hundred years ago and initially they were like a melodeon with a piano keyboard, and a limited number of basses.
The Melodeon was developed from the Harmonica and other primitive free reed instruments early in the 19th century, in the border area between Saxony and Bohemia.
The Abbe Georg Josef Vogler had a role in introducing the concept of the free reed principle to Europe and by his death in 1814 many prototype instruments were being made with a variety of names and shapes.
www.hobgoblin.com /american.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Squeezes on the SilverScreen
My list of "SqueezeBoxes on the Silver Screen" includes any film made for the big screen (feature, short or animation) in which a piano accordion, bandoneon, concertina, button box or melodeon is seen, heard or both!
Adolphe jouant de l'accordion / Louis Aimi Augustin Le Prince / [Silent Screen]
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse / Rex Ingram II / 1921 [Silent Screen]
www.mediarare.com /MRFilmSq.html   (1005 words)

  
 Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Arts/Music/Instruments/Squeezebox
Squeezeboxes on the Silver Screen - List of films in which an accordion, bandoneon, concertina, button box or melodeon is seen and/or heard, started by movie fan members of the American Accordionists' Association in 1996, and crediting emailed additions to the list.
Orest's melodeon and bandura pages - Site on aspects of diatonic button accordions (melodeons), including how to buy and how to play and music theory.
Squeezebox Links - Links to a newsgroup, an annual festival, organizations, vendors, informational sites and performers.
www.reference.com /Dir/Arts/Music/Instruments/Squeezebox   (128 words)

  
 Page Title
Their musical renditions on melodeon and concertina awe-inspiring.
The under 18 group was won by the trio Kerfuffle from Derbyshire, led by Sam Sweeney on fiddle with Tom Sweeney on acoustic Guitar and Hannah James on Accordion.
They were Sam Sweeney (fiddle), Tom Sweeney (acoustic bass guitar) and Hannah James (accordion) playing a selection of Celtic and European tunes and songs.
www.wiltsfolka.fsnet.co.uk /page6.html   (717 words)

  
 Concertina.net Discussion Forums > Identification
However, "flutina" has become the accepted name for all these accordions in England, just as "melodeon" is now generally used to describe button accordions that are not melodeons.
So the correct, and original, name for all these instruments is "French accordion", and the "flutina" was only a variant of the style, with its levers and pallets (pads) enclosed, out of sight, under the end board.
I'm afraid that a date of 1812 is impossible, it is about 20 years too early for any French accordion, and 17 years before Demian patented the instrument.
www.concertina.net /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t907.html   (1360 words)

  
 Trikitixa. Basque melodeon gems / Basque Music at cdRoots / Euskadi
"Trikitixa is the Euskal (Basque) melodeon, actually the diatonic accordion, which came from Italy in the mid-19th century via the port of Bilbao.
Trikitixa also refers to a folk-dance rhythm and genre based on accordion and panderoa (tambourine).
Hear a full song from Kepa and Ibon courtesy of RootsWorld and Elkarleanan
www.cdroots.com /elk-trikitixa.html   (1360 words)

  
 Flaco Jiménez
Flaco's chosen instrument is the three-row diatonic button accordion (or melodeon, if you prefer).
This CD contains selections from a number of previously issued recordings by Leonardo 'Flaco' Jiménez, singing and playing the accordion in various line-ups, with guest appearances by Ry Cooder and Peter Rowan.
But Flaco is a great performer with a capacity (or perhaps a compulsion) to transmute workaday material into something magical.
www.mustrad.org.uk /reviews/flaco.htm   (711 words)

  
 HMT Catalog: Button Accordion Books
It is assumed that the D/G melodeon is fitted with F natural/G# as the first button on the G row and Bb/G# as the first button on the D row.
Art of Playing Hohner Diatonic Accordion book - C Irving Valentine, a general instruction manual for beginners on 1, 2 and 3 row diatonic accordions.
Tex-Mex Conjunto Classics for Accordion for Diatonic or Piano Accordion, CD edition.
www.hmtrad.com /catalog/books/sbx-bks/bb-bks.html   (711 words)

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