adrian brown Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 gravitas is fine with me, but right now I prefer the sweetness of the highest notes in the Suttner version... However, beautiful playing, not to my surprise! Best wishes - Wolf I've been working on a lot of renaissance pieces recently, and here's one of the most well known renaissance chansons: Josquin's Mille Regretz. I am amazed sometimes how easily this sort of material fits under the fingers on an anglo. That said, I decided to use a lot of bellows reversals on this piece, to facilitate the fingering which gave the usual problem of little swells at every reversal. So it was a good exercise to try to get on top of these and keep the lines flowing nicely. I've recorded two versions, the first on a Bbf and the second, a forth lower on an FC (tenor). I find it's easier to control this piece at the higher pitch, but it sounds like it has a lot more gravitas lower (and when Mr Dipper has finished my baritone I'll be able to get even more gravitas...). What do you think? Any preferences? Next, I'll have to try to incorporate some diminutions on at least the top line! LOvely. I love Bb/Fs, but the FC is sublime in this tune. Thanks both of you, for me the jury's still out on the best sized anglo to play this on. I like the low sound a lot, but the slowness of the reeds mean that you tend to give a bit more welly at each bellows reversal, which makes the little swells in dynamics more interfering to the phrasing. It's a great piece to practise bellows control and I hope I've learnt something in the process. What do duet players think - I imagine they are confronted by these sort of things more often when having to make a bellows reversal in the middle of a full chorded phrase? Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I heard this tune about a month ago at a concert in Philadelphia by the young Irish group Full Set . I liked the song, but didn't get the name. The only thing I heard in the title was "Horse" and that it was written by an accordion player from Chicago .So I typed in "horse, accordion, Chicago" and bingo, first hit on the list was "Horse Keane's Hornpipe" by Jimmy Keane. Horse was his father - I presume he either looked like a horse, worked with horses, or liked the racetrack... Here it is on my Morse Anglo CG. I am trying to play it in an Irish style, throwing in occasional ornamentation, but definitely a WIP https://youtu.be/xDiGH9Ki-eY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 I heard this tune about a month ago at a concert in Philadelphia by the young Irish group Full Set . I liked the song, but didn't get the name. The only thing I heard in the title was "Horse" and that it was written by an accordion player from Chicago .So I typed in "horse, accordion, Chicago" and bingo, first hit on the list was "Horse Keane's Hornpipe" by Jimmy Keane. Horse was his father - I presume he either looked like a horse, worked with horses, or liked the racetrack... Here it is on my Morse Anglo CG. I am trying to play it in an Irish style, throwing in occasional ornamentation, but definitely a WIP https://youtu.be/xDiGH9Ki-eY VEry nice tune - I hadn't heard it before. A lovely version on SPotify by Jimmy Keane. Gotta put that on my 'must learn' list. And nicely played. You're progressing rapidly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Work in progress, continued: I always planned to play John Dipper's beautiful Veron and Marcel's Schottische with Ian Stephenson's Return from Helsinki, and The Squeezers have this on our todo list, so I've been working on the two together. Here's a first take. In listening to it, I don't think the diminished chord, or whatever it is (music theory is not among my strengths) , at the end of several sections works, and I plan to eliminate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I wanted to get this arrangement finished before a retirement party I went to a few weeks ago. It never made it and still isn't there, but here is a first go. Any advice as to how to not make my bellows sound like I am drowning when I need to release the air hole would be appreciated. Subtlety of bellows control is obviously not one of my strengths When I'm Sixty Four by the Beatles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2k_fBPwLe8 Anglo GD Morse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 The first (and last) part sounds pretty good to my ears, Daria! Best wishes - Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) I wanted to get this arrangement finished before a retirement party I went to a few weeks ago. It never made it and still isn't there, but here is a first go. Any advice as to how to not make my bellows sound like I am drowning when I need to release the air hole would be appreciated. Subtlety of bellows control is obviously not one of my strengths When I'm Sixty Four by the Beatles I wasn't going to post this, but you forced my hand. (very nice, by the way). https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68325595/C.net%20Tune%20of%20the%20Month/maxwell2.MP3 At Morris practice recently they were doing Bampton stepping practice, and I started playing this quietly. It sort of works. In a manner of speaking. Maxwell's Silver Hammer as a Morris tune. Edited April 10, 2015 by Jim Besser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) I wanted to get this arrangement finished before a retirement party I went to a few weeks ago. It never made it and still isn't there, but here is a first go. Any advice as to how to not make my bellows sound like I am drowning when I need to release the air hole would be appreciated. Subtlety of bellows control is obviously not one of my strengths When I'm Sixty Four by the Beatles I wasn't going to post this, but you forced my hand. (very nice, by the way). https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68325595/C.net%20Tune%20of%20the%20Month/maxwell2.MP3 At Morris practice recently they were doing Bampton stepping practice, and I started playing this quietly. It sort of works. In a manner of speaking. Maxwell's Silver Hammer as a Morris tune. That sounds great Jim- I think I will steal your version! Actually this is one time I am glad I don't sing. Nice song but bizarre lyrics. Edited April 10, 2015 by Daria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Now that I've at least half recovered I focussed on my being part of discovering the amazing world of the "Dahlhoff" collection... So if someone might fancy listening to one (resp. two) of "my newest", please follow this link...! Best wishes - Wolf P.S.: Will post directly here too, with a set of Irish Polkas (two of them new to me) soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Now that I've at least half recovered I focussed on my being part of discovering the amazing world of the "Dahlhoff" collection... So if someone might fancy listening to one (resp. two) of "my newest", please follow this link...! Best wishes - Wolf P.S.: Will post directly here too, with a set of Irish Polkas (two of them new to me) soon... VEry nice. Very classical sounding. I wouldn't have thought GErman, but not sure where I would have placed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 I heard this tune about a month ago at a concert in Philadelphia by the young Irish group Full Set . I liked the song, but didn't get the name. The only thing I heard in the title was "Horse" and that it was written by an accordion player from Chicago .So I typed in "horse, accordion, Chicago" and bingo, first hit on the list was "Horse Keane's Hornpipe" by Jimmy Keane. Horse was his father - I presume he either looked like a horse, worked with horses, or liked the racetrack... Here it is on my Morse Anglo CG. I am trying to play it in an Irish style, throwing in occasional ornamentation, but definitely a WIP https://youtu.be/xDiGH9Ki-eY Wow - I wrote that I "hadn't heard it before." Then I played it and it all came back: I learned it years ago from the late Michael Reid, an early C.net participant, bandmate and NESI roomie. I'm pretty sure it was one of the tunes he played masterfully on English, and then relearned on Anglo. A great tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daria Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Now that I've at least half recovered I focussed on my being part of discovering the amazing world of the "Dahlhoff" collection... So if someone might fancy listening to one (resp. two) of "my newest", please follow this link...! Best wishes - Wolf P.S.: Will post directly here too, with a set of Irish Polkas (two of them new to me) soon... Very nicely done Wolf. Looking forward to hearing some more soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 (edited) Here's a very, very new one: I've recorded this version to sing along with in the car to learn the words, so the accompaniment is ultra-simple - I expect it to evolve a fair amount: https://soundcloud.com/lachenaliamusic/florilla Edited April 13, 2015 by StuartEstell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stetix Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I'm new here and new to concertina. I love this tune and had to learn it. It's sophie's lullaby. https://soundcloud.com/steve-christopher-11/sophies-lullaby-concertina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I'm new here and new to concertina. I love this tune and had to learn it. It's sophie's lullaby. https://soundcloud.com/steve-christopher-11/sophies-lullaby-concertina A very promising start - welcome Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Here's a very, very new one: I've recorded this version to sing along with in the car to learn the words, so the accompaniment is ultra-simple - I expect it to evolve a fair amount: https://soundcloud.com/lachenaliamusic/florilla Another very appealing ballad, Stuart - and the three-chord-accompaniment is pretty effective for a start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 I'm new here and new to concertina. I love this tune and had to learn it. It's sophie's lullaby. https://soundcloud.com/steve-christopher-11/sophies-lullaby-concertina Very nice, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffie Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 (edited) Mazurka a Clement was a proposal for TOTM in march but did not win . So it is my newest. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtkmpjbonyiq8bn/Mazurka%20a%20Clement.mp3?dl=0 Edited April 15, 2015 by Toffie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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