SqueezeCat Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) My contribution here on Wakker W-W1. Played in dm as found in Barlow edited The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master (1651-ca.1728). Edited May 30, 2013 by SqueezeCat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 And very nice too SqueezeCat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 My contribution here on Wakker W-W1. Played in dm as found in Barlow edited The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master (1651-ca.1728). Â Great version. I love the modal stuff in the A part. A fine sounding instrument, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 My contribution here on Wakker W-W1. Played in dm as found in Barlow edited The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master (1651-ca.1728). Â Very fine playing! And whereas I don't play a Duet myself I'd nevertheless rate this as very nicely taking advantage from the capabilities of just the Duet. Â And nice idea arranging the various contributions to date in a set... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Swett Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Great idea putting the Sound Cloud versions into a set. A real pleasure to listen to them one after the other. It's so nice when one can learn and admire at the same time. Thank you -- and for your fabulous version, Squeeze Cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqueezeCat Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Thanks for the kind comments. Â I consider myself to have 'just started' with the Wicki/Hayden, having started out with the Anglo. In many ways I find the flexibility of the Wicki/Hayden (and I would suppose the same would be true for other duet systems) to be a real challenge. I found that on the Anglo my choices for making a suitable arrangement tended to be limited to what 'played well' on the instrument. (Of course, this is true with all idiomatic writing!) Or, maybe another way of saying this is that I found my arranging for the Anglo to be largely shaped by the instrument. E.g., chord spelling (root or inversion) and or voicing, in particular. Â Of course, there are still limitations for a 46 key Wicki/Hayden (compass!), but issues like chord spelling and bellows direction aren't a major obstacle. Now, I find the big challenge for making an arrangement to be about texture (chords here, or maybe this section with separate lines?). With the Anglo, I found it easy to feel "this sounds like Anglo," and make my choices with that in mind. I can't say I have a similar confidence with the Wicki/Hayden at this point.... Â In any case, it is great to hear what everyone has done with the tune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 For me the EC turned out as pretty unique in avoiding the melody/accompaniment split of both Anglo and Duet. Though many pianists might object to this the EC thereby conveys a feeling of likeness to the piano to me (my personal "break-through" having been the insight of not playing just melody on the right and accompaniment on the left). Â My guess about the various Duet systems is that they provide the maximum possible freedom of accompaniment, and that's what you - SqueezeCat - seem to utilize in quite an effective way. The result is, IMO, independency of sort of two sound sources (whereas I tend to regard the EC as just one continuous instrument like a fiddle, or - as said above - a piano). Â (BTW, post No. 500!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondrej Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 This time I was not enough track rehearse and record. Therefore, I enclose at least sheet music. It's on page 4. http://osos.sweb.cz/Tune%20Of%20The%20Month.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 This time I was not enough track rehearse and record. Therefore, I enclose at least sheet music. It's on page 4. http://osos.sweb.cz/Tune%20Of%20The%20Month.pdf  I'd be interested in hearing how this sound!  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 And nice idea arranging the various contributions to date in a set... Yes, but imagine my surprise when after hearing once through SqueezeCat's version, I heard something oddly familiar, and only after a few bars did I realize it was me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david fabre Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 (edited) Here is my version.  https://soundcloud.com/erbafdavid/parsons-farewell-mini-norman  Eventually I chose to record with my miniature 13-button Norman (one row in D). A very lively and funny instrument, and my loudest one ! But not that easy to play : the main difficulty is air management, especially when playing with chords like here. The bellows is very short and I'm quickly out or air, so sometimes the tune have to be slightly tweaked. For instance, here, in the second part, the "echo" in the low register is a trick to play a push note....  As in my april recording, the sound quality is quite bad, with a noticable buzzing. After recording, I found the problem : one cable plugged in my mini mixer which was connected to nothing. I fixed the problem but afterwards I did a few other takes and all of them ended up in a mess. I hope to replace it with a better version one of these days... Edited June 7, 2013 by david fabre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Here is my version.  https://soundcloud.com/erbafdavid/parsons-farewell-mini-norman  Eventually I chose to record with my miniature 13-button Norman (one row in D). A very lively and funny instrument, and my loudest one ! But not that easy to play : the main difficulty is air management, especially when playing with chords like here. The bellows is very short and I'm quickly out or air, so sometimes the tune have to be slightly tweaked. For instance, here, in the second part, the "echo" in the low register is a trick to play a push note....  As in my april recording, the sound quality is quite bad, with a noticable buzzing. After recording, I found the problem : one cable plugged in my mini mixer which was connected to nothing. I fixed the problem but afterwards I did a few other takes and all of them ended up in a mess. I hope to replace it with a better version one of these days...  That's very nice both in terms of the sound of your "Mini Norman" and the liveliness of your playing!  And as to replacing the recording... I'm well acquainted with that proposition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaspeter Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 My contribution here on Wakker W-W1. Played in dm as found in Barlow edited The Complete Country Dance Tunes from Playford's Dancing Master (1651-ca.1728). Very nice playing, indeed! The thing I didn't like about it is that it made me want an instrument like that even more than I already do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqueezeCat Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The thing I didn't like about it is that it made me want an instrument like that even more than I already do! The nice thing is that there are now a number of Wicki/Hayden instruments available from a variety of makers. Â Chris Algar states on his web page: Â Hayden Duet concertinas may be talked about on the net but they are amazingly rare - only about 50 were ever made so don't raise your hopes on finding one and they wouldn't be cheap - I gather that the Concertina Connection now make them. While not common place, I wouldn't say they're so rare now. Â At the top end from the Wakkers are the W-W1 / W-H1 and W-W2 / W-H2. (I have to say I really like my W-W1!) They also do the mid-range hybrid Peacock, which looks like a nice instrument. (The padouk ended custom instrument on this page looks great!) I did start getting to know the Wicki/Hayden system through the Elise, and traded it in when my W-W1 was ready. Â The Button Box's Beaumont looks like a great hybrid instrument. Haven't had the chance to try one of these out, yet. Â Of course, at the top end there's always Wheatstone... and I understand Dipper also makes Haydens. Unfortunately, I've never had a chance to try out any of these--and these may be the instruments that Algar suggests are "amazingly rare". Â Â For me, playing with the Elise was a good way to get a feel for what could be done with the system at an entry-level price point. Enjoyed it enough that I put in an order for the W-W1. May have gone for the Peacock, but it wasn't available at the time. That said, I don't regret having pushed out the boat for the W-W1. I'm really enjoying it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SqueezeCat Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 (edited) And nice idea arranging the various contributions to date in a set... The thinking being that it would be nice to hear everyone's contribution in one place. Not sure if this'll work... but below is a go at embedding the set:Â [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/squeezecat/sets/parsons-farewell-concertina[/soundcloud] Â Edit: hmm... didn't work.... Â Ah, I see now. An admin needs to set up embedding for Sound cloud. The instructions are here: https://blog.soundcloud.com/2009/07/28/soundcloud-player-in-forums-5-step-guide-for-soundcloud-bb-code/ Â Could be useful.... Edited June 24, 2013 by SqueezeCat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) Finally - I deliver!... Â http://www.ruediger-asche.de/tidbits/pf_6_30_13.mp3 Â interesting how hard it is to play the bass notes on 2 and 4 if one is not used to it. I believe it fits the piece though. Any opinions (both aye and ney) welcome of course. Â And yes - I did play both hands simultaneously - no cheating this time, and no cutting, dubbing or manipulating the track either - recorded as played... Â Thanks for listening in! Edited June 29, 2013 by Ruediger R. Asche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Well done Ruediger ! Â Better to take your time and get a usefull recording by all the work and study.... Â best regards, Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellowbelle Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'm going to revisit this tune, as I will most likely all of them in time. I don't like the key that I played it in. It sounds way too muddy. So I'm going to do Parson's Farewell in the key of B minor (D). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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