Wolf Molkentin

Another take - following some very good advice as I hope...

I have to second that from own experience, just working fine despite looking odd...

A Jeffries English would positively be a thing to look after...

Maybe you're mislead here - I had been wearing such shoes myself when playing the church organ (they're good for playing the bass notes). Might even be the parson himself making his approaches to the lady...

14 March 1960 - model 9E

After a bunch of instrumental tracks here is a classic ballad: Lord Thomas & Fair Eleanor There's unevitably some disturbing of vocals and accompaniment, but as it's live music I'm into I'll have to handle it, and guess I did to some extent. See my soundcloud for more details... As always, feedback much appreciated! Best - Wolf

Too cryptic a comment for me, I'm afraid. Explanation, please? He'd been referring to the OP, hadn't he? There it (he) said: "£900"...

Here ist my new take (description at soundcloud), Var Det Du Eller Var Det Jag - Set Thank you so much Gjert and Steve! Best - Wolf

Hi Stuart, now that I've been able to listen to your two tracks more thoroughly I try to expose my impressions and thoughts: The first track contains some stunning sound modeling as compared with the unmodified Jeffries sound. I like bot the etheric vibes and basically the empy-fith and -fourth approach with that minor third somewhat protruding - before the whole piece is taken to a natural minor bias... with some building tension and then releasing... The second track, with the major third taking the place of the minor third of the first part (where I seem to hear the major third very rarely at some points near the end, but his may as well be just a harmonic) seems to mainly explore the fifth (Mixlydian) mode we both seems to love, conluding with a section where it is relased into a more ambiguous soundscape including the major seventh, maybe shedding some light on the mode from beyond its borders... Having that said, I guess I understand that you don't want to have your drony music sounding too busy, but there's still more then just modeling the harmonics, isn't it? So what would you say: is it exploring certain "worlds" of sound? a certain mood and ambience? I might leave it at that for the moment... Great work with just one instrument (so small) engaged...! Best wishes - Wolf

Hi Jim, very nice to hear you doing these things to the Munster to Spanish tune, you'll have guessed that I'd like the drone version..., but however the inital air is played really beautifully too as for me! And that's a nice self-penned jig you've been reviving here..., might give it (at least to begin with) a try as such... Still recalling our lovely meeting in Skåne! Best wishes - Wolf

Hi Jim and all, anticipated this yesterday and had a nice hour with deciding whether I would keep (or even expand) the Klezmer feel or take the tune more in the modal/celtic direction, arranging and playing it... As you will hear I chose to stick with the approach of the first video, even adding a little D# note to the A-min: Emma's Waltz It's a first attempt (couldn't avoid having it sounding a bit heavy), and I hope there will be some progress from listening to fellow members' takes (and of course better rehearsing too). Best - Wolf

Albeit the two vagabonds in these movies lead me somewhat astray with trying out the two-row melodeon for some time, here's my take on the title track which might be called Pippilotta's Tune with my finally found English Concertina...

Thank you Stuart, much appreciated!

Will, it's more an explanation what he'd been doing - as to how you might in fact try to press just three adjacent butttons and keep them pressed with both push and pull, then shift one button upwards and do the same - just as a starting point, never tried it myself because I play the EC... Best wishes - Wolf

I wanted to go for more of his stuff anyway, so I take this as a hint not to lose track...

Funny but I think this is just another view on what I described as harp approach, might be taken together...

Hi Don, can't listen to the tracks right now, but this has been already discussed here, it's like playing a harmonica (harp) with just two chords, one being the tonic (f.i. Cmaj), the other a ii-6 (Dmin6), the minor parallel to the subdominant (Fmaj), mainly working as dominant 7th (Gmaj7, just lacking the fundamental), rarer as subdominant (F and A as parts of the F triad). You take the inversions as they occur related to the top note one is playing - simple but pretty effective as to me. Funny about that is that this is your only option with the harp whereas you could achieve more with the anglo due to its two rows and, more important, the buttons which exclude certain notes from sounding... With the anglo you just would press three or so adjacent buttons, and combined with the bisonoric air supply (and varying the range of these buttons), that's it... Apart from this technique (which maybe had not been this straight but in fact more sophisticated, but I think I described the basic approach) PB had stops for continuous drone notes... Best - Wolf

"Var det du eller var det jag?" Often played as a long dance. Thank you for the additional information Steve! Would it still be a waltz/vals then? and still without my completions (or equivalent) in the A part?Best - Wolf No not a waltz - more akin to a polska ... which had been my starting point... (and thank you for the link; am I mistaken when taking the music similar to a mazurka then?) So I'll have to make a decision as to my instrumental version, or expand it to including both approaches...

"Var det du eller var det jag?" Often played as a long dance. Thank you for the additional information Steve! Would it still be a waltz/vals then? and still without my completions (or equivalent) in the A part? Best - Wolf

Hi Gjert, thank you so much for the information, great to have one tune identified (which I completed where it's in fact just the - repeated - questioning), interesting differences in the B-section! And it's nice to have lyrics behind the music! Finally, a waltz instead of a polska... I will consider all that and maybe skip the added second half of "my" A-part. And I will resume my search among Finnish tunes then and keep you updated... Thank you again! Best wishes across the Baltic - Wolf

Noticeable seller name: Budapest Quartett - lots of very fine chamber music...!

Some might and some not, a matter of personal taste... But I agree, it's definitely something more (and much more as to me of course, but I won't get processed this way myself) than just being eaten and digested...

Hi everyone, as part of a widespread attempt of aggregating and shaping my repertoire I recorded and posted a set of three Nordic dances yesterday. It's from old memory, and at points completed where it appeared fragmentary to me. Does anyone know one of the tunes? recordings, dots, corrections, suggestions? Any feedback appreciated! Best - Wolf

Hi Robert, Very nice arrangement and duet playing - would be a real challenge to play it simultaneously.... If this is what you aim at you would have to go for something simpler, but I guess you know that already... However, nice to hear from you...! Best wishes / Wolf

So here it is: (topic) (sound) Best - Wolf