frogspawn Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 This query is addressed to players of English concertinas who accompany songs by playing chords for the vocal parts and melody for the turnarounds. Are the chords and melody in the same pitch range (i.e. octave)? Rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 This query is addressed to players of English concertinas who accompany songs by playing chords for the vocal parts and melody for the turnarounds. Are the chords and melody in the same pitch range (i.e. octave)? Sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Hi Rik, since I play mostly the melody alongside my singing, I have the harmony resp. chords below. OTOH when accompaning a bass voice with a "treble" EC the melody can comfortably be played one octave above the singing, which sounds nice for many songs. The chords will then be in the octave of the singing voice. However, at times I play melody in the octave of my singing, with sparse or very close harmony, or - if I omitt the melody, I would rather play the chords in a higher register than usual. Hope that helps - feel free to ask! Best wisches - Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 (edited) It's one of those "If it sounds right it IS right" things, same with anglo or any other instrument for song accompaniment. Try it. If you don't like it do something else. And you'll probably find different things work on different songs ... Chris Edited May 9, 2015 by Chris Timson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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