Caitlin Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I'd love to find a book or collection of French accordion music that can be played on an anglo c/g concertina. Can any accordion sheet music work on the concertina? I'm not familiar with how to play an accordion and only just learning the concertina, so not sure if chords need to be altered or anything like that. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Stein Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I would look for Balfolk tunes: Scottish a Virmoux. Mazurka Motorway, La Sonsonette, La Petite Bateaux to name just a few. Most may be found on YouTube and the ABCs in thesessions.org. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 (edited) I agree with Randy and collections of French Balfolk tunes can be found, however if it is accordéon music from the Musette period you wish for, like 'Sous les ponts de Paris' or ' Reine de Musette' etc. then there is a series called 'Musette. Recueil de 110 succes' , five or six books published by Paul Beuscher of Paris. These books contain around 100 tunes each, for accordéon, including Javas, Marches, Mazurkas, Paso-dobles, Polkas, Sambas and Waltes. Not sure if these are still in print but they can be found through ebay or secondhand book dealers. I also have a collection of traditional dance tunes arranged for accordeon and mostly notated in C or G from the accordeon teacher Françoise Danger but I do not think these are commercially available. Or try Dragonfly Music in the UK . they used to publish two books called The Massif Central Tune Book ( No. 1 & 2). Edited January 30 by Geoff Wooff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgx Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Well worth a look ... so much more than the BalFolk https://accordeonaire.com/category/mel-stevens/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitlin Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 Sorry for the very delayed reply! I've learned so much just from your helpful replies. I had never heard the terms "Balfolk" or "Musette" before and just having the right words to find what I'm looking for is so incredibly helpful. I'm curious, if I can get my hands on any of the accordion sheet music, will that be the same for playing on a concertina? I'm still quite new to concertina playing and don't want to send myself on a fool's errand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Maybe you can come to the Northeast Squeeze-In some year (in Connecticut in September this year); in recent years there have been Balfolk tune swaps there. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papawemba Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Hello Caitlin, to play french stuff, a Duet is definitively the right choice ! (you will be frustrate on the anglo...) Two example : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWkiiMfzBGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lURrnqMhJg Best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 This isn’t French, but it certainly sounds French. Also played on a Hayden Duet. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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