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Tablatures diato3/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Everything I love about French music is there.īut it’s not very accordéon-ish. Just listening back to it now, as I write, I am stunned at just how perfect a piece of music this is. ![]() About a year ago, I started paying attention to this mazurka, “Bec à bec,” on the La Chavanée recording, Rage de danse. Here it is: What struck me was how apt the word “adapt” is to the process of taking a tune found on vielle or cornemuse and making it work on the diatonic box. This was back in the seventies when the “tradition” of French diato was being mapped out by the likes of Paris and Jean Blanchard, et al. In my interview with Frédéric Paris, he referred to adapting the repertoire of various instruments to the diatonic accordion. Medley of Various Dances (Lucas Thebaut says this set was made up = non Trad) ![]() Mazurka Morvan style “simple, straight 3/4)Ĭircassian Circle – same as UK – sometimes even to the same tunes! Mazurka current “Bal” style (generally 9/8)Īnother Mazurka - Accordzéâm – great accordion solo Breton dances will be featured in the next post.īasic French Waltz (played faster and smoother than English waltz)Īnother Scottiche (delightfully light – Accordzéâm ) The first batch of videos presented here focus on French dances. Some of the videos are posted on Facebook (possibly requiring Flash) others are on YouTube. If your play of a melody ‘informs the feet’ … it is probably about right!” The general focus on the dancers and their movement is intentional. “The collection was intended to inform some of the … shall we say, ‘different’ … versions of these dance rhythms heard in UK pub sessions. Melodeonist Chris Ryall spent August of 2013 at Fête Embraud (La Chavanée) and Grand Bal de l’Europe St. ![]()
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