Bellows technique for Irish button accordion
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- Опубліковано 10 кві 2012
- Irish button accordion basics. Brief demonstration of one technique for using the bellows efficiently. If you find it helpful, feel free to click the Like button, or post a comment. It's always nice to hear from people.
No-one ever pointed this out to me. Thank you
There are lots of ways to operate the bellows but this was a good starting point for me. Glad if it helps you.
That is so helpful. I have just started learning and this is the first video focusing on bellows which I have found.
Hi Debbie. Glad you found it useful. I talk about using the bellows in this video: ua-cam.com/video/o8rN5Vnc_ns/v-deo.html
@@Stiamh Thanks for your email. I have watched the other video and it's helpful but this is the one which really made a difference.
Very interesting and very helpful I will subscribe and see what else you have posted thanks
These are exactly the kind of tips which are very difficult to express in books alone. Thanks!
Some very practical information even if one doesn't play in the Irish style. Cheers, Stiamh.
I started out on a piano accordion so picking up my new B/C was daunting. Thank you for this tutorial, this has really helped.
I really appreciate your advice and taking what I know to be your valuable time to make these videos and help us beginners. Can’t tell you how much it means to me. Have a wonderful 2020.
Very much appreciated as I start melodeon. Thank you.
I'm a beginner and I was struggling with the bellows. This is very helpful. Thank you.
I,am moving on from b/c to C#/D at the moment, so your tips are very helpful and welcome. thanks for putting them up, and as Joe Burke used to say: All Accordion players are friends!
I wish I could give you a big Hug right now. God Bless you, Mate!
He doesn't now; he's just in one (assuming he wasn't cremated). I am learning the B/C box now and it's totally mind blowing. Moving from PA and CBA to Diatonic is requiring me to re-wire my brain, but I'm very much enjoying it and your lessons are enormously helpful. Bellows control is a real issue if you're used to unisonic instruments.
Brilliant. Thank you!!
good stuff. Thank you.
Thanks for your speedy response, Steeve. Your teaching style certainly makes it easier to master it. For those interested, just put "Lord Inchiquin Steeve" in the search box of UA-cam
Thanks for writing, and you're very welcome. Of course the secret to keeping your bellows from stretching out too far is judicious use of the air button. You need to use it all the time, and not just in gaps in the tune, but while you're actually playing notes. I haven't covered this specifically in a clip, but I do give a couple of examples early on in the Drowsy Maggie video (the one on playing the melody, not the one on basses). Cheers, Steve
thanks
Steeve, your tuition series are very helpful to beginners. You're natural manner enhances the lesson. Can I ask, if you are expanding your library of learner videos, that you include an O'Carolan tune called Lord Inchiquin?
I've just been listening to bits of CH on YT. If you think I sound like him, well ... are you one of those Americans to whom all Englishmen sound alike? Despite years of living in the States I'd say he never quite succeeded in getting rid of the plum in his mouth that he was no doubt born with.
How many chords on that bass...and why the extra 4 buttons on the inside??
Hi what was the tune you started playing at 3:28 :)
The Roscommon Reel.
Excellent clip, However I'm still patiently waiting for "The Wise Maid"! Not trying to be a wise guy just saying! Thanks Again, Bill
Very useful. By the way, does anybody ever accuse you of sounding like Christopher Hitchens?
My earlier reply to this got deleted after UA-cam wanted me to use something approximating to my real name. I said something to the effect that no, nobody had accused me of that before, and that I hadn't realized CH played the box, and that I would have to revise my opinion of him.
:-)
Hi Paul. Have just uploaded a quick run-through Lord Inchiquin at youtu dot be slash Mo4KcqbeT58. Let me know if it's not what you need. Cheers