Very nice demonstration of the Roland. I play a few of the tunes you played on the demonstration. Also Subscribed to your channel on youtube. Own several full size accordions. I started later in life at 36 years to learn to play the accordion and have just kept going, practice 2 hrs every night. Am now 70 yrs young. LOL. Its a great hobby. You are extremely accurate on the accordion. Wish I had that talent. I amm with an accordion band and we play gigs at seniors villages.I enjoy your videos.
This is truly a great pleasure to hear the multiplicity of beautiful sounds, and the way Mr. Noel execute this beautiful instrument. He is unique in mastering this accordion. Sincere congratulations Mr. Richard Noel. 👏👍👏
It's so nice to see the accordion making a comeback for it is such a versatile instrument when you have an accordion you don't need anyone or anything else except possibly a singing voice! Grazie, giovanni
Thank You ! I rescued my accordion from Mom's basement after 40 years of it hiding in the closet. You've inspired me to dust off the instrument and my fingers and play again.Love your music and the Roland is a beautiful instrument !
This is just brilliant and espectacular to hear those beautiful sounds coming out of this accordion. It is nice to listen to you playing Mr. Noel. Congratulations.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍
Yes, there are a number of different systems. What I like most about the Roland is the ability to change dynamics via bellows and touch sensitivity rather than using a foot pedal, and it also is amazingly portable and self-contained.
Hi Richard, Thanks for sending me your 21 customized sets. I followed your Tutorials 1 and 2 and found the importing steps easy to follow. I have to say that what you have done in layering sounds to suit the style and choice of melody is truly amazing.You've clearly put a lot of time and thought into getting the most out of the Fr 7x, and now all available to the rest of us with a simple touch. Much appreciated and thanks once again, Tom
I thought it was a dumb question after I had posted, then looked at your title but, it just shows what nice sounds you can get, it you are prepared to delve and tinker. thanks for sharing this with me, it sort of opens possibilities on what you can acheive. Thanks a lot Eddie
Excellent performance. My father is an accordionist (Dallapè instrument) and I can appreciate your extreme flexibility and precision. Many people play the accordion but often the style is rude with a very poor left hand.
Thank you, Richard, for showing us how you access the sets. Now I understand how you are able to utilize the many voices and registers. I admire your proficiency on the Roland and your fine musicianship! Many thanks for your instructional videos. Lorna
Good question. I definitely am not using the factory sets, although in some cases I borrowed ideas from their examples. Each of the sets I played are from a group of 13 sets I programmed with the sounds I like. I wouldn't say I tweaked but rather started pretty much from scratch. In every set, and even across sets, I'm trying to order the registers in a way that I can remember the positions without having to look at the screen. Then I test them on gigs and tweak some more.
I'm from Denmark too. I play an acoustic Weltmeister accordion, but would also like something flexible like this, just for funsies. I love my Weltmeister, though. Apparently it's old and from the 1970's and it wheezes like a drunken sailor who has smoked too much throughout his life, but that's what gives it its charm. Wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
@bakersfieldaccordion Richard, can't wait for your new songs ... I doubt that I will beat you to them. I had an injury in my left hand and couldn't play for weeks. Well, two weeks ago I started practicing again but I felt like a beginner ... thanks for informing me of the comment in the Roland user group concerning my work. Wow, that's really a motivation for me to continue. Greetings, Silvia
I just listen to you again and again and I truly like your style and the way you organized your sets. I play only on the italian set 4 and tweek and layer the orchestral voices banjo plus harmonica, vibs with flute, piano with strings, altosax with brass. and i use the bass drum and jazz cymbal on the acoustic bass and guitar, piano. for the latin rhythm i change the chord to organ and layer it with a woodblock
Mein lieber Scholli - du beherrscht das Ding aber !! Das ist ja wirklich ein Genuß, dir zuzuhören bzw. auch zuzuschauen. Du kannst dich doch wirklich sehen lassen. Werde mir dieses Video auf meinen Kanal holen. Dank und Gruß Otto
That's a fair question. I didn't have a list I followed, so I had to go back and review the video. Anyway, there were excerpts (sometimes quite brief) from a total of 34 songs. There's not enough room to list them here, but I added the list to the description above. Just click the "see all" tab above and you'll see the list at the end.
Richard, glad to see - and hear! - you again, I've been missing you ... :-) great video, as always. And a perfect demonstration of the wonderful instrument we have. Your sets and registers are really very well elaborate. Silvia
Hi Silvia, Someone recently mentioned your work on the Roland users group, and the praise was richly deserved. I've been out of commission for weeks while trying to polish up my sets and responding to many, many emails. Looking forward to doing several new songs I have in mind if you don't beat me to them. Richard
I'm not sure what you mean here. You can link the 7x to external midi modules, but the way I am playing it is based entirely on the internal sounds of the 7x. No external modules of any sort, but the internal voices are all digital reproductions of the instruments. Most sounds are controlled by the bellows, such as the accordion reeds & sax; some are touch sensitive, such as the piano. Almost all parameters can be adjusted, and the sounds can be shaped in many ways. Richard
Very observant. I do use the master bar occasionally, but with caution because it can take you out of "preset" mode so that you cannot quickly access the registers you've carefully programmed with the bass, chord, and treble combination. This only occurs in the preset registers that you have programmed with a solo Orchestra voice. Many 7x owners routinely use the orchestra tab (register 15) to access the orchestra voices, but I greatly prefer the linked preset approach that I'm using here.
Thanks, Mike. I'm afraid I'm not the right person to do the "how to" video. My way isn't quite "by the book," but it works for me. What's involved is coupling the desired Bass, Treble and Chord section voices in Menu 2.12, 2.13, and 2.14. There's not enough space to explain further, but once you get the concept it's not difficult, just very time-consuming. There are at least two youtubes that demonstrate the process in different ways. Maybe I could respond separately if you email me.
Very good demonstration. I am having Limex - midi in my accordion, but very interested which other good sounds other companies can produce. Good to compare it. Greetings from Germany! Dieter
Sem duvida esses acordeon veio para revolucionar;muitos timbres e recursos;com isso o instrumento se adapta a praticamente a qualquer estilo;nao e mais aquele instrumento de "veio"que muitos jovens costumavam rotular;agora so falta ter um avanco nos instrumentos de sopro!!!por favor roland e yamaha!!!!
trés belle démonstration ,bravo!!! trés enrichissante ,ca donne vraiment envie de l'acheter ,enfin l'instrument ne fait pas tout héhé !!! en tout cas belle promotion pour roland . salutation Laurent.
The prices vary a lot--check online for various prices from dealers. I can give you dealer suggestions if you email me, but in general I'd suggest going with a dealer who can give you a fair price and good service. That isn't always the cheapest price.
Funny thing happened. Back in the day keyboard players were so grateful to Bob Moog that he came up with a portable synthesizer, to the point that some said that if it weren't for Bob Moog, we'd be all play accordions these days. That of course implied that accordion was something not cool at all. And today, Minimoog is such a cliched thing. We all want $5,000 red Roland accordions now, but can't afford...
bravo richard, j'ai le même accordéon,mais je n'arrive pas comme vous à mettre 2 sons ensemble comme dans votre démo set 70-to 3 (Piano+Voice). si vous pouvez m'aider !... merci d'avance.
Very fine demonstration. Same high level as John Letteeri. I have just bought a fr-8x. I would like to know if my New instrument has the same good possibilies as Fr-7x?
Very impressive indeed.Is this using factory settings, or have you tweaked or changed any registers. The sounds were really authentic. I have to look again at my Roland!
HI, I am not an accorian player, YET, but I am fascinated at the various sounds you can get out of one of these. At the moment I play the organ, but what confuses me is the chord and bass buttons. Do any of these come with a midi connection?
Richard, Thank you for your most generous sharing on UA-cam. I am anticipating the purchase of the Roland FR-7X and Internet has been my only avenue of information. Are you in sales? I would very much appreciate an opportunity to speak with you or email you privately, if possible. Sincerely, Carol Lienhart
Very nice demonstration of the Roland. I play a few of the tunes you played on the demonstration.
Also Subscribed to your channel on youtube. Own several full size accordions.
I started later in life at 36 years to learn to play the accordion and have just kept going, practice 2 hrs every night. Am now 70 yrs young. LOL. Its a great hobby.
You are extremely accurate on the accordion. Wish I had that talent. I amm with an accordion band and we play gigs at seniors villages.I enjoy your videos.
You tantalized me by playing a few bars of malagueña!! Moonlight Sonata would make me the happiest old lady on the planet.
This is truly a great pleasure to hear the multiplicity of beautiful sounds, and the way Mr. Noel execute this beautiful instrument. He is unique in mastering this accordion. Sincere congratulations Mr. Richard Noel. 👏👍👏
It's so nice to see the accordion making a comeback for it is such a versatile instrument when you have an accordion you don't need anyone or anything else except possibly a singing voice! Grazie, giovanni
Thank You ! I rescued my accordion from Mom's basement after 40 years of it hiding in the closet. You've inspired me to dust off the instrument and my fingers and play again.Love your music and the Roland is a beautiful instrument !
This is just brilliant and espectacular to hear those beautiful sounds coming out of this accordion. It is nice to listen to you playing Mr. Noel. Congratulations.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍
Yes, there are a number of different systems. What I like most about the Roland is the ability to change dynamics via bellows and touch sensitivity rather than using a foot pedal, and it also is amazingly portable and self-contained.
Hi Richard,
Thanks for sending me your 21 customized sets. I followed your Tutorials 1 and 2 and found the importing steps easy to follow.
I have to say that what you have done in layering sounds to suit the style and choice of melody is truly amazing.You've clearly put a lot of time and thought into getting the most out of the Fr 7x, and now all available to the rest of us with a simple touch.
Much appreciated and thanks once again,
Tom
I thought it was a dumb question after I had posted, then looked at your title but, it just shows what nice sounds you can get, it you are prepared to delve and tinker. thanks for sharing this with me, it sort of opens possibilities on what you can acheive. Thanks a lot
Eddie
Excellent performance. My father is an accordionist (Dallapè instrument) and I can appreciate your extreme flexibility and precision. Many people play the accordion but often the style is rude with a very poor left hand.
Thank you, Richard, for showing us how you access the sets. Now I understand how you are able to utilize the many voices and registers. I admire your proficiency on the Roland and your fine musicianship! Many thanks for your instructional videos.
Lorna
Good question. I definitely am not using the factory sets, although in some cases I borrowed ideas from their examples. Each of the sets I played are from a group of 13 sets I programmed with the sounds I like. I wouldn't say I tweaked but rather started pretty much from scratch. In every set, and even across sets, I'm trying to order the registers in a way that I can remember the positions without having to look at the screen. Then I test them on gigs and tweak some more.
I'm from Denmark too. I play an acoustic Weltmeister accordion, but would also like something flexible like this, just for funsies.
I love my Weltmeister, though. Apparently it's old and from the 1970's and it wheezes like a drunken sailor who has smoked too much throughout his life, but that's what gives it its charm. Wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
@bakersfieldaccordion Richard, can't wait for your new songs ... I doubt that I will beat you to them. I had an injury in my left hand and couldn't play for weeks. Well, two weeks ago I started practicing again but I felt like a beginner ... thanks for informing me of the comment in the Roland user group concerning my work. Wow, that's really a motivation for me to continue.
Greetings,
Silvia
Your songs and harmonic make me wanting continue study the music after 40 years no play although i had ever been vice of Art at my university.
Obviously a Master accordion player with a fantastically versatile instrument.
Very nice and fantastic Playing.
The best performing and Performer for the V Accodions Roland.7x and 3X.
I look all days of new Uploads.
If I saw this guy sitting on a busy street or pier I would most certainly stop and enjoy the show.
I just listen to you again and again and I truly like your style and the way you organized your sets. I play only on the italian set 4 and tweek and layer the orchestral voices banjo plus harmonica, vibs with flute, piano with strings, altosax with brass. and i use the bass drum and jazz cymbal on the acoustic bass and guitar, piano. for the latin rhythm i change the chord to organ and layer it with a woodblock
J'ai acheté cet instrument, c'est vraiment le top du top
I began playing a year ago. I play mostly klezmer and eastern european folk, but damn I hope I can be that good one day!
Wundervoll!
Hätte ich gern und wünschte mir, eben so gut spielen zu können!!
I came just to hear beautiful accordion playing and that's precisely what I found. You're a wonderful player my friend :)
Mein lieber Scholli - du beherrscht das Ding aber !!
Das ist ja wirklich ein Genuß, dir zuzuhören bzw. auch zuzuschauen. Du kannst dich doch wirklich sehen lassen.
Werde mir dieses Video auf meinen Kanal holen.
Dank und Gruß
Otto
Hi, Mr Richard Noel !
Fantastic ! Marvellous ! What a pleasure to ear you ! Thanks for this moment
thanks for the free concert! I had no idea an accordion could create all those sounds!!
That's a fair question. I didn't have a list I followed, so I had to go back and review the video. Anyway, there were excerpts (sometimes quite brief) from a total of 34 songs. There's not enough room to list them here, but I added the list to the description above. Just click the "see all" tab above and you'll see the list at the end.
Richard, glad to see - and hear! - you again, I've been missing you ... :-) great video, as always. And a perfect demonstration of the wonderful instrument we have. Your sets and registers are really very well elaborate.
Silvia
desde chile hermosa interpretaciones de la persona que toca bellas canciones en acordion bendiciones
Thank you for your wonderful comments.
Lionlover1986: He has! He has!! Known as practice!
Thanks for great demo. Wife plays FR-3X. Will be in Dallas in March for the Accordion Gathering.
Wunderbar!!! A true Master/ Innovator!!!
Hi Silvia,
Someone recently mentioned your work on the Roland users group, and the praise was richly deserved. I've been out of commission for weeks while trying to polish up my sets and responding to many, many emails. Looking forward to doing several new songs I have in mind if you don't beat me to them.
Richard
I'm not sure what you mean here. You can link the 7x to external midi modules, but the way I am playing it is based entirely on the internal sounds of the 7x. No external modules of any sort, but the internal voices are all digital reproductions of the instruments. Most sounds are controlled by the bellows, such as the accordion reeds & sax; some are touch sensitive, such as the piano. Almost all parameters can be adjusted, and the sounds can be shaped in many ways.
Richard
Thanks for the comments. I wish I could play klezmer and eastern european folk, but I just haven't gotten around to it.
Richard
Excellent demo best ever demo and played by a virtuoso musician. Thank you.
very nice,good and clean changes,i would love to get my three row accordion,done like this,thanks for the demo,very good ,Roland does it again!
Very observant. I do use the master bar occasionally, but with caution because it can take you out of "preset" mode so that you cannot quickly access the registers you've carefully programmed with the bass, chord, and treble combination. This only occurs in the preset registers that you have programmed with a solo Orchestra voice.
Many 7x owners routinely use the orchestra tab (register 15) to access the orchestra voices, but I greatly prefer the linked preset approach that I'm using here.
belle demonstration,agreable a entendre,bravo
Super profesjonnalneoartystyczne wykonanie
Grandioso es una belleza de múltiples opciones felisidades
Wow! What a versatile instrument!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!! What a great demo!!!
Hello, Bravo! Beautiful music my friend and very good vocals. Thank you for sharing. Peace, Hannes 👍🏻⭐️✨🔝😊
Dang!! don’t stop now!! I love malaguena!
Excellent sir,,Musicality was great. 👍👍
Thanks, Mike. I'm afraid I'm not the right person to do the "how to" video. My way isn't quite "by the book," but it works for me. What's involved is coupling the desired Bass, Treble and Chord section voices in Menu 2.12, 2.13, and 2.14. There's not enough space to explain further, but once you get the concept it's not difficult, just very time-consuming. There are at least two youtubes that demonstrate the process in different ways. Maybe I could respond separately if you email me.
진짜 아코디언을 배우고 싶게 만드네요. 멋진음악에 감사드리며...
..классс..!!! заслушался....)))😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
A wonderful presentation, what is possible with Roland! GReetings Dieter
Very good demonstration. I am having Limex - midi in my accordion, but very interested which other good sounds other companies can produce. Good to compare it. Greetings from Germany! Dieter
wow - thanks for sharing this --really great choices of sound --all good and some I loved more than others.
Great playing as always !!
I could skate to his music all night long.
Très belle démonstration. Merci
Sem duvida esses acordeon veio para revolucionar;muitos timbres e recursos;com isso o instrumento se adapta a praticamente a qualquer estilo;nao e mais aquele instrumento de "veio"que muitos jovens costumavam rotular;agora so falta ter um avanco nos instrumentos de sopro!!!por favor roland e yamaha!!!!
Espectacular, lo máximo,saludos desde Chile
I'll be damned if that thing isn't just about the most versatile one person instrument on the planet.
Muy Lindo. Saludos de Argentina!
If I were Mr. Big ROLAND... I would make Richard my official Roland accordion demonstrator!
trés belle démonstration ,bravo!!! trés enrichissante ,ca donne vraiment envie de l'acheter ,enfin l'instrument ne fait pas tout héhé !!! en tout cas belle promotion pour roland .
salutation Laurent.
Wonderful demonstration! Thanks!
GREAT. Congratulations. Hugs from Brazil
SI, WOOOOUUU, EXCELENTÍSIMO PARA MIS OIDOS, VIVA ROLAND
Sensacional!!!
Instrumento Fantástico, músico excepcional!!
tééééda --- super ! aj ja chcem ROLANDA a takúúúú :-)) harmoniku ... so vsetkými registrami --- napodobeninamy - nahrážkamy -- hud. nástrojov :-)
да ..... слов нет . парень рулит как надо!
Wat een techniek zit erin die accordeon zeg..😊
Great player,wonderful instrument.
Roland Akordion is The Best
ЗВУЧИТ КЛАСС!!! БРАВО !!!💥💥💥💥💥💥💥👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Great demonstration!
@bakersfieldaccordion Thanks Richard. I agree to your oppinion, that can be important points. Greetings Dieter
The prices vary a lot--check online for various prices from dealers. I can give you dealer suggestions if you email me, but in general I'd suggest going with a dealer who can give you a fair price and good service. That isn't always the cheapest price.
Very beautiful sound *****
Françoise
Great piece of a machine...and of course a musician too!
Благодаря,за направените ми предложения!
predivno roland i maestro
demonstracija izvanredno odsvirana
Did you go to music school or you're self-taught? You have really good technique. I like you're demonstration. Keep on like that :)
Awesome!!! Could you play "Sonny Boy"? That would be great!!!
Funny thing happened. Back in the day keyboard players were so grateful to Bob Moog that he came up with a portable synthesizer, to the point that some said that if it weren't for Bob Moog, we'd be all play accordions these days. That of course implied that accordion was something not cool at all. And today, Minimoog is such a cliched thing. We all want $5,000 red Roland accordions now, but can't afford...
So nice instrument!!!!!
i'd pay money for a DVD of this guy playing (to the end) all of these songs this way.
magnifique!
Thank you....I enjoyed this so.. so.. so.. much....
Thank you for playing Fly Me to the Moon
bravo richard,
j'ai le même accordéon,mais je n'arrive pas comme vous à mettre 2 sons ensemble comme dans votre démo set 70-to 3 (Piano+Voice).
si vous pouvez m'aider !... merci d'avance.
que buen acordeon lo mejor que e visto.
That's amazing. Thank you can anyone here tell me which song is it from 6:02 to 6:10?
Por una Cabeza 😊
Vous jouer bien👍👍👍
Very fine demonstration. Same high level as John Letteeri. I have just bought a fr-8x. I would like to know if my New instrument has the same good possibilies as Fr-7x?
Richard Noel ....Great
C posibilitati are cu acest acordeon.Ce registre de tonuri are.Bravo.
AMAZING!! I want one like this!!
Very nice
I subscribed
Thanks
Jim
GENIALNE
Very impressive indeed.Is this using factory settings, or have you tweaked or changed any registers. The sounds were really authentic. I have to look again at my Roland!
It would be really nice if you can give us the names of all these songs, especially the one starting 1:30
I believe it's Fly Me To The Moon
HI, I am not an accorian player, YET, but I am fascinated at the various sounds you can get out of one of these. At the moment I play the organ, but what confuses me is the chord and bass buttons. Do any of these come with a midi connection?
Richard,
Thank you for your most generous sharing on UA-cam.
I am anticipating the purchase of the Roland FR-7X and Internet has been my only avenue of information.
Are you in sales? I would very much appreciate an opportunity to speak with you or email you privately, if possible.
Sincerely,
Carol Lienhart
Not sure how I got here but very nice music!
Hope to see you. I am scheduled to give a couple of presentations.
Richard