Great playing - of what used to be my MELODEON (!) - you seem to be getting a lot more out of it than my clumsy fingers managed. It was very nicely tuned and set up by Mike R in Cornwall.
Different countries refer to different things as a melodeon, in England most diatonic button accordions are referred to as melodeons, regardless of how many rows they have.
@@andymelodeon And few know the difference between a diatonic button accordion and a melodeon. Regardless of country, there is still right and the wrong. Calling it an accordion is correct as it's the same family, but the differentiation's vital as all of the types are so very different, and simply being a melodeon but with more than one row, it's obvious as to why it would commonly be referred to as such. Irish diatonic button accordions, for example, are chromatic for all tense and purposes making them closer to button accordions than their diatonic counterparts, despite themselves being mechanically diatonic. _There's a reason I don't refer to it by its technical title_
@@paulcaswell2813 Cutting? Not true. but, he cared to correct it for awhile. These days he doesn't care because it isn't important, he said so himself. But it's best to ask him, of course. I too make the distinction, and I've met others who also do. And I don't find it important either. :)
Just how much cross-rowing can be done with the tune? It isn't like Old Molly Oxford is it? Hehe. How does keeping the bass held while oom-pahing chords work? I need to learn this tune. It reminds me a lot of Stèphane Delicq's Nadiejda.
A lot of E minor tunes work well with row-crossing, because so much of the scale is available on the pull when you cross between the rows. Playing long phrases in 1 direction also lets you play over a held bass note, although for my E drones in this video I’m using both pull and push E chords, because an E reversal is one of my extras thanks to this box having 12 basses.
Thanks for showing me another way of playing simple notes while vocals keep the main tune, this has been challenging me for years and you have given me the keys.
Hello Andy, a brave start with a tune that defies a steady progression and therefore takes a good ear. I have lsitened to paul Young play this and you have asimiliar approach, all good. Its a new style for me to try on my 30 year old pokerwork DG, thanks.
