My RU-vid channel features performance videos, tutorials and information on anything to do with music, instruments, gear and gadgets! Here you can find helpful videos about the melodeon, anglo concertina, guitar, cigar box guitar, etc. etc. Helpful tabs, music, tutorials and lessons can be found on my website at www.daddylongles.com - more coming soon!
Do indeed like the sound of the troubadour more in the immediate sound comparison. I have played an Elise and have the EXACT same thoughts and feeling with those first couple notes on the left hand - takes a bit to make them fire - and when playing them with other notes on the right hand the C (on the push in particular) is lacking, although it seems to fire better when other notes are played at the same time for some reason. Other than that, the Elise has been great in my limited experience - but i Keep wanting to try a troubadour or peacock!
Hi Les. Thanks for the tutorial. I've been searching for this song played at the beginning of the Matt Hensley interview at Hohner. I had even wrote a tablature for it, but never knew the name of the song. Thanks again.
Very nice. Those Deusenthings are so expensive. I have a Gretch lap steel with palm benders on it. Definitely a different experience from guitar. I love the fact that you're still trying new things. I'm 78 and just beginning my flute journey. Good seeing this, Les. Best wishes to you and family. 🥰
Thanks Skip. Flute eh? I bought one about 6 years ago - it took me about a week just to get a sound out of the mouthpiece! Not an easy instrument but beautiful when you get the hang of it. Mine hasn't seen the light of day for a few years. 🙄 Same to you my friend!
Hey sir, I'm looking for more work to help me get back on track in life and maybe one day can get myself a M8 too. Im trying to do logi design freelance work vut havent landed any, do you know if anyone need a logo or other works as a freelancer?
Imagine hand straps that do not go to the thumb screws, but instead up and around your neck down and connected to the other hand strap. That way they will tighten around your hands automatically.
DLL, Thank you for the time you took to make these videos. It's really interesting to listen to you; everything is well explained and it becomes understandable. Thank you very much
I picked up one of these today for $100 CAD. Definitely much older than yours, Les. I’m sure the original owner had new bellows installed at some time while she owned it because they are in pristine shape. I bought it from her 80-something year old niece who never got the hang of playing it after the old aunt passed away. I really appreciate your lesson here. A wonderful way to get started.
I have a Stagi Haden duet and the quality is very good. Its a bit big but I am an accordion player so used to bigger instruments. I had an elise and liked it but wanted more notes. Thanks for the video, very informative and enjoyable.
Cheers for this! (Now know I had a 20-button Anglo... this would have been great to know at the time). Curious, do you have a preference to play yourself? Ta again!
Hi Les, thanks for doing this comparison video. A couple of small points: 2:17 Are you sure the Troubadour is only 5.2" wide? Concertina Connection says it is 6.25". 5:47 I would hesitate to call the air button location silly or crazy without studying the construction in detail to understand why the designer made that decision. I would guess there wasn't enough space for an extra pair of reeds on the left hand so they didn't actually sacrifice a useful note to fit the air button in, and it was too difficult to route the action for a thumb-operated air button on the right hand. I have made very similar compromises in my own duet designs.
Yep - you're correct. I looked at the wrong column in my database! It's actually 5.2 inches wide end to end with the bellows closed. I will place an error message in the description. As for the air button - I bow to your superior knowledge about this. It just seemed a bit strange to me. I would dearly love to own one of your amazing Hayden-layout instruments!! Thanks for coming in with your comments.
Thank you very much for doing this series - it should be good fun, and there's not much else around. I've been playing a Hayden for about 8 years and have enjoyed every minute. I feel it a great shame that this system is not more known as it's easy to learn and is so flexible. Melody and accompaniment come very readily, far easier than an anglo or ec. I have a Peacock which easily handles 6 keys - no problem at any session. But one of the main attributes is that it is very easy to accompany oneself singing - it lends itself very easily to this compared to an angle or ec. Your thoughts on this would be appreciated Ken
Hi Ken - thanks for the encouragement.Wow - you have a Peacock! I bet that's really nice. I haven't tried singing and playing but I will as soon as possible. I'll record my efforts. I also play anglo and EC but somehow I feel more excited about the Hayden than the others. More soon! Les
This is absolutely delightful to watch! As always a very clear and fun introduction. I think this will contribute greatly to the growth of the Hayden club.
Thanks so much! These videos are fantastic. I've just started learning the Crane system duet, working through an old tutor book and even the basic exercises are challenging. This video has been a great help. It's easy to follow, breaks the tune and accompaniment down into easy to learn chunks. It didn't take me long and I was able to play the song. I'll be starting on Wellerman next. Looking forward to see what else you have in store 😊.
How wonderful. I have just inherited my grandfathers Medolian from the 1950/60s. You were the first video I came across…and you have an Irish Terrier 😍. I lost my last Irish in October last year, so watching Pip is a delight…typical Irish enjoying a game of biteyface. Off now, to search all your melodian videos to see if I can get a tune out of this old thing. Thank you.
First of all, THANKS! This was extremely helpful. Working on my first FCP project and it's multicam, but I want to add splits. Here are my questions, if you don't mind! 1) you said all cut-and-switch was done on the top row. Is there any reason for that? In my case, I will likely not cut and switch while I'm in split mode; I'll cut and switch in full screen mode. 2) is there any way to make one of the splits in your example DIAGONAL? 3) is there any way to make a SOFT/BLURRED TRANSITION between split frames instead of a harsh line? 4) you mentioned Transform > Reset to remove the splits. But I'm going to want to go in and out of split at different points in the video. Is there a way to copy/paste splits, or any other way to not have to recreate split regions every time I go in and out of splits? Thanks in advance!!
Hi, I'm so sorry but I don't have sufficient knowledge to answer your questions so I've published this in the hope that someone else will see this and jump in with some answers for you. Good luck with your editing!. Les
