Hi Braves!

I was interested in learning the famous Boozoo Chavis
paper in my shoe on 3-row accordion.

But, for the life of me I can't figure out what key
accordion he's using:



I have a GCF but the notes don't seem to fall in
place although BooZoo is playing in "C".

Any 3-row aficionados out there?

Merci beaucoup!

--Big

Nick, get in touch with Dave Sousa. He plays a 3 row and he plays Zydeco. I'm sure he can help you.

Merci!

I played along with him. It appears as though he is playing an FBbEb accordion, and he is on the outside row. That signature lick is equivalent to a 7, 10 pull on a 10 button, but he is crossing over to the middle row to grab the same note an octave higher.

BooZoo's fingering is sloppy and very hard to duplicate. My ear wants me to articulate the notes clearly.

OK Ganey, thanks ..

I'm fairly sure I've got the wrong key box in order to
follow BooZoo.

What's particularly throwing me is finding that grace
note .. from the flatted 3rd to the 3rd .. which he uses
over and over.

These things are usually fairly simple when one knows
the trick

--Big Nick

Nick:
I'm working on the same song on my CGF box.
All I know is I set my Amazing Slow Downer to
-4 semitones and it works!

I took have the ASD

I tried a few random pitches last night without
success, but I'll try again.

You'd think it'd be a 4th or 5th different?

Thanks,

--Big

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I set the ASD at -4 semitones, but then I play it in G (second row), although the
first lick is played on the C row. I'll send a
video later.

John

Paper In My Shoe in G.

Dr.,

Did you by chance make this video private?

When I click on the website link, youtube says:
"This video is Private".

Merci,

--bn

the flat 3rd -> major 3rd slide is the *single* most used trick in all of 3 row playing

you can do it on the outside row and the middle row
you find the flat 3rd in the row 'above' - more inside

on a F Bb Eb, you would be in C on the F row
the flat 3rd of C would be Eflat, of course it is in the Bb row
pull
find the E on the C row
the Eb will be one row above and about 1.5 buttons farther from the floor

yes, in either octave


wle

Yes, it is in the key of C, played mainly on the outside row of an F-Bb-Eb triple row. As Larry says, it uses the minor third/major third blend as a very important part of the song. That's what makes it bluesy.

On your G-C-F, I suppose you would play it in D on the outside row.

I think it is the very first recorded zydeco hit. Boozoo beat Clifton to those bragging rights by a year or so.