Larry- I'm willing to stake my left nut on it. Tremolo is absolutely wetness.

While we're at it, I'll stake my right nut on the fact that taller buttons create a louder accordion than one with shorter buttons. And yes, it will use more air.

This thread has gone 'nuts'! Ba-dum-dum.....

great
talk to a singer or guitarist about it
then you have to explain wetness
they will have no idea what that is
wle

I have been playin g guitar since 1961, I have owned well over 100 guitars, currently only 6.

I understand dry and wet and tremolo.

Tremolo is NOT in any way shape or form a fluctuation in amplitutede.

My wife is a skilled violinist of 50 some odd years. She was first chair, concert mistress of a well known symphony. Tremolo according to her has absolutely
N O T H I N G to do with a fluctation in amplitude.

just saying

tremolo is a much broader term than wetness

it applies when there is only one source of sound, and there is no possibility of wetness

wetness only applies to instruments that can make more than one sound at time..

which isn;t violins, voices, clarinets..

wle

"tremolo is a much broader term than wetness"

Correctamundo.. and has zip all to do with a fluctuation in amplitude.

Go to djangobooks.com the Gypsy Jazz web site mostlky devoted to the Selmer Maccaferri Guitar and clones.. and playing etc.
put "wet" or "wetness" into the search ...
let me know what you find..

Could we stop with the childish ******* contest about the definition of tremolo and get back to answering the original question?

Music: Tremolo
l a:the rapid reinteration of a musical tone or of alternation tones, usually a third or more apart, to produce a tremulous effect.

So,IMHO, you play tremolo, you dont tune for it.

Interesting but erroneous when describing tremolo in an accordeon.

It is not childish to have a mutual agreement on a word or term in order to have an intelligent conversation.

Tremolo is at the heart of accordeons.

Tremolo is NOT a fluctuation in volume in an accordeon.

Oh please. You and Larry hijacked the thread to argue back and forth. It was neither a mutual agreement nor intelligent conversation.

"hijacking" is changing the subject.

You were talking about tremolo. The topic remained tremolo.
I explained my theory of the evolution of the "Cajun" sound ergo from "wet" (tremolo) tuning to a drier tuning. ( limited or no tremolo)

I cannot account for ,or take responsibility, for misinformation or sidetracking from others.

I noticed in Bubba Brown's Creole Stomp video that he played a Sterling with the #3 stop down. Hohners have a wet reed set in that position, and to play it dry you just close that register.

If that is the case with Sterlings, Monarchs, and other old German boxes, then you had wetness on demand. The result would be tuning as varied as the song versions to suit the mood of the day.

Excellent observation.

And when boxes went out of tune...so much so it was difficult to determine a "base"...
the second set of middle reeds , over time< were often tuned to match the "440" set.