idea was to have more flexibility of keys, etc
which the chromatic does have
PROs:
universal, logical fingering for all keys [at least with 5 row]
(ALL instruments should work like this)
CONs:
if you learn it, you STILL cannot play the piano, which is ubiquitous - you HAVE to have your own unique, heavy, expensive, instrument everywhere you play
REMARKS:
since it is WAY different from cajun accordion, i didn;t learn it very well, i didn;t give it a fair chance, but i could see it was taking longer than i wanted
C system is most prevalent everywhere except eastern europe
though that doesn;t matter here, you won;t find C systems just hanging around either
if you got something like a roland v-accordion, you can switch it from B to C system, as well as many other (including custom) note arrangements
BUT (annoying) - still no one makes a single accordion that could do both
you can customize the v-accordions, but not to have in and out play different notes @#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#
i would almost advise learning piano, but using an electronic piano that can key-transpose easily
or accordion, computer piano accordion
just so, when you don;t have your accordion, you can at least play SOMETHING on a piano, which will always be nearby
(though by that logic you would just learn guitar which is also chromatic, 100x more portable and 1000x more prevalant than even piano)
The April 2011 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week
