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Re: Les Veuves and first position

I guess you're referring strictly to a C accordion, Peer?

Sometimes even if there's a note missing, you can "play around it", like playing "J'ai Passé" in G on a C accordion. The C# is missing, but it's apparently not real important because you can dance around the D chord notes a bit. Some missing notes are too important to be danced around, though

Re: Les Veuves and first position

Peer - so nice to see you again.

Re: Les Veuves and first position

Thanks, Mr. Guy. Happy to be back. Actually, I have been lurking quite a bit, but tinnitus and shoulder/elbow problems kept me from playing CA.

Bryan, of course the white keys correspond with the notes on a C accordion only. I was just saying that it's a nice way of testing what's possible on a Cajun accordion and what's not.
All tunes you can play on the white keys are playable on a CA. To play in a different key you will need an accordion in a different tuning, but the fact remains.

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Re: Les Veuves and first position

Thats interesting Peer, I have a PA on long term loan but have never been bothered to play it, so you can pick out single piano key notes and it corresponds?
Might be a good way for me to start messing with it.

Re: Les Veuves and first position

The white keys on a PA, piano, keyboard, whatever, correspond to the notes on an C accordion.
So you can figure out what you can do on a CA and what you can't. Not necessarily in C but of course also in G, and Dm, Am and F are also possible to some degree.
Of course you can figure this out on a C box rightaway, but a keyboard offers a fresh point of view. Litterally, because now you can see all the notes on the keyboard. No black keys. No pushing and pulling. Easy!
Any song or tune playable on those white keys is possible on a CA. Of course, for other keys you need a different box, but the idea stays the same.
I hope this makes any sense!



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