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Our fiddleplayer use two fiddles.
One is "standard" tuned and he plays it besides the D-accordion. The other fiddle is tuned lower and this one he plays with the C-accordion.
I know that in the old days there was a problem between fiddle and accordion players. The accordion and the fiddle didn't sound good in that days.
Who was the first fiddleplayer who tuned the fiddle lower ?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What key accordion matches well with a fiddle, besides C and D?
I knew there was something about Bob!
I know a lot of Old Time fiddlers tuned to what sounded good to them, without a tuning fork or any other aid. Many played with banjos that couldn't be brought up to concert pitch, so the instruments were tuned relative to each other. I'd bet there were some fiddlers that just went ahead and tuned to the accordion, not thinking in terms of tuning down. In this age of tuners in every instrument case, going to a festival with lots of jams, you can pretty much count on everybody being in concert pitch. A few years ago, bouncing from one jam to another meant retuning to some degree was a given.
Steve
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I guess I've answered my own question somewhat.
If the original song I play is in G on a C box, I could then get a G box, play it in D, and the fiddler should have little problem playing on a standard tuned fiddle. The strings primarily played will be the middle two, rather than the upper two. To me that would not be a problem, because I don't go all over the fingerboard when I play. To some it might limit their playing.