Thanks guys....no response in the beginning.....I was beginning to feel "unimportant" in the group since, at best, I'm probably only on the border of being an "inner core" member.
If I'm correct, most of us artistic people need to hear positive reviews of our work, no matter what level you're at. You need to hear it from your "peers" and NOT your audience as the "peers" are out in the field with you....not on the outside looking in to the (music) field!
Bill....it's an arranger...I don't remember which....but I don't think I've ever played an arranger that didn't have an authentic "musette" sound. The miracle of electronics. Piano project....that's something else. I'm going to open a new topic on that when I get time.
Chas, you wrote: "Our natural tendency is to play either easy tunes or tunes that we like a lot and are comfortable with."
Mark: you forgot to add: "...especially in the keys of C and F."
Chas: "I too am curious about the instruments used. It really WAS very convincing."
Mark: IMO, it was "convincing" because you're not just listening to the sound, you're listening to how an accordionist would play French Musette music. No different than most keyboards have great sax sounds, but they have to be played as a saxophonist thinketh.
Paul: an interesting situation you brought up. I couldn't find written sheet music for that song, but I liked it so much that I transcribed it. A few years later.....I found it in sheet music form. If anyone wants it I have it here.
Rikki...the PA3x musette accordion sounds just as good as an actual accordion (if played properly).
Mark: One of the few things I DO like about the PA3x!
Sparky wrote: "It is indeed difficult for an accordion player to match dexterity on a horizontal keyboard"
Mark: That goes even further. Most musette music is meant to be played on a button accordion even....NOT on a accordion with piano keys. Reason being the button accordion buttons are grouped in such a way that you can play the (usually) fast runs without hardly moving your hand.
I've been able to play these songs on the piano, ONLY because I use the finger technique method I'm always going on about (power of the mind principles).
But, seriously....again....thanks for your feedback. I really was beginning to feel "unimportant" without that peer recognition!
Mark
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