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[h=1]Scottish Accordion tune - Margaret's Waltz[/h]
 

Falcon said:
I can see/why/hear the accordion has such a bad name.
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I've thought about this. The problem might be that the accordion isn't designed well to be a solo instrument, imo. Like the tuba. Better as part of an ensemble. In fact I like a harmonica, and sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference, but harmonicas are rarely used as solo instruments.
 
NancyNGA said:
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I've thought about this. The problem might be that the accordion isn't designed well to be a solo instrument, imo. Like the tuba. Better as part of an ensemble. In fact I like a harmonica, and sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference, but harmonicas are rarely used as solo instruments.
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That's true, Nancy. There are also those, who find it easier to make fun of them.

"The Bulgarian accordionist in the video,was marvelous. With a simple old accordion.So authentic. I'm still amazed every time I see her playing, she plays with pleasure and enthusiasm a little Balkan spice in Buchannan St Glasgow".
 
Revolutionizing the accordion | Cory Pesaturo

"This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. How does Daft Punk sound on an accordion"?


"Cory Pesaturo's performance will surprise and delight, tracing the history of the accordion in America--including it's downfall in popularity in the 1960's until today--and what he's doing to reinvent the instrument (hint: LED lights are involved). Get ready for an entirely new perspective on the accordion as various styles of music are skillfully performed on this distinctive instrument".
 
Classic Cowboy Songs And The Accordion
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Hey, this solo is not bad. Not bad at all. :)

Andrea Bernardini - Nola


Compare to Myron Floren with an orchestra accompaniment (and slower), 1956.

 
Every time I hear the word 'accordion' I automatically think of Myron Floren on the old Lawrence Welk
Show.
My parents would never miss the show but I didn't care for it unless Jo Ann Castle was playing the piano......I liked to hear her when she played fast and furious 'honky tonk & ragtime' music.

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I always enjoyed those shows too Ike, but they have run there course and are no longer on PBS. I always wondered if Glenn Miller had lived, and found his way into TV, he might've knocked Larry Welk out of the game.?? They were born about a year apart.
 
2015
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"The Michigan Accordion Society in partnership with Villa Penna Wins 1st place for best Float Theme at the 2015 Michigan Columbus Day Parade in DownTown Mt. Clemens, Michigan. This was a big honor as over 40 floats participated in this year's parade. MAS President Joe Recchia said: “Our float received so many compliments and we were told that people really enjoyed our spirit, music and float design and was so unique and well received that we were asked by other community parade organizers to bring our float and accordionists to other events throughout Michigan”.


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"The float featured over 20 float participants and 14 accordionists along with a wonderful display at a food and wine table that was integrated in the front of the float called “The Taste of Italy”. The float was named “Santa Maria” after Christopher Columbus's ship".​
 
"An unsuspecting man finds an abandoned accordion case and unwittingly unleashes a deadly force".
 
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