tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919193238627951712.post3547020411558317950..comments2023-03-29T10:49:28.165-04:00Comments on l'Accordéonaire: Sylvain Piron, Part ThreeGary Chapinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10675650998864708627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919193238627951712.post-3766372707177387692012-09-19T10:51:58.754-04:002012-09-19T10:51:58.754-04:00Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you. 80)Thanks! I look forward to hearing from you. 80)Troy R. Bennetthttp://www.mysteryjig.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919193238627951712.post-12879050702753051352012-09-19T07:27:56.536-04:002012-09-19T07:27:56.536-04:00Thanks so much, Troy. Sylvain seems to have this ...Thanks so much, Troy. Sylvain seems to have this effect on people. I would be happy together. PM soon.Gary Chapinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10675650998864708627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919193238627951712.post-45855977687118883392012-09-18T22:04:21.202-04:002012-09-18T22:04:21.202-04:00Hi,
Thanks for posting this series with Sylvain P...Hi,<br /><br />Thanks for posting this series with Sylvain Piron. I met him here in Maine (I'm in Portland) some years ago at a contra dance in Pownal. I'm a newspaper photojournalist and we were doing a story on the caller. And there he was. He gave me a CD — la plume et l'anche — and I've listened to it ever since. <br /><br />I've been making part of my living all my adult life playing folk music. Mostly Celtic-inspired vocal music with guitar and banjo accompaniment. I've traveled allover New England and as far as Omaha. But, anyway, I got interested in playing the concertina a year and a half ago. I ended up with an oddball Hayden layout with the same note on the push/pull and the low notes on the left and high on the right. It seemed to make sense to me. <br /><br />I've had fun messing around with it. But there's nobody to show me how to play. It's a rare instrument and there's only one guy posting tunes on YouTube. So, I've ended up adapting Melnet "tunes of the month" instead. To make a long story short, I found a Galotta D/G melodeon at Buckdancer's Choice Music Company here in P'land. I picked it up. Squeezed a few notes out of it and BOOM, I was in love. <br /><br />It's the multiple reeds and natural bounce of the diatonic push and pull. THIS is sound I was looking for. This is the sound missing from the concertina. I've played it every day for a month now. The first tune I translated (from YouTube accordion to concertina and now back to accordion) as La Marianne. I found out it's a French tune. I do some digging and it leads me to this site, Sylvain Piron and the CD he gave me close to ten years ago.<br /><br />Wow!<br /><br />I love the music. I've listened to trad Irish/Scots music for years. I've accompanied lots of fiddlers. But I never really wanted to play like that. I love to listen. I'm a singer and entertainer, really.<br /><br />But this trad French music is more akin to the contra dance stuff I used to hear all the time. It's for dancing, not for showing off. Sometimes Celtic trad has too many grace notes. Know what I mean? Where's the melody?<br /><br />Anyway, I'm rambling. But this is exciting! I'd love to meet you for coffee sometime. I know you're a busy father, husband and student, but please give it some thought.<br /><br />You can contact me at troy@mysteryjig.com<br /><br />All the best,<br />TROY.Troy R. Bennetthttp://www.mysteryjig.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919193238627951712.post-41292928135651568732012-09-17T11:40:50.790-04:002012-09-17T11:40:50.790-04:00Hey Gary, I thought of you yesterday. My wife and...Hey Gary, I thought of you yesterday. My wife and I were at an Italian restaurant - sorry, ristorante - and they had an accordion player. It made such a great atmosphere, it was wonderful. Even made up for the fact that they had run out of Peroni!Blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11417465123667909708noreply@blogger.com