The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #105358   Message #2168643
Posted By: pavane
11-Oct-07 - 05:24 AM
Thread Name: melodeon tuning
Subject: RE: melodeon tuning
My program HARMONY does let you explore the possibilities mentioned above, of different scales and fingerings, crossing the rows, and lets you find chords on the keyboard (just enter a tune containing only the notes of the chord).

see my web site

I keep meaning to transcribe some of my own arrangements, but never find time, and am aware that they may not be possible on other people's D-G boxes. For example, my 1979 Hohner Erica does NOT have accidentals at the bass end of the keyboard, I think this was a later innovation. I rely on the bass notes for my Rosebud in June, where I play all the chords on the keyboard, including the Bm.

I arranged "Old Black Joe" from Bucknell Morris so that I could play along with the accordeon, using the same chords, which meant a certain amount of crossing of rows - but it sounds much better like that, in my opinion.