new button box tutor book

Subject: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 06 Dec 04 - 01:52 PM

I am writing a comprehensive tutor book which will cover the BC 2 row box and also provide full info on the 3 row BCC# box with accordion bass. The 3 row (as played by Jimmy Shand, John Kirkpatrick aand many other top class players is a natural progression for 2 row players wanting a 'full accordion sound'. It is also important for new players to learn on the BC rows first. Therefore combining the two in one book should suit everybody!

Publication 1995. Expressions of interest greatfully recieved (no committment on your part at this stage) Anybody expressing an interest will be emailed furthur details when available and be offered a pre publication discount. Expressions of interest best sent as PM's

thanks

BB

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: Marion in Cornwall
Date: 06 Dec 04 - 03:50 PM

BB
As a mediocre BC box player, I would be very interested in your tutor book, but I'm confused about 'Publication 1995'. Do you mean 19.9.05?

Regards and good luck with the book

Marion

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 06 Dec 04 - 04:31 PM

Oh balls!! publication should read 2005!

bb

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 04:32 AM

am putting this on again as threads disapear so quickly! If anyone is interested (without committing themselves at this point) in new BC tutor book out in 2005 i would be pleased to hear from them via mudcat personal message. thanks

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 07 Dec 04 - 06:20 PM

see previous postings re new button box tutor book out next year!

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 09 Dec 04 - 04:16 AM

new BC button bax tutor book coming next year - will also cover BCC# 3 row. expressions of interest (without obligation) to me via mudcat peronal message system

Ta
BB

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 28 Dec 04 - 11:47 AM

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 28 Dec 04 - 01:26 PM

I must confess to being a failed learner of the B/C box. I had a Black Dot Doubleray, long since sold, but I still have a melodion made by Dibora, which I still try to play. The rage at the moment seems to be DVD/CD rom tutors how well do you feel a "Book" will be recieved and are you aiming at complete starters?

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Dec 04 - 02:43 PM

So, what's a BC row box?
-Joe Offer, who hates abbreviations-

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 28 Dec 04 - 04:34 PM

Button acordions/melodians are usualy reffered to by the number of rows of buttons and the keys the rows are in. So a two row B/C box tha two rows of buttons, the outside row (the row fartherest from the bellows)is in "C" and the inside row (closest to the bellows) is in "B". A lot of Irish players use two row B/C boxes some two row C/C#, most English players play G/D. Melodians are usualy single row boxes in one key, "G", "D", "C".Melodian style playing generaly means just playing on one row and one key, while accordian style means playing accross the rows picking out what flats and sharps are there to play is several keys. The Traditional Music and Song Assosiation of Scotland, The TMSA, has a rulling that in any TMSA run competitions if your instrument has eight or less bass buttons, your playing a melodian, if your instrument has more that eight bass buttons your playing a button accordion.

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 31 Dec 04 - 12:38 PM

The book; will provide comprehensive tuition for both BC and BCC# systems, which are of course closely related and will start at the beginning but include enough material to help poeople reach a good middle of the road standard. Problem with DVDs CDs etc is that they do not provide the same standard of learning material that can be provided and carefully studied in   book form.With a CD you need to put your box on, get your fingers in the right position - turn the CD player on with ? your foot - and before you know it the bit you wanted has been and gone! -= wind back - get ready to go again - switch on etc etc etc!.

The tutor book will not be a tune book, as there are plenty of good tune books around. It will of course include many tunes, all of which should be familier to most players, each tune being there to facilitate the learning of a particular technique rather than just to enable people to develop a larger repertoire of tunes played without any sort of 'good' technique.

leve message for me via mudcat personal messages if you would like more details nearer publication date.

cheers

BB

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: Lester
Date: 31 Dec 04 - 02:06 PM

Re the Auldtimers reply, a B/C box has B on the outside row and C on the inside row. For consistancy the box English players paly should be refered to as a D/G (D on the outside and G on the inside). And it's spelled melodeon not melodian.

For all the info in the world visit
melodeon.net

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 03:36 PM

Sorry Lester, but I did say I was a FAILED learner of the button box/melodian/melodeon/bosca ceol....... By the way is that the pipe playing Lester?

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: Lester
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 05:08 PM

By the way is that the pipe playing Lester?

Nope it's the melodeon playing, morris dancing etc Lester

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 02 Jan 05 - 06:03 PM

Cheers anyway Lester, I've added both these sites in my favorites.

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 03 Feb 05 - 12:47 PM

for info on new BC & BCCsharp tutor book see last but ? 4 postings!
cheers

bb

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:07 AM

see recent postings for info on new BC & BCC# button accordion tutor book due out this year

Subject: RE: new button box tutor book
From: buttonbox
Date: 11 Mar 05 - 04:32 PM