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Thread #95614 Message #1861771
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
17-Oct-06 - 09:05 PM
Thread Name: Playing the piano
Subject: RE: Playing the piano
"The only thing in common is the keyboard."
Actually I really meant only the VISUAL appearance of the keyboard.
"it opens new possibilities for playing in all sorts of places, situations and totally different styles."
Sadly many 'piano accordion squeezers***' learnt their music theory on the instrument - and this means that they probably got as far as 3/4 time before they 'stopped learning' - sadly this is the reason for the often prevalence of the association of the 'Oom pah pah' 'bass chord chord' sound with piano accordions.
There is SO MUCH MORE one can do rhythmically (just like on concertinas and 'button boxes') - I ranted on at length about that in the thread I mentioned - I do thank others who have contributed too.