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Thread #165165 Message #3963886
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
29-Nov-18 - 09:33 AM
Thread Name: What was the last thing you learned? Musical
Subject: RE: What was the last thing you learned? Musical
Hi Dave the Gnome: you'll find a lot of discussion about diatonic accordions with stradella bass over on the melodeon.net forum. Far more there than I could ever tell you with any accuracy! I do know a couple of people who have them, but would guess that they were made that way, rather than converted from the more conventional two or three row diatonic accordion.
My B/C has the "modern" arrangement of chords and basses: outer row G and C on rhe push, D and a second G on the pull, inner row E and a second D on the push, A and F on the pull. The "classic" arramgement has a second C rather than the second D, which is less useful rhan the D if you are going to be playing with people who favour lots of tunes in G and D. The one I don't have, and might find useful in the left hand, is a B, tho I can do B maj chords with right hand on the B row. I also have a stop to take out the middle note of the left hand chords, so you are only getting the 1st and 5th notes of the scale, which means they are amiguous, can be major or minor.
You'll realise that your left hand notes are paired up, with the one button being the bass, and the one next to it the chord for same key.