2010-05-18 Suzy’s Polka
Suzy’s Polka – Page 2, Palmer-Hughes “Polka Book”
For a long time several viewers have suggested that I post pieces from the Palmer-Hughes Polka Book. But until now the pieces were too difficult for me. This very first one is the easiest in the book and even then I believe I’m pushing the performance envelope with it, as I suspect you can tell.
The only thing that I have done different from the sheet music it to select “Master” instead of “Musette”. I felt it sounded better using Master.
Since polka music is intended for dancing, it is usually played at a very constant tempo. So I thought this would be a good candidate for some auto accompaniment from my keyboard. The Roland accordion does not have auto accompaniment, and to ensure that no one thinks it does, I show my hands keying out the chord sequence on the keyboard.
Instruments:
Roland FR-7 using standard Set #11 CAJUN. Treble switch: #8 Master. Sordina switch ON. Bass switch: #4 Master
Yamaha YPG-625 keyboard using style #111 PolkaPop.
Audio recording:
Direct audio connection to PreSonus FireBox on DELL XPS 630i computer running Audacity recording software
Video recording:
Sony Webbie camera set to HD 1280×720
Video editing:
MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 16 Plus HD on DELL XPS 630i computer.
ACCORDION ACCORDÉON ACORDEÓN AKKORDEON AKORDEON HARMONIKA FISARMONICA ACORDEÃO ???????? ????????? ACCORDIAN FR7 FR-7
Duration : 0:2:5
Cajun-music by The Balfa Doucet Brothers at Heleneholms Library
This is a performance by a Swedish Cajun-band, Balfa Doucet Brothers, who attends Heleneholms Gymnasium of Music in Malmö.
Fr.L:
Upright Bass: Jean-Henry Blenaird Doucet
Accordion % Vocal: Blanchard Pomee Leger T. Doucet
Slide-guitar & Vocal: Dugas-Allain Poirier Cabri-Cher Doucet
12-stringed Acoustic Guitar: Jean-Marie Bujeau Daigle-LeJeune Doucet
Washboard: Gumbo Savoie Sonnier Doucet
Three-stringed Banjo: Roy-Daigle Tayaut Coo Doucet
Duration : 0:4:53
Lydie Auvray – trailer film for DVD “Soirée”
A concert to mark Lydie Auvray’s 30th anniversary on stage: classic compositions from all periods of her history, re-imagined and re-arranged for now. There are some real surprises in there including special guest performances by Elke Heidenreich, Hannes Wader, Stefan Stoppok and String Quartet Indigo. – Taken from the DVD “Soirée” – Westpark Music 2008 (www.WestparkMusic.de). This anniversary concert is available also on CD. —
Even if there were a hundred accordion-players playing together, you would still be able to hear Lydie Auvray standing out. Her sound has verve and mellowness; her intelligent and impulsive playing can make one easily forget that this instrument, even in the Musette variant, has its limits. In Lydie’s play those limits seem far away. – There are tints of Cajun, Musette, Tango and Anglo-Saxon folk music, there is the rhythm of the Caribbean, Africa and Latin America, the dreamy, sleepwalking, enchanted element of a film-elegy and the solid motor movement of pop, rock and the blues. But in everything we hear there is that “Auvraity”, the very distinct personal sense created by this band with this front woman.
Duration : 0:2:40
Cajun – Blackie Forrestier & The Cajun Aces – Cajun Dance
Here is a clip From the “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler from Randol’s” show of Cajun musician Blackie Forrestier and the Cajun Aces here play in the early 1990′s.
Check Randol’s resturant & Dance hall out at http://www.randols.com
Duration : 0:3:6
Scottish fiddle jigs at Tuck Museum fund raiser – Fiddling Thomsons, Hampton, NH
A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society fund raiser for the Tuck Museum, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a medley of 2 scottish jigs, One Hundred 100 Pipers, and of the North. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com
Duration : 0:3:47
Cajun Chopique 2 Two Step, violin and accordion – Fiddling Thomsons
A father and son duo – Ryan and Brennish Thomson perform for the Hampton Historical Society fund raiser for the Tuck Museum, Hampton New Hampshire, on September 4, 2010. In this video they play a cajun two step on fiddle and accordion – Chopique Two Step. The Fiddling Thomsons perform throughout New England. Ryan teaches several different instruments and produces instructional books, videos, and recordings. Visit the Captain Fiddle web site at http://www.captainfiddle.com
Duration : 0:2:6
