Skip to content

Month: February 2024

Set La Cardeuse

Set La Cardeuse

Published February 17, 2024

Theme of the month at melodeon.net for February 2024 is tunes from Canada. I’ve known these tunes a long time, but never tried to play them, so here they go… they fit on a standard 2 row Hohner Pokerwork in D/G just fine.

I learned them from the playing of Chris Wood, who learned from Martin Carthy, who learned from Lisa Ornstein. I’m sure it’s lost a lot of its original quebecois-ness on the way, but they remain great tunes. I gather the second tune is La Cardeuse, and the first unnamed, unless you know different.

Comments closed
Cuckoo’s Nest (Alternative Version)

Cuckoo’s Nest (Alternative Version)

Published February 17, 2024

Tune of the month at melodeon.net for February 2024, here’s a different version to the one I normally play which is elsewhere on my channel. This one is in D major, and is based (as best I can remember it) off the version De Danaan recorded. It’s a pretty neat version. Pleasantly surprised to find that it sits on a Hohner Pokerwork just fine, so here it is played on a D/G.

Comments closed