An Index of Clive Williams' Melodeon Videos from YouTube
My contribution to melodeon.net’s theme of the month tune for February 2025; a minor key version of one of those morris tunes that comes up in many, many different versions depending on which dance team you’re listening to. I learned this off the recent Boss Morris album, though I’m not trying to be compliant with their version of the dance.
Played on a Castagnari Giasco I in D/G.
Comments closedPhil Cunningham’s waltz is melodeon.net’s tune of the month for January 2025 – a lovely slow waltz. I’ve played it before on electronic melodeon, but here it is again, in G on a D/G Castagnari Giasco 1.
Comments closedHelena Torpy’s beautiful waltz, which I’ve known for ages but not played before. Here, it’s simply played on a Castagnari Giasco 1 in D – it suits the instrument very well.
Played largely from memory, so let’s view this as an interpretation, rather than a 100% accurate version!
We’re running through the alphabet again at melodeon.net’s theme of the month, so we’re starting at the beginning – tunes that start with A.
Comments closedMy effort for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for August 2024, this is Cyrille Brotto’s lovely mazurka, Nina. I’ve transposed it to Em and played it on a D/G Castagnari Giasco I.
Comments closedHere’s a local tune for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for May 2024, tunes from your country. This was written by a chap who lives about 10 mins walk from me, Phil Underwood, for his wife-to-be, Denise Dryburgh. Lovely tune, isn’t it?
Played on a Castagnari Giasco I in D/G.
Comments closedA lovely tune written by Catherine Fraser, a scots-style, but Australian, fiddler. The hills are the Rimutaka Ranges that surround YMCA Camp Kaitoke in New Zealand. Learned from the playing of Talisk, who normally play it in E, but I’m playing it in the more session friendly key of D here.
Comments closedIt’s December, and with that it’s time to play a Christmas tune for melodeon.net’s theme of the month. This is the Corpus Christi carol, otherwise known as ‘Down in Yon Forest’. I believe there are other Corpus Christi carols 🙂
Played on a Castagnari Giasco I in D/G.
Comments closedOllie King’s tune, which is tune of the month for July 2023 over at melodeon.net. Quite hard to figure out a way to play this without having the full range of low notes, so I’ve gone for playing it (mostly) in the upper octave.
Played on a D/G Castagnari Giasco I in D; I believe the original is written in G.
Comments closedLovely slow march written by Rachel Darling; I learned it from the playing of Leveret. Played in D on a D/G Castagnari Giasco I.
2nd of a trio of tunes following February 2023’s theme of the month at melodeon.net
Re-uploaded with improved sound.
Comments closedA fine traditional hornpipe, here played a bit slower than usual, and with a little more swing. Also known as the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ tune, after being featured in the soundtrack.
Played for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for August 2021, ‘Alphabet Soup – F’, on a Castagnari Giasco in D/G.
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