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Trumpet Tune and Air (Purcell)

Trumpet Tune and Air (Purcell)

Published April 25, 2019

Melodeon.net’s theme of the month is tunes that didn’t win a previous tune of the month poll. There’s some great tunes amongst that lot, including this which I learned off my mate Alan Day who plays a terrific concertina version. I’m playing this on an A/D Castagnari Lilly, in D.

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May Reel

Published June 24, 2018

A Paul Sartin composition, learned at least 3rd hand via Jim Sawyer and Anahata, is this rather fantastic tune. Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for June 2018. Played on a Castagnari Lilly in A/D (so we’re in A here).

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Floating from Skerry

Floating from Skerry

Published January 22, 2017

This tune was written by Lynn Tocker, a fine piano accordion player from Northumberland. A search of youtube should find her version… which is better than this one đŸ™‚ Played as part of melodeon.net’s theme of the month for January 2017. “Nautical tunes” on a A/D Castagnari Lilly

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Rue de Pres

Rue de Pres

Published January 22, 2017

OK, and we’re back. Stephane Durand’s famous schottische – melodeon.net’s tune of the month for January 2017. Played on a Castagnari Lilly in A/D (in D).

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The Sweetness of Mary

The Sweetness of Mary

Published November 17, 2016

Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for Nov 2016, Joan MacDonald Boes’s strathspey, here played in D on an A/D 1980’s vintage Castagnari Lilly.

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Blaydon Races played on multiple melodeons

Blaydon Races played on multiple melodeons

Published September 3, 2014

Theme of the month for melodeon.net September 2014; play one tune on all your melodeons – so here we go:

Hohner 12 Bass G/C
Castagnari Lilly A/D
Robert Boutet one row in D
Hohner Preciosa 12 Bass in Bb/Eb
Hohner Club Modell 1 in C/F
Hohner Pokerwork in D/G
Castagnari Mory in D/G
Hohner Lucia in D/G/Accs
Castagnari Giasco I in D/G
Hohner 1 Row in G
Streb Electronic Melodeon in this case in Eb/Ab/Accs
“The Big Finish!” – Castagnari Magica CBA

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The Abbess,

The Abbess,

Published February 3, 2014

A wonderful tune, written by Andy Cutting and played as part of Melodeon.net’s Tune of the Month for January 2014. Played on a Castagnari Lilly in A/D (so here, the tune’s played in D).

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Primrose Polka

Primrose Polka

Published September 12, 2013

Part of melodeon.net’s Theme of the Month for September 2013, ‘Bob Cann Tunes’. A cracking 48 bar polka, here played on an A/D Castagnari Lilly in D.

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Sir Sidney Smith’s March

Sir Sidney Smith’s March

Published May 4, 2013

A classic march, played as part of melodeon.net’s theme of the month for May 2013, Marches. Quite a tricky little tune, but somehow or other, I got this on the first take! Lucky!

Played on a Castagnari Lilly in A/D.

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