Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for May 2024 is Hartwin Dhoore’s Gavotte de l’Aven, ‘Very Jeune’. I’m playing this in G, on a Castagnari Mory in D/G. I’m not very familiar with this french bal dance, so please forgive any timing inconsistencies.
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Here’s a traditional Finnish fiddle tune called Yxi Kaunis Papillinen Polska, my entry for melodeon.net’s theme of the month, tunes that start with Y. It turns out to be quite a tricky letter to find a tune for! This one is from the album Zwei Mannborgs, who do an amazing version for two harmoniums. The title broadly translates to ‘one beautiful priestly polska’.
Played on a Castagnari Mory in D/G.
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OK folks, what’s this called? I’ve known it “all my life” and when I pick a melodeon up, and press a few keys on the pull, this comes out. It just plays so naturally. I think it’s probably a Breton song or intro to a gavotte, or similar, but I have no idea beyond that. Any ideas?
Played on a D/G Castagnari Mory.
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An alternative version of melodeon.net’s tune of the month for May 2023. Also played in D on a D/G Castagnari Mory, this is a slower take.
You can find the faster version here: https://youtu.be/L-nlNWvd41A
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A straight down the line, session speed, version of the Gloucestershire Hornpipe, played in D on a D/G on a Castagnari Mory.
You can find a more sedate alternative version here. https://youtu.be/lTqrg9RE2CU
Melodeon.net tune of the month for May 2023.
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I’ve nicked these tunes from the playing of Owen Woods; a lovely set to be sure. Quite confusingly similar in the opening phrases making them pretty tricky to get your head in, especially since Owen nips back to the first tune for a couple of phrases; I haven’t (I think!).
Played for Melodeon.net’s theme of the month for May 2022, ‘tunes that start with L’ – these 2 certainly qualify.
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Here’s Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for April 2022 – a new one on me.
UK group Boldwood found and recorded this – according to their sleevenotes is from unpublished manuscripts in the Vaughan Williams Library, Cecil Sharp House, London.
Played on a D/G Castagnari Mory in G – in this key, it needs a low C which I have on the half row.
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Here’s a tune written by Josephine Marsh; lovely tune, usually played a bit quicker than my approach – I’m going for a slow march here. Am playing it in the upper octave in G on a D/G Castagnari Mory, though I have a few things on my bass to make things a little easier than it would be on a usual 8 bass box.
Melodeon.net tune of the month for Feb 2022.
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2 fast-ish reels written by Dave Whetstone, and lifted from his CD ‘The Resolution’. Pretty great tunes IMHO. Played for the Vaults Bar Virtual Session on a Castagnari Mory in D/G.
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Another tune written nearly 30 years ago by yours truly… that I can still remember. It’s probably got something about it then, because I’ve written plenty of others, including some recorded on this channel, that I can’t! I lived in Macclesfield at the time, and the mill referred to in the title is this one:
https://macclesfieldmuseums.co.uk/venues/paradise-mill
Played on a Castagnari Mory in D/G
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