An Index of Clive Williams' Melodeon Videos from YouTube
Norbert Pignol’s amazing schottische from his band Dedale. Can’t pretend to get close to Norbert’s level of skill, improvisation, or indeed that little extra little tune that goes on the end of course, but then who can?
Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for February 2025, played on a (more or less) standard Hohner Pokerwork in D/G.
Comments closedMelodeon.net’s theme of the month, as ever in December, is Christmas and/or Wintry themes. I thought I’d played Christmassy everything by now on this channel… but no, here’s 2 tunes that go together in a fun way. Played on a Hohner Pokerwork in D/G.
Comments closedA lovely waltz composed in 1959 by Pat Shuldham-Shaw from Stratford-upon-Avon, and dedicated to Margaret Grant, representative in Devon of the EFDSS on the occasion of her retirement. Often played (by fiddles anyway) in A. but here I’m playing it in G on a (more or less) standard 2 row Hohner D/G pokerwork.
Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for November 2024.
Comments closedHere’s melodeon.net’s tune of the month for August 2024, the Staffordshire Hornpipe. Played on a Hohner Pokerwork in D/G.
Comments closed2 great tunes written by Dave Whetstone in the… erm… 1980s. Thefirst one, Froggy’s First Jump is melodeon.net’s tune of the month for March 2024 and is played on a more or less standard Hohner Pokerwork in D/G.
Comments closedTheme 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 closedTune 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 closedThis is a fantastic tune, and melodeon.net’s tune of the month for December 2023. Quite tricky, so here I break it down to its individual bits, and take you through how to play it.
I’m playing it on a D/G Hohner Pokerwork, so it should work on any 2 row 8 bass box. On my melodeon, it’s a 3rd button start, the basses have the thirds taped off, and the B bass note is an octave lower than most boxes. Doesn’t matter for this tune of course.
Comments closedA schottische written by Andy Cutting, melodeon.net’s tune of the month for February 2023. Nice and straightforward… unless I’m playing it wrong, of course. Played in Bb on a Bb/Eb Hohner Preciosa.
Re-uploaded with improved sound.
Comments closedAlso known as Para Handy’s, since it was used as the theme for the 1990’s remake of Tales of Para Handy on scottish TV. Written by accordion genius Phil Cunningham.
Played, rather tangentially, for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for October 2022, tunes whose names start with P.
Played on a standard, albeit dry tuned, Hohner Pokerwork in D/G.
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