Skip to content

Category: C/F

The Man in the Brown Hat

A classic schottische by hurdy gurdy maestro, Cliff Stapleton. He writes some *really* great tunes… this one comes the 1980’s…. so about 40 years old. Gosh. Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for September 2024. Played on a Hohner Club I in C/F, so it comes out in Dm.

Comments closed

Ronds de Saint Vincent (Menestra)

Here’s a set of Ronds de Saint Vincent (breton fest noz dance) learned from the 2000(ish) CD from Menestra, ‘Dog of Pride’. No tune names on the album, but I think they’re all relatively recently composed by the band or members of the band. Played on a Hohner Club I in C/F, so we’re in a mix of C and Dm. The 3rd tune should really be in Gm, but I’m missing a chord ot make that work convincingly, so transposed it to Dm.

Melodeon.net’s theme for September 2024, Tunes from Brittany.

Comments closed

Rose and Crown

A tune set that shifts key, melodeon.net’s theme of the month for September 2022. This particular one is an unnamed mazurka uncovered by the Late Night Band and named (by them) after a local pub, Rose and Crown. Not the original name – if you know what it is, please let me know. Blowzabella recorded this as simply ‘A minor mazurka’. I’m playing it on a C/F Hohner, and it goes from D minor to A minor in my version.

Comments closed

Naja’s Waltz

Naja’s Waltz comes from the Danish String Quartet, and is written by one of their members, Fredrik Sjölin. A lovely gentle waltz, and as nice as this version is, you should really listen to the Danish String Quartet original.

Played for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for July 2022 on a C/F Hohner Club I, so we’re in D minor.

Comments closed

Amour et Printemps

Classic french waltz, played for Melodeon.net’s April 2022 – Spring. Learned from the playing of english group Rosbif, and written by french composer Émile Waldteufel. I’m playing it on a Hohner Club I in C/F.

Comments closed

Le Gabier de Terre Neuve

A lovely breton song tune, played for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for Sep 2021, ‘Alphabet – G’. Learned off the playing of Andy Cutting (an instrumental version), but I note Emmanuel Pariselle does a lovely version of the song itself.

Played on a Hohner Club I in C/F.

Comments closed

Brother Trip Foot

A quick blast through September 2021’s tune of the month at Melodeon.net, ‘Brother Trip Foot’. Great tune, never heard it before. Played on a Hohner Club I in C/F.

Comments closed

Dashing White Sergeant

A classic Scottish tune, typically played for a classic Scottish dance of the same name. Always known the tune but never played it before I had to learn it for the Pamplemousse ceilidh band I play in; we can do quite a number of Scottish dances in our set.

Played on a Hohner C/F melodeon (in C, so not a session friendly key, sorry) – part of the Melodeon.net theme of the month for May 2021.

Comments closed

Chestnut / Dove’s Vagary / Dove’s Figary

A playford tune, half of which I remember learning as a child! I’m playing this rather faster than you’d normally hear it (normally it would be march/procession speed, and quite merrily missing out that accidental in the first part) – I quite like it at this pace. Am playing on a C/F Hohner Club I, so we’re in D minor.

Melodeon.net tune of the month for May 2021.

Comments closed

Sous le Ciel de Paris (C/F version)

Oops, played this for the online vaults bar session, without realising I’d already recorded it in 2013 (!). That was on a G/C, this time I’m playing on a Hohner C/F Club 1. If you listen back to the earlier version, you might see if I’m approaching it any different 8 years later in my playing. Probably not! 🙂

Comments closed