An Index of Clive Williams' Melodeon Videos from YouTube
A 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 closed2 ‘old school’ french polkas, played for melodeon.net’s theme of the month ‘old tunes’. As far as I know, they’re unnamed Auvergne polkas; picked up from the Nigel Eaton and Andy Cutting recording ‘Panic at the Cafe’. I’ve heard them a few times in different places, sometimes in G and referred to as ‘the G Polkas’, but here I’m playing them on a G/C Hohner Liliput, and they come out in C.
Comments closedA classic morris tune from the Cotswold traditions, this is melodeon.net’s tune of the month for October 2024.
Played in F on a Hohner Club I in C/F.
Comments closedMelodeon.net’s theme of the month for October 2024 is ‘new tunes’ and this kind of fits, being about 30-35 years old or so. I was reminded of this from the Melrose Quartet recording, but it’s written by Simon Heywood who used to play with 90’s Manchester folk dance band, Jabadaw.
Normally in A minor, but here played in F minor on a Bb/Eb Hohner Preciosa.
Comments closedA 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 closedHere’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 closedHere’s melodeon.net’s tune of the month for August 2024, the Staffordshire Hornpipe. Played on a Hohner Pokerwork in D/G.
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 closedAnother Rob Harbron tune, and what a cracker. This is off his solo EP ‘As the Days Begin to Lengthen’ which I just love. All of it. He plays it on English Concertina (and guitar); I’ve tried to make it fit as best I can on melodeon. Played on a Hohner Preciosa in Bb/Eb, so we’re in Bb. Melodeon.net’s theme of the month for July 2024, Tunes from England.
Comments closedCan’t believe I’ve not recorded this one; it’s a tune I’ve been playing ever since I started playing for morris a *long* time ago. Here I’m playing it, more or less straight down the line, on a G/C Albrecht Liliput, so it’s coming out in C.
Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for July 2024
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