An Index of Clive Williams' Melodeon Videos from YouTube
A lovely waltz from the playing of, and presumably writing of, Le Sextet a Claques and on their live album. This is nice to play, but honestly, listen to the original when the trumpet kicks in.
Played for melodeon.net’s theme of the month, February 2023, on a Hohner Preciosa in Bb/Eb, in the key of C minor. Needs a tricky accidental on the push in the B music.
(Reuploaded with improved sound)
Comments closedA reworking of the lovely Scottish air Roslin Castle, which I’ve recorded elsewhere on the channel. Speed it up a bit, and you get this, which I think is a cracking schottische.
Played on a Hohner Preciosa in Bb/Eb.
Comments closedRainbow Connection is from the The Muppet Movie, written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. It’s the song sung by Kermit the Frog, of course. What a sweet, gorgeous waltz it makes! I learned this tune this morning (heard it on TV last night), and here it is.
Melodeon.net’s theme of the month for January 2023, Tunes with names that start with R (working our way through the alphabet).
Comments closedA nice straightforward jig for Melodeon.net’s tune of the month for January 2023. Here played in Bb on a Bb/Eb Hohner Preciosa.
Comments closedThe tune of a carol written in 1871 by John Goss. We’re doing melodeon.net’s usual Christmas theme of the month, and this is a lovely carol. There are words of course to the real thing, written by Henry Ramsden Bramley and John Stainer, but I’m not singing!
Comments closedMelodeon.net’s tune of the month for December 2022; this is apparently a more widely known version than the one I’ve known for past 20+ years – I’ve been completely oblivious to it!
Here we go, nice minor twinge to it, played on a Bb/Eb Hohner Pokerwork.
Comments closedAnother take on this tune since it’s melodeon.net’s tune of the month. Did it a couple of years ago reasonably slowly, so this time a bit more up tempo. Played on a Hohner Preciosa in Bb/Eb, so we’re in C minor.
Comments closedA lovely air written by Andy Cutting, learned in the traditional way… from his CD. I’m playing this on a Bb/Eb Hohner Preciosa, so we’re in C minor. Part of melodeon.net’s theme of the month for August 2022, tunes with names that start with O.
Comments closedMelodeon.net’s tune of the month for June 2022 is this splendid morris jig. Not really been a fan of it until I heard Martin Ellison’s version, and then… oh. It’s really great.
Played on a Hohner Preciosa in Bb/Eb, in Bb.
Comments closedHere’s a rework of Bach’s Minuet in G, though I’m playing it in Eb. Lovely tune – fits nicely on a melodeon. I’m playing on a Bb/Eb Hohner Preciosa, so the tune comes out in Eb rather than the usual key. Played for melodeon.net’s theme of the month for June 2022, ‘Tunes that start with M’
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