Bellows technique for Irish button accordion

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
  • Irish button accordion basics. Brief demonstration of one technique for using the bellows efficiently. If you find it helpful, feel free to click the Like button, or post a comment. It's always nice to hear from people.

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  • @JonGardner74
    @JonGardner74 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No-one ever pointed this out to me. Thank you

    • @Stiamh
      @Stiamh  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are lots of ways to operate the bellows but this was a good starting point for me. Glad if it helps you.

  • @debbiemurphy9498
    @debbiemurphy9498 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is so helpful. I have just started learning and this is the first video focusing on bellows which I have found.

    • @Stiamh
      @Stiamh  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Debbie. Glad you found it useful. I talk about using the bellows in this video: th-cam.com/video/o8rN5Vnc_ns/w-d-xo.html

    • @debbiemurphy9498
      @debbiemurphy9498 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Stiamh Thanks for your email. I have watched the other video and it's helpful but this is the one which really made a difference.

  • @Jaysthename
    @Jaysthename 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are exactly the kind of tips which are very difficult to express in books alone. Thanks!

  • @tony59able
    @tony59able 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very much appreciated as I start melodeon. Thank you.

  • @Novascorian
    @Novascorian 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some very practical information even if one doesn't play in the Irish style. Cheers, Stiamh.

  • @Liamper
    @Liamper 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I started out on a piano accordion so picking up my new B/C was daunting. Thank you for this tutorial, this has really helped.

  • @hansweitbrecht1957
    @hansweitbrecht1957 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I,am moving on from b/c to C#/D at the moment, so your tips are very helpful and welcome. thanks for putting them up, and as Joe Burke used to say: All Accordion players are friends!

  • @tessalana6490
    @tessalana6490 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a beginner and I was struggling with the bellows. This is very helpful. Thank you.

  • @barrieglenn8353
    @barrieglenn8353 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really appreciate your advice and taking what I know to be your valuable time to make these videos and help us beginners. Can’t tell you how much it means to me. Have a wonderful 2020.

  • @MrGrapefruitDrink
    @MrGrapefruitDrink 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    He doesn't now; he's just in one (assuming he wasn't cremated). I am learning the B/C box now and it's totally mind blowing. Moving from PA and CBA to Diatonic is requiring me to re-wire my brain, but I'm very much enjoying it and your lessons are enormously helpful. Bellows control is a real issue if you're used to unisonic instruments.

  • @Stiamh
    @Stiamh  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for writing, and you're very welcome. Of course the secret to keeping your bellows from stretching out too far is judicious use of the air button. You need to use it all the time, and not just in gaps in the tune, but while you're actually playing notes. I haven't covered this specifically in a clip, but I do give a couple of examples early on in the Drowsy Maggie video (the one on playing the melody, not the one on basses). Cheers, Steve

  • @kipthecourtjester
    @kipthecourtjester 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish I could give you a big Hug right now. God Bless you, Mate!

  • @peterpiperpicked4785
    @peterpiperpicked4785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and very helpful I will subscribe and see what else you have posted thanks

  • @kennedypaulf
    @kennedypaulf 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for your speedy response, Steeve. Your teaching style certainly makes it easier to master it. For those interested, just put "Lord Inchiquin Steeve" in the search box of TH-cam

  • @daddylongles
    @daddylongles 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant. Thank you!!

  • @kennedypaulf
    @kennedypaulf 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Steeve, your tuition series are very helpful to beginners. You're natural manner enhances the lesson. Can I ask, if you are expanding your library of learner videos, that you include an O'Carolan tune called Lord Inchiquin?

  • @Stiamh
    @Stiamh  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've just been listening to bits of CH on YT. If you think I sound like him, well ... are you one of those Americans to whom all Englishmen sound alike? Despite years of living in the States I'd say he never quite succeeded in getting rid of the plum in his mouth that he was no doubt born with.

  • @paulearwicker
    @paulearwicker 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    good stuff. Thank you.

  • @tomgreene6579
    @tomgreene6579 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How many chords on that bass...and why the extra 4 buttons on the inside??

  • @phleota
    @phleota 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks

  • @TheCaliforniacajun
    @TheCaliforniacajun 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent clip, However I'm still patiently waiting for "The Wise Maid"! Not trying to be a wise guy just saying! Thanks Again, Bill

  • @Stiamh
    @Stiamh  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Roscommon Reel.

  • @MrGrapefruitDrink
    @MrGrapefruitDrink 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful. By the way, does anybody ever accuse you of sounding like Christopher Hitchens?

  • @Stiamh
    @Stiamh  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    My earlier reply to this got deleted after TH-cam wanted me to use something approximating to my real name. I said something to the effect that no, nobody had accused me of that before, and that I hadn't realized CH played the box, and that I would have to revise my opinion of him.

  • @readyforthebattle
    @readyforthebattle 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi what was the tune you started playing at 3:28 :)

  • @Stiamh
    @Stiamh  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    :-)

  • @Stiamh
    @Stiamh  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Paul. Have just uploaded a quick run-through Lord Inchiquin at youtu dot be slash Mo4KcqbeT58. Let me know if it's not what you need. Cheers