Accordion books contain heavy weight acidfree paper, folded and bound to hold up to ten 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 photos. Shop and buy palmerhughes accordion course, book 4 sheet music. Peter, a box player of some renown, is a straighttalker when it comes to his lifelong passion traditional irish music. The longford accordionist peter carberry boldly takes his accordion and irish traditional music to new heights while accompanying leitrim piper pa. This book is for the beginning player, someone with no experience at all, and we will start with the very basics right from the getgo. Accordion book valley folds mountain folds flip over side view side view mountain folds side view fold each end into first mountain fold open all folds fold each mountain fold in to the center mountain fold. Palmerhughes accordion course, book 4 by bill hughes. For group or individual instruction palmer, willard a.
Shop and buy palmerhughes accordion course, book 1 sheet music. This week, well put aside the needle and thread and explore a book constructed without a single stitch. Compact enough to carry anywhere, it can open like a minibook or the 75mm accordion unfolds to a 450mm wide view. The can can from the palmer hughes accordion course book. The accordion and the book by peter thomas peter and donna thomas. At an afternoon concert in hawks well theatre at fleadh cheoil na heireann 2014 in sligo, peter accordion and angelina banjo carberry play a selection of reels commencing with morning star. Over the past few weeks, weve dipped our toes into the world of bookbinding. The accordionfold brochure is popular for the flexibility of its format. The right hand of a piano accordion is played the same way as you would play a piano, with usually the same fingerings. A film by roberta cantow of buffalo rose productions.
Although an accordion banjo duet album may sound like someones idea of a bad joke, this is actually one of the best albums in recent years. Donna is an illustrator while peter is a binder and printer. We have heard of many great uilleann pipers, but pete was one of the very best uilleann pipers in ireland. This guide shows the simple steps for making an accordion book. A young banjo player from a noted musical family, angelina carberry first attracted notice through the recording entitled memories of the holla which she made with her father, accordion player peter carberry, and the great john blake on guitar and piano.
These little booklets are printed in high resolution with matt laminated hard covers on either end. This research project is performancebased, designed to investigate the playing techniques of the acoustic accordion, the application of these to a digital accordion, and to identify various performance contexts that are enhanced through the use of a digital instrument. A brief 4 page instruction on learning to play the accordion, and in particular on how to play lady of spain provided for the guinnes record attempt for the largest accordion band, which was. Their accompaniment cds assist you to sound like an expert while you play todays most popular styles. This set of eleven upbeat songs makes a great supplement to the palmerhughes accordion course, book 2, with the compositions arranged in order of difficulty and designed to reinforce the students technical mastery of the instrument. A comprehensive collection of progressive exercises guide the student in learning and mastering basschord patterns. He learned to play the box, or accordion, at the tender age of nine at his grandparents house, just two fields away from. After mastering a fivehole pamphlet stitch and japanese fourhole binding, its time to tackle the final introductory process.
The prep accordion course contains all the information included in the palmerhughes accordion course but is specifically designed for the younger student. You can use all fingers, including the thumb, to play on this keyboard. Date 29 november 2014 tune morning star created by willie fogarty source comhaltaslive. As in many other states, the governor of massachusetts has currently closed all nonessential businesses to walkin customers and staff, and encouraged continued online business. The images and text were digitally printed on peters handmade paper and then handcolored by donna. They are easy to make and a fun activity to celebrate the coming of the new year. Peter carberry traditional irish music from co longford. This comprehensive method of music instruction enables the beginner to progress to an advanced stage of technical skill. Itma field recordings of the william kennedy piping festival, 2014. Advantages of accordion the piano ecordion is a very simple insmament to play.
Hailing from the holla in kenagh, longford, and residing now in galway, peter carberry plays button accordion, banjo, and tenor guitar with soulful execution. Since the summer of 2006, connolly has experimented with a more useful way to learn the bc accordion one that takes advantage of our natural ability to visually dualprocess colors and symbols along with the benefits of the facetoface learning characteristic of the oral tradition. The book would use the accordion keyboards as covers, and the bellows would be. Content is from the sites archived pages, as well as from other sources. The accordion and the book by peter thomas published in bound and lettered, fall 2016 click link for pdf of the illustrated and formatted article from bound and lettered.
In the book thief, the music being played brought distraction, comfort, and hope to liesels mind. Gerakaris takes viewers on a microcosmic odyssey through his organically detailed floating world accordion book. Professional accordionist, performer and teacher visit website. Discover rapid progress, enjoyment and success just. Being distracted from her past, comforting her for the moment, and giving her hope for the future. An accordionfold brochure is constructed by folding an 8. Another workshop at the degolyer conference was with peter thomas. I hope this item is all that you require for your students and classroom. The accordion creates triads 3 part chords for all of the maj, min, 7th, and dim 7 chord buttons some accordions may not, but all in my experience do this is curious because dominant 7th chords and diminished chords are, in theory, 4 part chords. Have fun gather your supplies fold the long piece of paper in half.
Peter stan accordions rising, a film by roberta cantow. The irish piano accordion paperback september 1, 2011. Decorate the house for new years eve with these fun accordion clocks. Goran kovacevic teaches accordion at the landeskonservatorium vorarlberg flash site in feldkirchreichenfeld at the johannjosephfuxkonservatorium in graz, sabine allmer, prof. Accordion repair 1 on the list of pages at the upper left is oriented toward evaluation and diagnosis of problems and provides specific instructions for making the simplest and most common repairs. June 10, 2006 artist books, bookbinding esther kibby. Today we are going to make a funny clown accordion book. The perfect accordion fold according to peter thomas. Peter carberry accordion padraig mcgovern uilleann pipes. On a standard, fullsized, the range of the keyboard goes from the f below the middle c, all the way up to the third a above middle c 41 notes. It has advantage of producing the tune or melody with the accompaniment. Presentaccordion booklet presentaccordion booklet the presentaccordion is a 75mm square booklet with 10 pages and a personalised cover. Accordion repair 2 provides specific instructions for making many of the more challenging repairs.
What most likely be the biggest and best irish music celebration to take place in lanesboro for many a long year will take place on the weekend friday 12 th to sunday 14 th april to remember the late and great pete carberry, derryhaun. Learn to play with these new accordion method books. Each side of the folded sheet can be ordered in either spreads or individual images. However, after the rust is removed the reed will still be out of tune because it will now be lighter, due to the loss of the iron. I already play piano to a pretty good standard so can read music. A bit over a decade ago, i had the idea to make an accordion book.
Mel bay the mighty accordion is a truly unique and muchneeded guide to playing the bass side of the accordion. Have students place their accordion book on the desk and flatten it out so they have a long row of six pages or boxes. The result is this tutor, a combination of a manual. Accordionfold brochure printing at online printer psprint.
By melinda crean of top notch teaching thank you for downloading my product. The grade level is intermediate and follows the original 15 louisiana cajun classics recording from arhoolie accurately with added variations and fiddle solos. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The video was projected in a large, antique movie theater june 20 25th, 20 for the mykonos biennale in greece, curated by lydia venieri.
Peter and donna thomas have a great team thing going on. Palmerhughes accordion course easy rock n roll book. Each handmade book can be displayed as a standing set of frames or as a twosided book. You should brush off all the rust using one of the small brass wire brushes described and shown below. Since for hans, the accordion is a symbol of the man who gave the accordion to hans. Students will only be working on the top side of the paper. This makes chord combining on the accordion different from chord combining on paper or on the. This real accordion book was made in the spring of 2016.
I have a copy of the box tutor bookcd and am teaching myself from scratch. It is from the palmer hughes accordion course book 1. A customizable analog clock that can be used as a widget or as a live wallpaper. The tex mex accordion has 3 sets of hand made italian reeds, tuned musette.
The piano accordion simple method some little knowledge ofmusic is needed if you wish to play correctly, and the purpose of this book is to teeh you in the shortest possible time without drudgery. Accordionright hand piano accordion wikibooks, open. I wanted to provide you with an update on what you can expect from the button box in the coming weeks, during this unprecedented and strange time were all experiencing. Palmerhughes accordion course, book 1 by bill hughes. Rust rust on the reed tongue throws it out of tune by adding weight to it iron oxide is heavier than iron.