Sweetest sounding accordion

[Ffingers]

...and the instrumentalist is not too plain, either.





My mainpoint here though is that her 'LILA' seems to have the most pure sound and an almost complete lack of mechanical 'clatter'.
My ears are far from adequate to assess such parameters, so I would appreciate any comments on this.

 

[pitzelberger]

The normal clicking sound the pallets on treble side make while closing can be well heard through many parts of the recording. She uses also a quite strong register. If she would use a single reed register like clarinet or bassoon they might be even better perceived. It sounds like the normal accordion „clatter“ to me.

I personally actually like all that accordion clatter, if you can hear it in professional recordings, including the switching sounds of the registers and the typewriter sounds that some bass machines make.

What other types of clatter did you except?

 

[Dingo40]

Well executed and highly appealing.
I, myself, could ( just) pick up what I understood to be the normal mechanical clicking noises of accordions (made by keys and pallets operating, although- given the actual musical genre - I'm willing to accept it could be castanets
I'm beginning to see a possible, spreading influence (not only here) due to Ksenija Sidorova, similar to that exerted by Torville and Dean which hugely affected the interpretive dance ice skating field, with female accordionists increasingly incorporating alluring grimaces and expressions of ecstasy in their presentations: unthinkable previously .
Not that I. personally, have any objection whatsoever!
(As Walker would say, "Just saying!")

 

[debra]

...and the instrumentalist is not too plain, either.
...

My mainpoint here though is that her 'LILA' seems to have the most pure sound and an almost complete lack of mechanical 'clatter'.
My ears are far from adequate to assess such parameters, so I would appreciate any comments on this.

Careful mic placement (inside I think), playing not too softly, strong register... it all helps to bring out the notes more than the clacking sounds an accordion makes from keys and pallets. The sound can also be enjoyed more because the instrument has been tuned very well.
As far as I can tell it's a Gus Zoppi, likely made by Guerrini. It's an older instrument (as can be seen from the rounded edges and the register style) and older Guerrini accordions have very lovely sound.
In such recordings with heavy post-processing the recording is almost always done in multiple takes and thus applies tricks like playing louder to mask keyboard noise (and toning it down in post-processing), recording fragments to eliminate the sound of register changes, adding reverb, etc. After the recording and mixing is done the video is recorded (possibly also in multiple takes) and is playback, synchronized with the recorded sound.

 

[Ffingers]

The normal clicking sound the pallets on treble side make while closing can be well heard through many parts of the recording. She uses also a quite strong register. If she would use a single reed register like clarinet or bassoon they might be even better perceived. It sounds like the normal accordion „clatter“ to me.

I personally actually like all that accordion clatter, if you can hear it in professional recordings, including the switching sounds of the registers and the typewriter sounds that some bass machines make.

What other types of clatter did you except?

As I wrote: "My ears are far from adequate to assess such parameters..."

I am curious, 'tis all.

Nothing "except"-ional.

 

[Walker]

(As Walker would say, "Just saying!")

"Just saying" (and variations thereof) is, I believe, a term first coined by @Tom. However, I and others, including the inimitable @Ventura, have indeed been known to use this catchy turn of phrase. Just sayin'

 

[pitzelberger]

female accordionists increasingly incorporating alluring grimaces and expressions of ecstasy in their presentations

I like the new accordion presenter on Liberty Bellows

 

[debra]

I like the new accordion presenter on Liberty Bellows ...

Wow, I could never come close to this in terms of presentation. I would immediately pull a sad face when the low C did not want to respond, or worse, put this Chinese rubbish away in disgust and refuse to have anything to do with it...
This girl just keeps smiling as if the accordion sounds like heaven...

 

[Tom]

"Just saying" (and variations thereof) is, I believe, a term first coined by @Tom. However, I and others, including the inimitable @Ventura, have indeed been known to use this catchy turns of phrase. Just sayin'

Hmmm, not sure I coined the phrase but I do appreciate Dingo's characterization of "alluring grimaces and expressions of ecstasy." Maybe I should try it in my next video.

Anyway, imho it was a good day yesterday in Brazil for all things Forró Pé de Serra. Just saying....

 

[Dingo40]

Pitzelberger, Tom,
Another two cases in in point !
The syrupy smile seems to have become de rigueur.

 

[Walker]

In terms of modern sounding instruments I like the converter Pigini accordions of Martynas Levickis, Ksenija Sidorova, Hanzhi and Tian Jiannan. I particularly like the Sirius and Nova models. There are also beautiful sounding Bugari/Zero Sette, Titano, Petosa and Scandalli converters.

To me this is rather nice:

 

[Zevy]

...and the instrumentalist is not too plain, either.





My mainpoint here though is that her 'LILA' seems to have the most pure sound and an almost complete lack of mechanical 'clatter'.
My ears are far from adequate to assess such parameters, so I would appreciate any comments on this.

I hear a professional recording (=doctored up to fix any clams, effects added, etc.) that was synced to a video after the initial audio mixing and mastering. Of course you would not hear any clicking; the engineer can do wonders!
Just sayin’

 

[jozz]

I hear a professional recording (=doctored up to fix any clams, effects added, etc.) that was synced to a video after the initial audio mixing and mastering. Of course you would not hear any clicking; the engineer can do wonders!
Just sayin’

I hear the same but I might not agree about the professional engineering part. This feels more like a homemade job, and the recording appears as if it could be made in that room previously. I doubt there is much more people involved than she herself. She uses the same camera tricks in almost all her videos.