free bass and stradella bass

[andrewjohnsson40]

If you play harmonium/reed organ is it better to choose free bass or stradella bass accordion?
I myself play some piano (and synth keyboard) and chose the stradella bass (I just didn't long for a plrtable organ but the polka machine)
What are your professional thought?

 

[jozz]

I'd say they have different applications and for "polka machine" the stradella should be excellent.

If you mean which is better suited for your piano fingers/brain, I couldn't tell, but think stradella is still easiest.

 

[Geronimo]

If you play harmonium/reed organ is it better to choose free bass or stradella bass accordion?
I myself play some piano (and synth keyboard) and chose the stradella bass (I just didnt long for a plrtable organ but the polka machine)
What are your professional thought?

If you want to play piano or organ music, most of the time youll want a free bass/converter. Some styles of piano music map pretty well to Stradella, however, once you either actively transfer them or get really good at reading and translating left-hand (and sometimes some right-hand) notes.

A full-bodied accompaniment in percussive style is hard to do on a free bass because of jumping between low bass notes and higher chord notes and because you want multiple octaves in a full-bodied chord. So a pure free bass instrument will be unsatisfactory for some music styles idiomatic for accordion.

 

[JerryPH]

If you play harmonium/reed organ is it better to choose free bass or stradella bass accordion?

What are your professional thought?

If you own a hammer, and want to set a screw, what is better, a drill or an impact wrench?

Im not being funny, but your organ has about as much to do with accordions as a hammer has with screwdrivers.

One does not choose a bass configuration based on what you play now, one chooses Free Bass vs Stradella based on your personal needs and choices as a musician/accordionist. Stradella has its advantages and Free Bass as well, though different advantages.

I love and play both systems, each has its place in my heart and time to be used in my music.

 

[debra]

With a convertor you have the best of both worlds and can choose whether you want to play a melody with the left hand (over more than one octave) or whether you want the chords that make accompaniment easier. The only thing you lose is a lot more money...

 

[Sebastian Bravo]

The only thing you lose is a lot more money...

But it worth it.

The only question remaining is, what kind of music he plays?

I also think a convertor instrument will do the job, but they are very heavy, so keep that in mind too, Hernikhank