Further exploration has revealed that it is not a fifth in the bass section, rather a full 5 octaves when playing bass and counterbass, while the chord notes have three octaves. The piccolo is just subtle enough to pique curiosity without being annoying.
This is where I was saying above that the overall tonal balance of the reed selection in terms of timbre and tone is about as good as I have heard - which is saying at least a little something as I have definitely owned a lot of higher end accordions than this with similar piccolo on the bass but not so complimentary. Side track note : I assume these are piccolo being the bass range is G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 so the piccolo is G5? Is there such thing as range relating to reed naming or again is that an accordion manufacturer free for all sort of thing?
The 7th buttons are indeed playing a seventh without the root (eg. A7=E C# G). I am aware of how this can be used to produce the diminished one row above (in conjunction with the root note of the row above) but I do not use that at all in my music (I am not that far along with my theory alas). Curious then, does a 96 bass typically play the root note on a seventh button then? Or again the free for all I suppose .
From my limited experience with adding a quint, I have found that arrangement, limiting. I have only found it useful on the piano side when performing solo passages, and only certain types of music, so I'm happy not to have that going on.
Good chord site for shore!
I have had good experience with Wilson Music in the past, my plan is to email a variety of places and see what's out there.
This is where I was saying above that the overall tonal balance of the reed selection in terms of timbre and tone is about as good as I have heard - which is saying at least a little something as I have definitely owned a lot of higher end accordions than this with similar piccolo on the bass but not so complimentary. Side track note : I assume these are piccolo being the bass range is G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 so the piccolo is G5? Is there such thing as range relating to reed naming or again is that an accordion manufacturer free for all sort of thing?
The 7th buttons are indeed playing a seventh without the root (eg. A7=E C# G). I am aware of how this can be used to produce the diminished one row above (in conjunction with the root note of the row above) but I do not use that at all in my music (I am not that far along with my theory alas). Curious then, does a 96 bass typically play the root note on a seventh button then? Or again the free for all I suppose .
From my limited experience with adding a quint, I have found that arrangement, limiting. I have only found it useful on the piano side when performing solo passages, and only certain types of music, so I'm happy not to have that going on.
Good chord site for shore!
I have had good experience with Wilson Music in the past, my plan is to email a variety of places and see what's out there.
Isn't your Hohner from a later date? This is my Hohner Tango. I always thought mine was from the late thirties. I had it restored and it sounds great.
Sorry Richard. My meaning was more along the lines of do you find this feature of value in your playing and or does it make the accordion lighter in weight etc, not how do you physically find it.
Do you mean that the bass chords have an extra note? That might be from before it became standard to leave out the 5th note from the 7th and dim chord buttons. I knew somebody who had an accordion like that which might have been from the late 30s or so. It didn't sound good when they tried jazzy chord combinations.
Clever players started clipping those notes out with pliers. It became standard to leave them out as time went on. I'm not sure exactly when this started, or when the new standard became the norm, maybe in the late 1940s?
Check and see if chord combinations that use the 7th and dims buttons, like the 7b9 on guides like https://accordionchords.com/category/7b9-chords/ work on your accordion?
I am not really a musician, so I can't say I understand this stuff, but my friend's older accordion didn't sound jazzy, and this was a good excuse.
(Thanks to lmschgo for mentioning that cool chord site.)