Tarantella of November

[smdc66]

check this guy playing the Calabrese Tarantella....

good stuff, he played a little medley too

also was a good demo of what you /some was saying about the bass rhythm
:ugeek:

 

[smdc66]

Heres one:

good stuff

(i dont know when you did it but in my imagination you was at work having a bad day, decided to have a tea break and whipped out the organetto, played a few tunes and returned to work totally de-stressed

whatever , i really fancy doing that some time now)

:ugeek:

 

[jarvo]

Nice one Matt ...The Gape Look .....now the more I see and hear these Organetto doohickeys the more struck I am by the similarity to the Cajun Accordion......and two bass buttons ....bliss ....

That's a well played tune as well.....

Jarvo

 

[Matt Butcher]

Thank you - yes the reason the recording ended abruptly is that I accidentally swallowed the camera. Dave it was at the end of a long day when everyone else had gone home, if I did that during a lunch break I think it would disturb my colleagues, the walls are thin... and the box is very very loud.

 

[Tom]

Tarantella Calabrese, Antonio Serra...... Anyone know which key its played in ...and the keys of the two rows Please?

Hi Bocsa, will listen after work and get back to you.

Yes, I think the layout of the Cajun accordion is very similar to the organetto. Of course not all organettos and cajun accordions are the same but the basic layout fron low to high is:

On the way in: 1,3,5,1,3,5 etc. ie g,b,d,g,b,d etc.

On the way out: 2,4,6,7,2,4,6,7 ie. a,c,e,f#, a,c,e,f#

Again, this is hte basic theory but each istrument may be different, especially the bottom and top keys, for space reasons and because of the extra half row on the organetto, Mine, for example is very basic:

In: d,g,b,d,g,b,d,g,b. Out: f#,a,c,e,f#,a,c,e,f#

Half row: in: a,c,e,f#. Out: g,b,d,g

Matt, youre looking sharp, beautuful ax giustozzi, almost as good looking as a Della Noce.

Almost the weekend, Ill post an organetto version slow where you can see the keys go.

Tom

 

[Tom]

By the way, here is a layout from organetto.it showing the 2 row in the key of G, called key of Sol in Italian.

http://www.organetto.it/pages/tasti2b.html

Again, buyer beware, this is a merely a guide! And si in Italian is ti in English.

 

[bocsa]

Thanks Tom.

 

[Tom]

Tarantella Calabrese, Antonio Serra...... Anyone know which key its played in ...and the keys of the two rows Please?

Hi Bocsa, I think this is in the key of A La ie, A on the way in and E on the way out. This is a guess on my part, someone more adept at this please correct me if I am wrong. Here is a possible layout:


http://forum.melodeon.net/files/site/keyboards/2 Row - A_D - with accidentals.jpg

And here I should take the time to thank Anyanka for putting up with this tune of the month so far dedicated to the organetto style of accordion, probably not what you had in mind but, hey, Its been a good discusion so far, I think and I appreciate it. Maybe it will get back to more piano style when we get to the Napoletana.......

Tom

 

[bocsa]

Thanks again Tom.

Idle curiosity.. where are you :?:

 

[Tom]

I'm in the USA.

 

[Tom]

Ok, tonight there is no excuse! This version of Tarantella Lucana pretty much distills the essence of this style. A little tripletty rhythm on the way in loosely based on the 1,3,5 of the scale resolving to the 4 on the way out. Followed by a little rhythm on the way out loosely based on the 2,4,6 resolving to the 3. Repeat a few times and then a descending run on the way out down to the 1. Ill post a video showing the fingers

http://www.organetto.net/index.php?...&view=file&Itemid=69&id=140:tarantella-lucana

 

[Tom]

Ok, it's a pretty busy week and I don't really play this tune but I wanted to show the fingerings for Tune of the Month.

Edit: Deleted the video, tune of the month is over and it wasn't that good!!!

 

[Matt Butcher]

Thank you Tom, as you've said you've now put the most fundamental tarantella down on video for people to refer to, and are you saying you have given yourself a fortnight to do another? Good to hear it.

I think I use the half row more on that downward run but Mr Carbone knows more than me about how to play.

 

[bocsa]

:!: Excellent Tom, thank you! :!:

Playing the Youtube clip side by side with the pdf makes it so easy to follow and understand the Tarantella... definitely a Saul moment for me :tup:

:?: You've probably mentioned it before but which key is the box in please?

 

[Tom]

Hi Matt and Bocsa,

Thanks! Yeah, that run should have more notes, probably a couple from the half row, I think. That particular descending scale run shows up better on my other videos as I recall. My organetto is key of G. The sheet music, however is key of C so they match up in the fingerings as noted but the notes are all 3 letters higher, ie C in the sheet = G on my accordion. I should also note that the sheet music does not indicate bellows direction, you kind of have to infer it by looking at the video and/or determining it from the note patterns and fingerings. Once you try it, it's pretty easy to figure out.

Yeah, I want to post a basic version of the wedding tarantella, again a basic version on the piano accordion.

Tom

 

[Matt Butcher]

probably a couple from the half row

Apologies, I thought I would suggest that there might be an alternative fingering, but if you just decided to miss some notes then thats none of my business... you play a lot more cleanly than me which I enjoy hearing.

How many times have you heard that seven note downward run would you say?

Would be great to hear the wedding one as well...

Congratulations for spreading the word.

 

[Tom]

No Matt, basically I just missed 'em completely, I was pretty tired last night when I played but I really wanted to get the video up there! How many times have I heard that? Many, many, many! It is very very common in The Song!

Glad you like it, I wish I could get over there and jam.....maybe some year.......

 

[Matt Butcher]

Heres another one from me:
Named after my colleague Mercy who has just moved to another job.
All licks from the Boss Carmelo Pansera No. 1 of Calabrian Tarantella, but I think Ive heard them all on old bagpipe recordings as well, so I suppose they are Traditional.
As usual not as good as I hoped but I wanted to have a crack at the more minimal side of it. If you think it sounds exactly like the previous one, 80% of that is down to my primitive playing and about 80% to the music. But there are lots of other melodies available.

 

[smdc66]

nope sounds different to me - nice licks -

as always i admire your 'i'll play anywhere,anytime,anyplace' mentality

:ugeek:

ps by the way hope to post something in nxt 24 hours although not quite ready and may not have complete bass line if at all (if that's ok) - its just if i dont probably wont this month as quite busy and just found out that have a gig next week at a new venue - a local italian restaurant - and this wont be ready by then and not in the repertoire anyway so will have to go on hold

EDIT its one i learned from music not self composed - that's for another day :!:

 

[Matt Butcher]

Let's hear it, you can always post another one as well when you get more time. Well done on the restaurant gig as well, let us know how it goes.