Button-Accordion Project
(Dual-row A-D, D-G, G-C or C-F, with Accidentals)
Based on tunes2play4fun.com & Facilitated by ZOOM
MINI-COURSE BA1
The Button Accordion, its Music & Notation
UNIT NINE (of TEN)
Introduction to Tunes with Three Beats per Bar
(Dual-row A-D, D-G, G-C or C-F, with Accidentals)
Based on tunes2play4fun.com & Facilitated by ZOOM
MINI-COURSE BA1
The Button Accordion, its Music & Notation
UNIT NINE (of TEN)
Introduction to Tunes with Three Beats per Bar
SLIDES & COMMENTS
Slide 1 (Tutorial Project BA1 - Main goal)
Slide 1 (Tutorial Project BA1 - Main goal)
Slide 2 (Units in BA1 mini-course)
Slide 3 (Topics for Unit 9)
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AN ASIDE: I'll explain later how the "pickup bar" got its
name. (It's not that kind of "pickup bar") |
"Down in the Valley" begins with a complete bar of three notes & beats.
However, "On Top of Old Smokey" begins with a partial bar, sometimes called a pickup bar, with only a single-beat note, sometimes called a pickup note. We can either first play the pickup note, and then start the bass beat in the first complete bar, or we can start with a chord beat at the same time as the pickup note. |
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AN ASIDE: In cases of an incomplete bar at the end of the tune , many performers add
an extra beat to the end of the final verse (or chorus); some even add an extra
complete bar.
an extra beat to the end of the final verse (or chorus); some even add an extra
complete bar.
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AN ASIDE: Interestingly, the pattern in bars 1 to 4 consists two repeated simpler patterns
in bars 1 & 2 and in 3 & 4. This is also the case for bars 9-12 and bars 25-28.
in bars 1 & 2 and in 3 & 4. This is also the case for bars 9-12 and bars 25-28.
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Slide 20 (Topic 5)
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This is the first verse of a popular NL folk song and dance tune, known to some as "The Ryans and Pittmans" and to others as "We'll rant and we'll roar like true Newfoundlanders."
The melody is based on the English sea shanty "Spanish Ladies" and some of the verses were adapted from the American "Yankee Whalermen". The NL verses were composed by Henry W. Lemessurier. |
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The song-tune "Edelweiss" is an American tune (from "The Sound of Music"), with an Austrian connection.
The Edelweiss is Austria's national flower. It is a star- shaped mountainous flower and belongs to the sunflower and daisy family. White in color, it has a wooly-like structure on its leaf, which is why it is sometimes called a "lion's paw". |
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