MINI-COURSE BA1
The Button Accordion, its Music & Notation
UNIT NINE (of TEN)
Tapping for Waltz-time Tunes & Notation
SLIDES & COMMENTS
The Button Accordion, its Music & Notation
UNIT NINE (of TEN)
Tapping for Waltz-time Tunes & Notation
SLIDES & COMMENTS
Web Slide 1-9-1 Zoom Slides 1 & 2
1-9-2 Slides 3 & 4
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These are the "Units" that are included in the second half of BA1.
This week we do an introduction to a popular category of tunes, those with three beats per bar, that I have labelled "waltz-time"(whether you dance to them or not) |
1-9-3 Slide 5
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Topic 0 is background
Topics 1 to 5 cover five featured tunes. Topic 6 contains six additional (home) practice tunes. Topic 7 looks ahead to next individualized session. Topic 8 is a tentative look ahead to Unit 10. |
1-9-4 Slides 6 to 8
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Topic 0 is mainly a review, and includes an introduction to "pickup" bars & notes
The example contains the first notes & three bars of the first line of John Denver's "Annie's Song". |
1-9-5 Slides 9 & 10
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"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. In Unit 9 we play a chord tap for each of the pickup notes we meet. |
1-9-6 Slide 11
1-9-6 Slide 11
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The complete first verse of "Down in the Valley" (with three beats per bar).
Before playing, we should examine the tune for rhythmic patterns and their repetition. After practicing the separate musical phrases, we'll come back to this slide to practice the full verse. |
1-9-7 Slides 12 & 13
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First two lines are shown
as four phrases that have the same rhythmic pattern. |
1-9-8 Slides 14 & 15
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Practice:
Take a couple of minutes (or as much as you need) to practice the musical phrases a) "Down in the valley" b) "Valley so low" |
1-9-9 Slides 16
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Practice:
Take a couple of minutes (or as much as you need) to practice the remaining musical phrases a) "Hang your head over" b) "Hear the wind blow" The rhythm for this segment is same as previous one. Follow the same tapping pattern. |
1-9-10 Slides 17 & 18
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Once you have mastered the first half of tune, you have also covered the musically identical second half, and so can now do the whole verse, and the whole tune.
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1-9-11 Slides 19 to 21
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Popular gospel tune: Morning Has Broken.
Again scan the verse for repeated rhythmic patterns (or musical phrases). After practicing the separate musical phrases, we'll come back to this slide for a practice of the full verse. |
1-9-12 Slides 22 & 23
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Practice:
First line of first verse Take a couple of minutes (or as much as you need) to practice the musical phrases a) "Morning has broken" b) "Like the first morning" |
1-9-13 Slide 24
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Second line of verse 1
Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases c) "Blackbird has spoken" d) "Like the first bird" |
1-9-14 Slide 25
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
e) "Praise for the singing" f) "Praise for the morning" |
1-9-15 Slide 26
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
g)"Praise for them springing" h) "Fresh from the world" |
1-9-16 Slide 27
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Morning Has Broken -
Complete verse |
1-9-17 Slide 28
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Featured Tune 3
On Top of Old Smokey. Again, first look for rhythmic patterns and repetition. Tap the chord ob3 button with the starting (pickup) inside treble note button 3 |
1-9-18 Slides 29 to 31
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
a)"On top of old Smokey" b) "All covered with snow" |
1-9-19 Slides 32 & 33
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
c)"I lost my true lover" d) "From courting too slow" |
1-9-20 Slide 34
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Featured
Tune 3: On Top of Old Smokey, the whole verse |
1-9-21 Slide 35
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Then we'll take a few minutes (more or less) to practice the first half of the verse, one line at a time.
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1-9-22 Slides 36 & 37
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
a)"For he's a jolly good fellow" (line 1) b) "For he's a jolly good fellow" (line 2) |
1-9-23 Slides 38 & 39
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
c)"For he's a jolly good fellow" (line 3) d) "Which nobody can deny" |
1-9-24 Slide 40
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For He's a Jolly Good Fellow the whole verse |
1-9-25 Slide 41
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Featured tune 5 - Edelweiss.
The song-tune "Edelweiss" is an American tune (from "The Sound of Music"), with an Austrian setting. Again, start with an examination of rhythmic patterns and repetitions. Note that each line of this verse starts with a "double beat-interval" note. |
1-9-26 Slide 42
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases a) "Edelweiss, Edelweiss" b) "Every morning you greet me" |
1-9-27 Slide 43
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Take a couple of minutes (more or less) to practice the musical phrases
c) "Small and white, clean and bright" d) "You look happy to meet me" |
1-9-28 Slide 44
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Featured
Tune 5 Edelweiss The complete verse. |
1-9-29 Slide 45
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These six songs represent suitable tunes for left-hand bass & chord practice.
At the same time, the melodies may be of interest to those who wish to defer left-hand playing until later. |
1-9-30 Slide 46
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Black Velvet Band
A traditional Irish tune, popularized in NL by Harry Hibbs. |
1-9-31 Slide 47
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Rose of Aranmore
An Irish tune, still popular in NL and elsewhere. |
1-9-32 Slide 48
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Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
A once-popular traditional "English" tune. |
1-9-33 Slide 49
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This popular NL song was written by Arthur Scammel at age 15 as part of a school project.
The lively "waltz" tune (simple 3/4 time, played three beats per bar) is adapted from an Irish jig (compound 6/8 time, played two beats per bar). |
1-9-34 Slide 50
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This is the first verse of a once-popular "Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone". Start with treble pickup note .4 for which a chord tap is suggested. |
1-9-35 Slide 51
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Ryans & Pittmans
"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. |
1-9-36 Slide 52
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Looking ahead to
next individualized sessions |
1-9-37 Slide 53
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This is a look-ahead to
Unit 10, which has two parts: First, a few common-time tunes (four beats per bar). Then a very tentative look ahead to probable content in possible future mini-courses. |
1-9-38 Zoom Slide 54
