November 17, 2011
Rediscovering the Wonders of Accordions
There appears to be less and less bands which include accordion in the list of instruments they play. Common modern bands use drums, electrical guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards but accordions? No. It is not any surprise Generations X and Y sometimes regard accordion as an out of date thing.
Though there are still 1 or 2 modern bands which proudly incorporate accordions in their music, it might still take lots of convincing before a few folk buy the concept of listening to accordion-accompanied music all the time. But those that are interested to find out the wonders of accordion can hear bands like Those Darn Accordions ( TDA ), a rock and roll band with a fun twist. In their web site, TDA members Susan Garramone and Susie Davis assure listeners the band would try its best to massively change peoples’s view of the aforementioned instrument.
Wait, what precisely are peoples’s experience of the squeezeboxes ( another term for accordion ) that has to be arranged right off the bat? Well, for one, accordions are cumbersome and lack the graceful refinement of modern instruments. Squeezeboxes seem like a much more difficult, ‘pleated ‘ version of keyboards. Though harking back from the 18th C, squeezeboxes have more recent models which are rather more refined in appearance but somehow, accordion is still plausibly outmoded in the current day’s band standards. As a case of fact, squeezeboxes are sometimes the topic of dishonour in toons and sitcoms. On the sunnier side, though, squeezeboxes are the choice instrument of famous musicians John Linnell, Boozoo Chavis and Beau Jocques. To be particular, music derives when the ‘pleats ‘ of the squeezeboxes are alternately compressed and expanded.
Button accordion, an older version of keyboard-like squeezebox, have buttons that a musician press to make distinct and pleasing tune, particularly when reasonably accompanied by other instruments like guitar and drums. As an example, 4 members of TDA play accordions while the other 2 play drums and bass guitar. The result? Well, let us simply say that folks adore it. Long before TDA, the Ulster-Scots have recently discovered the mysteries of squeezeboxes, whether played alone or as an accompaniment to flute or harp.
Source: One Direction
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