Topic: playing Em on G/C (Read 2171 times)

bearwhisperer · « **on:** October 05, 2017, 07:20:30 AM »

I notice that playing in Em seems to work well on my D/G box. I've also noticed that Cyrille Brotto seems, on his youtube video of Mazurka des Ecoliers, to be very handily playing in Em on what appears to be a G/C box. It appears to have Em on the push bass and chord buttons (fourth from the knee, inside row). Is this normal? Are G/C boxes normally well suited for playing in Em? Am I mistaken that this is a G/D box that he is using?
Thanks for any comments!
George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHq3GcWjY3s

Steve_freereeder · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2017, 08:05:50 AM »

Quote from: bearwhisperer on October 05, 2017, 07:20:30 AM

I notice that playing in Em seems to work well on my D/G box. I've also noticed that Cyrille Brotto seems, on his youtube video of Mazurka des Ecoliers, to be very handily playing in Em on what appears to be a G/C box. It appears to have Em on the push bass and chord buttons (fourth from the knee, inside row). Is this normal? Are G/C boxes normally well suited for playing in Em? Am I mistaken that this is a G/D box that he is using?
Thanks for any comments!
George

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHq3GcWjY3s

He's playing on a G/C box. Playing in E minor on a G/C box is like playing in B minor on a D/G box. It uses the same fingering/bellows patterns.

B minor on a D/G box is slightly non-intuitive at first, often involving some cross-row fingering patterns, but once you get used to it, it is a great key to play in. It sits nicely in the middle range of the keyboard, not too low nor too high.

I've attached a Bm tune from one of my Witney 2014 workshops. The tablature for the tune shows which buttons and bellows directions to use.

Anahata · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2017, 11:16:55 AM »

Claims to be B Dorian but is actually B Aelioan.
(Sorry for the nit-picking diversion)
... And a superb example of a tune that works in B minor on a D/G melodeon, in fact can't be played in any other key!

playandteach · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2017, 11:34:24 AM »

Thanks for this piece, Steve. As you can see from the amount of downloads - this sort of shared resource seems to be something we should be doing more of.

Jack Campin · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2017, 01:31:30 PM »

Being a bit topical, how do you chord this? (I've mainly heard it sung unaccompanied, but there are some pretty elaborate arrangements out there).

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X:1
T:Els Segadors (The Reapers)
H:National anthem of Catalonia
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=90
K:EMin
  E>F |        G3A  FG  |        E4     G>A|B3  B   dB  | A2  G2
  G>A |[M:2/4] Bc   FG  |[M:3/4] A4     F>G|A2 c2   BA  |(FG) E2
(3EE>E|       HE4 (3BB>B|        c>c cB AB |F2 G2 (3EE>E|HE4  |]

Steve_freereeder · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2017, 07:08:56 PM »

Quote from: Anahata on October 05, 2017, 11:16:55 AM

Claims to be B Dorian but is actually B Aelioan.
(Sorry for the nit-picking diversion)...

Whoops - so it is! My mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.
I will ensure that it is corrected on future editions!

Ebor_fiddler · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2017, 11:38:10 PM »

Jack Campin · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2017, 12:28:33 AM »

Thanks - that pretty much confirms my guess of how to do it. But the Canadian heavy metal group that covered it must have been doing something more complicated - I wonder if you can get any fancier while still keeping it playable on a melodeon?

bearwhisperer · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2017, 12:38:16 AM »

Thanks Steve! I've not yet tried any thing in Bm on my D/G. Only been playing it a few months, and it has no bass stopper.
I'm asking because i'm thinking of maybe buying a G/C.
Can anyone tell me how to open attachments on this sight. It seems that when I click on the staple, it just opens the same page again?
Thanks
George

bearwhisperer · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2017, 12:43:42 AM »

I got the attachment OK.
George

Sebastian · « **Reply #10 on:** October 06, 2017, 02:00:59 AM »

Quote from: Jack Campin on October 06, 2017, 12:28:33 AM

Thanks - that pretty much confirms my guess of how to do it. But the Canadian heavy metal group that covered it must have been doing something more complicated - I wonder if you can get any fancier while still keeping it playable on a melodeon?

I tried to play it the 1st of october with slightly different chording in the first measures. Yes, you can make it fancier, but I think it depends on your personal preferences, up to which measure fancier sounds better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFKhIMBRD3E

Lyra · « **Reply #11 on:** October 06, 2017, 07:26:22 AM »

Quote from: bearwhisperer on October 05, 2017, 07:20:30 AM

It appears to have Em on the push bass and chord buttons (fourth from the knee, inside row). Is this normal?

I don't know about normal - this is me after all

but I have the Em. I did ask for it, but equally Bernard Loffet said words to the effect of "well, duh!" when I tentatively suggested it.

Anahata · « **Reply #12 on:** October 06, 2017, 08:56:24 AM »

On a G/C, it's often an E major, needed for playing any number of French A minor tunes with G♯s in them.
So I'd expect the E minor to be less usual.
(I play IYWNHMYMLMG with thirds out anyway - sounds better on my DB)

Jack Campin · « **Reply #13 on:** October 06, 2017, 11:16:46 AM »

Sebastian - that's great. Really expressive and dignified.

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