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[Stockaryd]

QUESTION 1

Which was the most common key of melodeon 1900.

QUESTION 2

Has anyone seen anything like this?         

[Andy in Vermont]

I have seen several forms of tablature but not this one. One thing they have in common is they usually signify bellows direction, button number, and row. Sometimes they indicate bass.

So, just a guess to get this started, but I think the number indicates the button and the dots indicate push and pull (not sure which is which though).

I think it’s possible that the size of the number indicates which row is played. There seem to be three sizes, so maybe it’s for a three row box.

Again, pure speculation, other than it’s certainly a form of tablature for accordion.

[Stiamh]

I would guess it's for a one-row box and that the size indicates note lengths. Assuming a time signature of 2/4, a note 3 lines high would be a crotchet/quarter note, 2 lines high a quaver/eighth note, and 1 line high a semiquaver/sixteenth note. The values seem to add up within the bar lines.

Trying the tune out on a one-row should make it easy to figure out which direction is which.

[boxcall]

That's just what I was about to type " size indicates note lenght"  so I agree!

[Andy in Vermont]

I would guess it's for a one-row box and that the size indicates note lengths. Assuming a time signature of 2/4, a note 3 lines high would be a crotchet/quarter note, 2 lines high a quaver/eighth note, and 1 line high a semiquaver/sixteenth note. The values seem to add up within the bar lines.

Trying the tune out on a one-row should make it easy to figure out which direction is which.

I’ll try it tonight. The one row and note length theory make sense given the lack of indication about bass/chords.

[Stockaryd]

There is a written explanation in old Swedish.

point below means pressure

size means length of tone

the number means button on the box

I think it's for a one row  melodeon box in C . But I do not know.

[boxcall]

Could the point below mean press / push instead of pressure?
Either way you move the bellows you'd get pressure.

[Stockaryd]

Yes.   Press    ( "tryck"  in swedish   )

 (can I blame google translate ? )   

[Tone Dumb Greg]

Could this be line 1?
(assuming a melodeon in the key of G, third button start, tonic on the push)
X:1
T:Polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G
d2ed|g2zB/c/ |bgdB|A2FA|d2ed|g2zB/c/|fecA|GGGz:|

[Stockaryd]

I assumed that it was C.

So my two versions look a bit different.   Little.

How does this sound when you play it?


Does it sound like the beginning of a polka?

[Tone Dumb Greg]

Here it is in C

The actual key doesn't really matter with a tab

It's playable. I assumed the thing that looks like a v was a rest.

Could be a polka. But then, I play for  border morris. Everything's a polka, a schottisch or a jig.

[Stockaryd]

My version in C looks like your version.
Yes, v is a break, and the location determines how long break.

I have 2 pages. On these 2 pages there are 6 different songs
There are 25 more pages that I may have in a week.

I think these sheets were made for an education course, around 1900   -    or by a very old man.

It will be fun to write these notes.     Many nights.