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One-row playing in Scandinavia
mselic:
I’ve heard that there is a tradition of one-row playing in several Scandinavian countries, and I’d love to hear examples of it. I have a CD by a Danish group called Gangspil, but I haven’t been able to find more of the same. I’m aware of a YouTube video of one of Bergflodt’s one-rows being played, but I can’t find anything else like that either. I do recall seeing videos of a one-row player (possibly Swiss?) who played vintage-looking, very compact one-rows; they weren’t much bigger than the bellows! I can’t remember if those videos were posted here or if I came across them independently, but I can’t find them now anyhow. Any ideas or suggestions on any of the above? Thanks!
Klarskov:
I don't know of any Swiss one-row players, but I do know a bit about the Danish tradition.
Unfortunately, in Denmark there isn't a lot of recordings made of the old style of dance music played on the diatonic accordion. A lot of collectors seemed to favour fiddle playing and singing, and generally the diatonic accordion was replaced by the continental chromatic button accordion pretty early on. Anyway, a lot of the well known traditional accordion players started out on a one- or two-row, but switched to a 'real' accordion as soon as they could.
That being said, we have a few good examples of traditional players from some far-away regions of Jutland and some islands (Læsø, Sejrø), with a lot of real punchy and beautiful tunes. Players like Jens Karl Førby, Levy Vilsen and Gyda Hougaard played Hohners of various sorts, usually in c/f and mainly played one-row style on the c-row.
So we don't really have a lot of examples of tunes played on a one-row, but a lot of the repertoire fits the instrument. I know Sonnich Lydom from Gangspil plays some of the Førby repertoire on his one-row.
As for the folk music scene today, Denmark is very much a PA/CBA-country. Not many diatonic players around, but a few good ones. Not many dedicated one-row players, though. I can only think of Sonnich, and maybe Lars Hansen, who is also a member here. I never got around to learn it properly myself either... ;)
Hope that shed a bit of light on part of your question. Gave me an opportunity to ramble on a bit about my favourite obsession, anyway ;D
Stiamh:
The last four tracks of Rannveig Djønne's CD Spelferd Heim are given over to recordings of an older Norwegian one-row player or two. I'll dig out the record which I have (somewhere) and provide more info. if I can. Rannveig was a member here briefly, which is how I found out about the above CD, which has some very beautiful music on it. She plays mainly A/D if I recall correctly.
triskel:
--- Quote from: mselic on July 08, 2018, 03:46:34 PM ---I’ve heard that there is a tradition of one-row playing in several Scandinavian countries, and I’d love to hear examples of it.
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Jon Faukstad plays a number of tracks of his Norske Drag album on an old single-row that looks very much like a Gessner, like these - Grårisingen, Golingsjenta, Basken. But most of the album is played on a classical 5-row.
Anahata:
Try Jan Anders Andersson. Click on his name for channel. He plays two-row and 3-row boxes too, but you'll find some more 1-row examples in there. Nice player, I like his style.
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