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Other tutor books for French style?
« on: January 25, 2011, 08:18:41 AM »

Hi, so Milleret and Pignol aside are there any other tutor (or tune) books for French style that you would rate? Thanks, Bob.
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 09:11:38 AM »

Hello Bob, the alain pennec series which includes ronan robert's book. cyrille brotto has a very nice book. yann dour seems to have several books though I only have one (fest-noz).
dominique gravouille also from the pennec series. trad magazine has some very nice things too. but pignol and milleret are a must IMO.
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 02:09:33 PM »

Thanks for the info' Larry, much appreciated. Blimey there's heaps to going on with! If only buying books gave you the ability to play what's in 'em! Hehe. Guess they help stoke the fires of ambition though. Thanks again, Bob.
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2011, 12:35:18 PM »

. . . cyrille brotto has a very nice book .

Any tips on where to purchase Brotto's book? I didn't know he had written a tutor.
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« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 12:49:58 PM »

Frederic Paris has a book out, put out by the AMTA, which has dots and tab for every piece on his Carnet de Bal and Rue de l'Oiseau recordings.  There's also the classic Mel Stevens "Massif Central" tunebook set.  I saw this advertised at the Button Box:

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Bal Folk: Traditional Dance Music from Central France - by Chris Shaw & Trevor Upham
Bal Folk was created from a revised selection of tunes published as Massif Central Volumes 1 and 2, with a number of original compositions by Trevor Upham and Chris Shaw added. The tunes are suitable for melodeon, fiddle, and accordion and many will fit within the range of bagpipes and hurdy gurdy. It contains a mix of mazurkas, valses, scottisches, two and three time bourrees, and polkas that are encountered at a ‘Bal Folk’ in France. A number of tunes are written in C, however they can easily be transposed to G to fit on a G/D melodeon.

These aren't tutorials, but you can still learn a lot.
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2011, 09:16:50 AM »

Hello Bob, What I found from all of these publicatons was that they are the same genre which inspired me to continue. Each measure of each piece became solid information about a
style that I liked. Playing the passages over and over they became a great source for
improvisation. I never set about to learn each melody or form. That only came after years of
using them as a teacher. But in the end I have been thru each of the books I mention several
times. Now they lend to my freedom of playing.

to DOCEDOC, The Cyrille Brotto book and CD probably must be ordered by being in touch with him by email. He sent me a photo of himself 2 or 3 years ago to show he had recieved his diploma to teach diatonic accordion. At that time he mention his book and I ordered it thru him. I hope you can get one as it is not complicated but each piece has plenty of power once
you become familiar with it. If you play the pieces in the style (that he plays himself) there is much power in them.  good luck
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2011, 07:32:05 PM »

Thanks for the info. I'll give him a shout.
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 06:46:48 PM »

@docEdoc, let me know if you find out where to get the book. Thanks, Bob.
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2011, 02:39:26 PM »

@docEdoc, let me know if you find out where to get the book. Thanks, Bob.
I'm curious, too.
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Re: Other tutor books for French style?
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2011, 02:59:40 PM »

@docEdoc, let me know if you find out where to get the book. Thanks, Bob.
I'm curious, too.

Will do. Just found good Internet again and will pass along any replies.
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