Intermediate and advanced Cajun accordion instructional DVD taught by Dirk Powell with Christine Balfa, guitar and vocals. You'll learn how to add ornaments, syncopate the phrasing to drive the beat, make strong phrases to "pump up" the tune, and "tune" a melody to " put that extra spark in there." Players with electric or more modern bands will want to know how to anticipate the bellows changes, resolve phrases with triplets, switch to the upper and lower octaves, use the bellows to get rhythmic effects and employ many more techniques to get the hot Cajun sound.
The songs covered on this lesson include, The Wafus Two-Step, Lafayette Playboy Waltz, Hick's Wagon Wheel Special and Dimanche Apres-midi (Sunday Afternoon). You also get close-up footage of The Acadian Two-Step and The Mamou Two-Step. 60 minutes (one copy left on video--call for more information)
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