Re: [Harp-L] Stunning Piece on Accordina

[Joseph Leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Beautiful stuff. 

On Jan 4, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Slim Heilpern wrote:

> Great cut! 
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> Yeah, Ludovic is wonderful. I saw him recently with Dorado Schmitt and he blew me away.
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> Like many jazz accordion players, he can easily put most (all?) chromatic harpists to shame in terms of dexterity and chords (on either accordina or accordion).

And like a piano player once told me: " I have 10 fingers to use whereas you only have one mouth. AND I don't have to breathe in and out....unless ( he chuckles) I want to stay alive". So, in that vein, it's hard to compete with a guitarist using 4 fingers and a hand selecting  6 strings and a man using 5 fingers..all on blow notes and without selecting holes. I guess the key here is that these fellows did their practice sessions like their moms told them to.  lololol

smo-joe  (I thanked Ben off list)


> Expression, not so much (when compared with the best harmonica players).
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> Here's a link to Ludovic's accordina album, I found it very enjoyable to listen to and it did actually give me some harmonica inspiration:
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> http://www.amazon.com/Ludovic-Beier-Portrait-of-Accordina/dp/B0027ZJVLA
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> - Slim.
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> On Jan 4, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Benoît FELTEN wrote:
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>> I know this isn't strictly a harmonica, but the Accordina has many of the
>> same sounds that we know and love from the chromatic harmonica. I though
>> I'd share this piece I have just discovered from an hour long Youtube
>> concert by Angelo Debarre and guests.
>> 
>> This piece features Ludovic Beier on Accordina, The rest of the concert is
>> awesome also!
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>> http://youtu.be/qTmwZsy8xbg?t=14m15s
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> -- 
>> Benoît FELTEN
>> www.benoitfelten.com
>> Analog Impressions <http://benoitfelten.tumblr.com/>
>> 
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