Chords for Scotlandsmusic.com - Captain Campbell Accordion Lesson

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Now we're going to move swiftly on to do a Straspe.
[Ab] And I'd like to change register for this again [G] to my master, which is all four reeds that
I have in this accordion.
It's a four voice accordion, all those reeds playing together.
You can actually get five voice accordions with five blocks of reeds, but mine's a four
and the master is all of them in together and it sounds like [A] this.
_ _ It's [B] quite a big rich sound.
And I'm also going to use the full register on my left hand, _ which is that one there.
The light sound sounds like [A] this, _ _ and the full heavy sound. _ _ _
_ Because the next tune I'm going to play is a Straspe, _ and so I want a big, _ powerful sound for it.
Straspes are tunes which are peculiar to Scotland, and this is called Captain Campbell,
and I'll play it for you now.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] Now _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _
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that's another two part tune, so not too much to learn.
So let's play the A part slowly, section by section.
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_ _ [B] There's quite a lot in there, let's hear that [A] again.
_ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ [G] _ And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ the next [A] section, _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
and back to [G] the first section.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ And back to the second [A] section. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ And that's all there is to the A part.
_ The B part goes up an octave, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
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and then it repeats the same first bit. _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ Then it has a [B] completely different ending.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [B] Let's hear [Am] that B part all together, because it's a little bit more complicated.
_ Now _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[B] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
we're ready to put in the basic accompaniment, and I'm once again doing quite a traditional
style of playing, and it's basically in A minor.
I'm using G and G major quite a lot as well.
Let's have a listen to the first part. _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's just A minor, then to G major, nothing complicated there.
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ That was G major to E minor, and A minor.
Let's listen to that again. _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ And [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ now the B part. _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] Almost _ [C] _ _ _
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[Bm] [Am] the same.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
The ending, I'm just putting in an extra chord, A minor, G, C.
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_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ I was playing block chords there, you could either play block chords if you want a more
emphatic finish, or just play the note followed by the chords, same as the rest of the tune.
I'll leave it up to you.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ Now let's hear the whole tune all together. _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ _ _ _ Well we've covered quite [G] a range of different styles, and [Abm] I think that's given you quite
a good grounding in different aspects of Scottish melodies.
But to finish off the video, I'd like to concentrate on something which people are always asking
me to show them, which is how to play burls.
_ There's quite a variety of ways to [N] play triplets, and I'm going to demonstrate by using the
concertina reel. _ _ _
_ _ I'll put it on the single read so that you can hopefully hear the triplets very clearly. _ _ _
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