Chords for The Melodeon - A Beginner's Guide Part 1- Intro | What Is A Melodeon?
Tempo:
94.55 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
F
C
Db
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G]
[Eb] Hi there, I'm making this video for those people who might be interested in
starting to learn to play this instrument which is a Melodian.
I myself
started about a couple of months ago [Db] and although obviously I'm no expert I did a
lot of research on the internet [F] and I just thought I'd pass this on to people
who might be sort of wondering about this instrument and [Eb] all the things that
I've learned I thought I would actually pass on to you.
So in this video this
isn't a tutorial of how to play the thing that might come a bit later but
I'm going to hopefully tell you all about this instrument show you around it
what it does and how it works and I'm going to give you some advice about
buying one of these what type to get and what to look for when you are buying it.
So what is a Melodian?
Well [F] it's obviously a box in fact it's called a
[C] box all Melodian players call these things a box and [Eb] basically it's just
that it's a box with some buttons this side this side it's got some bellows
which are held in top and bottom by these straps and you need to release the
straps to open up the [N] bellows.
To help you open the bellows there's a button on
the side here which is I'll just push it down you can see that down and it's
pretty much easy to open and close the bellows because it lets air [C] into the
bellows so they are opening and closing and in fact [D] you should never try [Eb] and
open and close the bellows unless you're using the air button or you're playing
the buttons.
So inside we've got blocks of reeds which sound when you press the
buttons and you've [A] got a set of reeds for the treble side [G]
this side and a set
of [D] reeds for the bass side [Ab] and obviously the treble reeds [F] sit inside here and the
sound comes out here think of it as a speaker although it's pretty obviously
not a speaker and the bass comes out [N] of this side where my hand is just
underneath the strap you can probably see some holes and that's where the bass
sound comes out of so [Db] it's a bit like stereo really isn't it and completely
acoustic instrument there [Eb] are electronic versions of this instrument made by
Roland and Streb but essentially you probably want to start off with an
acoustic instrument electric instruments tend to be a bit well just that bit
synthetic because they are synthesized versions can't really be good old-fashioned
proper instrument and I know from experience having spent years and years
using synthesizers and samplers go with the real thing buy a real instrument it's
great you can pick it up play it anywhere don't have to plug it in worry about electric or
anything so as I say inside the Melodium there are blocks of [C] reeds essentially
each block of reeds is like a harmonica you can actually take the reed block out
and blow into it just like a harmonica and the way it works is when you press
a button air flows through the Melodium as you push the bellows and the little
tongue metal tongue vibrates [B] and the sound is [Bb] made and [Eb] that's basically it
the reeds are the voices of your Melodium.
The Melodium was developed from
the harmonica in the early part of the 19th century in a part of Europe called
Bohemia and Saxony as well [F] so you know it's it's been developed over the years
and had lots of changes and there are loads and loads of different types of
Melodiums and some people call them button accordions as well and as I say
there is a bit of a minefield because there's so many different types so
you've obviously got to have some straps lots of Melodiums when you buy them don't
come with straps and I bought myself a fairly decent pair of shoulder straps
these were about 20 pounds so it's not that cheap and this base strap and
notice my [Db] hand is kind of trapped behind this you want a decent one of those
because your hand is so [Eb] trapped you want to be comfortable
this is adjusted by Velcro some have like a dial called a rotella which [G] you
can adjust the tension of the strap on but do get [Db] decent straps both on the
[Eb] base side and on your shoulders lots of [F] Melodium players use just one strap on
their right shoulder [N] and that's fine and I have seen people who can play a
Melodium without any straps at all and I really wouldn't recommend that although it is
possible also on lots of Melodiums [Eb] there's a thumb strap here on both my
Melodiums I had that thumb strap removed as I found it really got in the way
although I think some players do use it but I hadn't seen that many so if you've
got a thumb strap on yours then I would recommend probably getting it removed
because it does get in the way quite a lot.
[G]
[Eb] Hi there, I'm making this video for those people who might be interested in
starting to learn to play this instrument which is a Melodian.
I myself
started about a couple of months ago [Db] and although obviously I'm no expert I did a
lot of research on the internet [F] and I just thought I'd pass this on to people
who might be sort of wondering about this instrument and [Eb] all the things that
I've learned I thought I would actually pass on to you.
So in this video this
isn't a tutorial of how to play the thing that might come a bit later but
I'm going to hopefully tell you all about this instrument show you around it
what it does and how it works and I'm going to give you some advice about
buying one of these what type to get and what to look for when you are buying it.
So what is a Melodian?
Well [F] it's obviously a box in fact it's called a
[C] box all Melodian players call these things a box and [Eb] basically it's just
that it's a box with some buttons this side this side it's got some bellows
which are held in top and bottom by these straps and you need to release the
straps to open up the [N] bellows.
To help you open the bellows there's a button on
the side here which is I'll just push it down you can see that down and it's
pretty much easy to open and close the bellows because it lets air [C] into the
bellows so they are opening and closing and in fact [D] you should never try [Eb] and
open and close the bellows unless you're using the air button or you're playing
the buttons.
So inside we've got blocks of reeds which sound when you press the
buttons and you've [A] got a set of reeds for the treble side [G]
this side and a set
of [D] reeds for the bass side [Ab] and obviously the treble reeds [F] sit inside here and the
sound comes out here think of it as a speaker although it's pretty obviously
not a speaker and the bass comes out [N] of this side where my hand is just
underneath the strap you can probably see some holes and that's where the bass
sound comes out of so [Db] it's a bit like stereo really isn't it and completely
acoustic instrument there [Eb] are electronic versions of this instrument made by
Roland and Streb but essentially you probably want to start off with an
acoustic instrument electric instruments tend to be a bit well just that bit
synthetic because they are synthesized versions can't really be good old-fashioned
proper instrument and I know from experience having spent years and years
using synthesizers and samplers go with the real thing buy a real instrument it's
great you can pick it up play it anywhere don't have to plug it in worry about electric or
anything so as I say inside the Melodium there are blocks of [C] reeds essentially
each block of reeds is like a harmonica you can actually take the reed block out
and blow into it just like a harmonica and the way it works is when you press
a button air flows through the Melodium as you push the bellows and the little
tongue metal tongue vibrates [B] and the sound is [Bb] made and [Eb] that's basically it
the reeds are the voices of your Melodium.
The Melodium was developed from
the harmonica in the early part of the 19th century in a part of Europe called
Bohemia and Saxony as well [F] so you know it's it's been developed over the years
and had lots of changes and there are loads and loads of different types of
Melodiums and some people call them button accordions as well and as I say
there is a bit of a minefield because there's so many different types so
you've obviously got to have some straps lots of Melodiums when you buy them don't
come with straps and I bought myself a fairly decent pair of shoulder straps
these were about 20 pounds so it's not that cheap and this base strap and
notice my [Db] hand is kind of trapped behind this you want a decent one of those
because your hand is so [Eb] trapped you want to be comfortable
this is adjusted by Velcro some have like a dial called a rotella which [G] you
can adjust the tension of the strap on but do get [Db] decent straps both on the
[Eb] base side and on your shoulders lots of [F] Melodium players use just one strap on
their right shoulder [N] and that's fine and I have seen people who can play a
Melodium without any straps at all and I really wouldn't recommend that although it is
possible also on lots of Melodiums [Eb] there's a thumb strap here on both my
Melodiums I had that thumb strap removed as I found it really got in the way
although I think some players do use it but I hadn't seen that many so if you've
got a thumb strap on yours then I would recommend probably getting it removed
because it does get in the way quite a lot.
Key:
Eb
F
C
Db
G
Eb
F
C
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Hi there, I'm making this video for those people who might be interested in
starting to learn to play this instrument which is a Melodian.
I myself
started about a couple of months ago [Db] and although obviously I'm no expert I did a
lot of research on the internet [F] and I just thought I'd pass this on to people
who might be sort of wondering about this instrument and [Eb] all the things that
I've learned I thought I would actually pass on to you.
So in this video this
isn't a tutorial of how to play the thing that might come a bit later but
I'm going to hopefully tell you all about this instrument show you around it
what it does and how it works and I'm going to give you some advice about
buying one of these what type to get and what to look for when you are buying it.
So what is a Melodian?
Well [F] it's obviously a box in fact it's called a
[C] box all Melodian players call these things a box and [Eb] basically it's just
that it's a box with some buttons this side this side it's got some bellows
which are held in top and bottom by these straps and you need to release the
straps to open up the [N] bellows.
To help you open the bellows there's a button on
the side here which is I'll just push it down you can see that down and it's
pretty much easy to open and close the bellows because it lets air [C] into the
bellows so they are opening and closing and in fact [D] you should never try [Eb] and
open and close the bellows unless you're using the air button or you're playing
the buttons.
_ So inside _ we've got blocks of reeds which sound when you press the
buttons and you've [A] got a set of reeds for the treble side [G] _
this side and a set
of [D] reeds for the bass side [Ab] and obviously the treble reeds [F] sit inside here and the
sound comes out here think of it as a speaker although it's pretty obviously
not a speaker and the bass comes out [N] of this side where my hand is just
underneath the strap you can probably see some holes and that's where the bass
sound comes out of so [Db] it's a bit like stereo really isn't it and completely
acoustic instrument there [Eb] are electronic versions of this instrument made by
Roland and Streb but essentially you probably want to start off with an
acoustic instrument electric instruments tend to be a bit well just that bit
synthetic because they are synthesized versions can't really be good old-fashioned
proper instrument and I know from experience having spent years and years
using synthesizers and samplers go with the real thing buy a real instrument it's
great you can pick it up play it anywhere don't have to plug it in worry about electric or
anything so as I say inside the Melodium there are blocks of [C] reeds essentially
each block of reeds is like a harmonica you can actually take the reed block out
and blow into it just like a harmonica and the way it works is when you press
a button air flows through the Melodium as you push the bellows and the little
tongue metal tongue vibrates [B] and the sound is [Bb] made and [Eb] that's basically it
the reeds are the voices of your Melodium.
The Melodium was developed from
the harmonica in the early part of the 19th century in a part of Europe called
Bohemia and Saxony as well [F] so you know it's it's been developed over the years
and had lots of changes and there are loads and loads of different types of _
Melodiums and _ some people call them button accordions as well and as I say
there is a bit of a minefield because there's so many different types so
you've obviously got to have some straps lots of Melodiums when you buy them don't
come with straps and I bought myself a fairly decent pair of shoulder straps
these were about 20 pounds so it's not that cheap and this base strap and
notice my [Db] hand is kind of trapped behind this you want a decent one of those
because your hand is so [Eb] trapped you want to be comfortable
this is adjusted by Velcro some have like a dial called a rotella which [G] you
can adjust the tension of the strap on but do get [Db] decent straps both on the
[Eb] base side and on your shoulders lots of [F] Melodium players use just one strap on
their right shoulder [N] and that's fine and I have seen people who can play a
Melodium without any straps at all and I really wouldn't recommend that although it is
possible also on lots of Melodiums [Eb] there's a thumb strap here on both my
Melodiums I had that thumb strap removed as I found it really got in the way
although I think some players do use it but I hadn't seen that many so if you've
got a thumb strap on yours then I would recommend probably getting it removed
because it does get in the way quite a lot. _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Hi there, I'm making this video for those people who might be interested in
starting to learn to play this instrument which is a Melodian.
I myself
started about a couple of months ago [Db] and although obviously I'm no expert I did a
lot of research on the internet [F] and I just thought I'd pass this on to people
who might be sort of wondering about this instrument and [Eb] all the things that
I've learned I thought I would actually pass on to you.
So in this video this
isn't a tutorial of how to play the thing that might come a bit later but
I'm going to hopefully tell you all about this instrument show you around it
what it does and how it works and I'm going to give you some advice about
buying one of these what type to get and what to look for when you are buying it.
So what is a Melodian?
Well [F] it's obviously a box in fact it's called a
[C] box all Melodian players call these things a box and [Eb] basically it's just
that it's a box with some buttons this side this side it's got some bellows
which are held in top and bottom by these straps and you need to release the
straps to open up the [N] bellows.
To help you open the bellows there's a button on
the side here which is I'll just push it down you can see that down and it's
pretty much easy to open and close the bellows because it lets air [C] into the
bellows so they are opening and closing and in fact [D] you should never try [Eb] and
open and close the bellows unless you're using the air button or you're playing
the buttons.
_ So inside _ we've got blocks of reeds which sound when you press the
buttons and you've [A] got a set of reeds for the treble side [G] _
this side and a set
of [D] reeds for the bass side [Ab] and obviously the treble reeds [F] sit inside here and the
sound comes out here think of it as a speaker although it's pretty obviously
not a speaker and the bass comes out [N] of this side where my hand is just
underneath the strap you can probably see some holes and that's where the bass
sound comes out of so [Db] it's a bit like stereo really isn't it and completely
acoustic instrument there [Eb] are electronic versions of this instrument made by
Roland and Streb but essentially you probably want to start off with an
acoustic instrument electric instruments tend to be a bit well just that bit
synthetic because they are synthesized versions can't really be good old-fashioned
proper instrument and I know from experience having spent years and years
using synthesizers and samplers go with the real thing buy a real instrument it's
great you can pick it up play it anywhere don't have to plug it in worry about electric or
anything so as I say inside the Melodium there are blocks of [C] reeds essentially
each block of reeds is like a harmonica you can actually take the reed block out
and blow into it just like a harmonica and the way it works is when you press
a button air flows through the Melodium as you push the bellows and the little
tongue metal tongue vibrates [B] and the sound is [Bb] made and [Eb] that's basically it
the reeds are the voices of your Melodium.
The Melodium was developed from
the harmonica in the early part of the 19th century in a part of Europe called
Bohemia and Saxony as well [F] so you know it's it's been developed over the years
and had lots of changes and there are loads and loads of different types of _
Melodiums and _ some people call them button accordions as well and as I say
there is a bit of a minefield because there's so many different types so
you've obviously got to have some straps lots of Melodiums when you buy them don't
come with straps and I bought myself a fairly decent pair of shoulder straps
these were about 20 pounds so it's not that cheap and this base strap and
notice my [Db] hand is kind of trapped behind this you want a decent one of those
because your hand is so [Eb] trapped you want to be comfortable
this is adjusted by Velcro some have like a dial called a rotella which [G] you
can adjust the tension of the strap on but do get [Db] decent straps both on the
[Eb] base side and on your shoulders lots of [F] Melodium players use just one strap on
their right shoulder [N] and that's fine and I have seen people who can play a
Melodium without any straps at all and I really wouldn't recommend that although it is
possible also on lots of Melodiums [Eb] there's a thumb strap here on both my
Melodiums I had that thumb strap removed as I found it really got in the way
although I think some players do use it but I hadn't seen that many so if you've
got a thumb strap on yours then I would recommend probably getting it removed
because it does get in the way quite a lot. _ _ _ _