The Liberty Bell on D/G melodeon

Melnet Tune of the month September 2010 - The Liberty Bell by John Philip Sousa.
Played by Anahata on an Oakwood D/G melodeon with standard accidentals.
The third section should go into C if the tune started in G, but that's almost impossible to play on a D/G melodoen. Many melodeon players stay in G, but I found using D instead of C means you still get a key change, and it's quite playable.
Also I deciphered the tricky 8 bar bridge passage leading to the final repeat; it's nothing like Sousa's original and I have done a thoroughly dirty and evil job of mangling it to fit the limitations of the instrument.
This is still very scrappy with a lot of missed notes. I know what I'm supposed to be doing, my fingers just haven't quite caught up yet, but it shows the general idea of what I meant to do. Call it work in progress if you like.

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• Liberty
• Bell
• Sousa
• Anahata
• melodeon
• melnet
• TOTM
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• accordion
• accordéon
• diatonique
• trekspill
• harmonika

[spitzsticker]

Thanks for a great challenge - i can almost play it - much to my amazement!

[hirundine]

I especially enjoyed the piece about 3/4 through. Sweet, tuba and horn sections. Thanks for the opportunity to see and hear your, various, excellent stuff. It must be a lot of practice time, now and prior?

[Owdfolkie]

Nice one, lad! See you soonly!

Bernard

[bugenhagen1517]

Delightful and amazing!

[uwemommens]

This is fantastic. You really know how to play a melodeon.

[Olpossum53]

Yes!!

[mrsquashbox]

Fantastic! I'm inspired - though somewhat daunted when I listen to my own pathetic attempts. The 'D' section is the bit that I'm really struggling with, so thanks for showing me how it should be played.

AL