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French Canadian Waltz & Jig

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Uploaded by on Jan 13, 2008

Dermot Byrne Accordian
Frankie Gavin Fiddle
Steve Cooney Guitar
Carl Hession Piano

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  • Lovely lilt to this tune, but bass-player needs to keep it far more simple and guitar, keyboard, percussion all need to give the melody more space

  • Cool! Je me pua Murdock. Comment ta pell two? LOL Thats awesome!

  • The waltz is French - its called Le Retour de Hirondelle - The return of the swallows.

  • This is great.

  • gr8 -but the guy on the keyboard is way to load and takes way the feeling of the music...they use to be called piano drivers ........

  • Willie Nelson eat your heart out.... look at the state of that guitar!

  • As a side note: Steve recorded a fantastic version of this waltz with Sharon Shannon on her self-titled album. They then crack into Music For A Found Harmonium! Yummy! :)

  • Irish single-row button accordeon (usually spelt with an e) is often called a Melodeon. For some reason the same name isn't applicable to a two-row, even though it is effectively two single rows next in one box (melody-wise).

    Not sure whether Dermot's playing a C#D or BC. I think Frankie used to tune down half a step with much of De Dannan, so it could even be a CC# or a DD# (yes, they even make those!)

    The semi-tone gap between rows effectively turns a diatonic accordeon into a chromatic one

  • Yes, I know. Clarebannerman told me. I recognized Frankie, So I thought they were De Danann. Sorry! Never the less, the music is great.

    I play the Harmonica to. I think it's more then 20 years now. Here in The Netherlands is the C/F very common. I play the C/F and A/D Harminca.

  • Just because the musician's include Frankie Gavin doesn't make it De Danann - it was just Frankie's Christmas concert at a hotel in Galway a few years ago. Until very recently any De Danann lineup included Alec Finn on DAD Greek bouzouki.

    That IS a button accordion, but it is also diatonic as are harmonicas (mouth blown). A lot of accordion players use small 3 reed dry tuned boxes in B/C or C#/D for Irish trad.

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