There's a cute little piece of 18th-century doggerel about the Enclosure Act in England called "Goose and Common." The enclosures were a disaster for the English working class; you can draw a straight line from them all the way to the coal strikes during the Thatcher administration, and probably further than that. That's probably why every setting of the lyric I've encountered is all minor-key and dirge-like. But it's still witty and clever, and I thought it deserved a livelier tune, so I wrote one.

Warning: I'm no singer. You'll see what I mean. But I'm the one I have.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y3eliov6iqafw3h/Goose%20and%20Common.mp3?dl=0

“Why I still play Piano Accordion. Button Accordion is awesome”

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“The #ChromaticButtonAccordion has several advantages over #PianoAccordion. But I still choose to stay with Piano Accordion. I discuss my reasons in this video. For a beginner, it is worth considering starting with a #ButtonAccordion”
https://youtu.be/P6scXqYIxWs
#Accordion
#MusicalInstruments

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A button accordion is a type of accordion on which the melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons as opposed to a piano accordion, which has piano-style keys.

https://susansartgallery.com/featured/button-accordion-on-chair-with-flowered-seat-susan-savad.html?newartwork=true

I think I posted this one once before on flute, but it's one of my favorite slides, and here I'm celebrating getting it worked out on box. This is "Across the Road”, which I got from a 1949 recording of Paddy Cronin. He played it in Am (and that's how I've normally played it on flute) but here I've transposed it to Em because that key fits the C#/D box better.

https://youtu.be/4KqVLO0_TI0

#TuneSwapTuesday
#PaddyCronin
#Slides
#IrishTrad
#ButtonAccordion

Mrs Belle's Single #12.

https://youtu.be/zrDmsCeyrtc

#TuneswapTuesday
#ButtonAccordion
#Newfoundland
#MrsBelle

My new French #accordion is en route. Asking the factory for courier + tracking number if they have one. But woot! This is a totally different type of accordion, no piano keyboard, but a chromatic button accordion (C system). Gigantic challenge, but a wonderful workout for a right hand that is affected by #stroke damage and so often weaker. My way of fighting back. #squeezebox #neuro #buttonAccordion #chromatic #chromaticButtonAccordion #CBA #FrenchMusic

Just watching this #accordion performance from the French makers #Maugein my new button accordion is coming from soon. And I am utterly agog at the bloke playing backing music. He has an electronic keyboard with button accordion - left and right - adapters to play on. Never seen anything like it! https://youtu.be/1fhkFQptE3U #CBA #FrenchMusic #music #Squeezebox #chromatic #buttonAccordion #accordions

My blog post about slightly reorganising my collection of French #musette #accordion #music to optimise it for convenient practising. And how I got on today. And looking ahead to my new #CBA #chromaticButtonAccordion arriving from #France soon. https://vivdunstan.dreamwidth.org/372715.html #Squeezebox #Accordions #FrenchMusic #ButtonAccordion #FrenchAccordion

I don't know a proper name for this tune, but it's the first tune in Frank Maher's "Running the Goat" set.

https://youtu.be/aIDrKEKOfwM

#TuneswapTuesday
#ButtonAccordion
#FrankMaher
#RunningTheGoat
#LopsidedTunes

Taking turns, they are quite opposed to me practicing the squeeze box.
We are not hiking because Kamala is in heat. She's driving us nuts yowling, and kept us awake all night. The kittens were supposed to be spayed in January, but had to postpone because of the storms. I may try taking her out with a harness and leash.
#Caturday
#CatsOfMastodon
#ButtonAccordion

Today’s linguistic success was hearing back from a French accordion maker, who replied to a query in French, saying "Votre français est impeccable, pas de problème." Zut alors! French Higher in 1989! I know it’s in their interests to make potential customers happy, but I’ll still take that as a win! I’m considering getting a compact chromatic button accordion as major new challenge. Still considering. #Languages #FrenchLanguage #Accordion #ButtonAccordion #ChromaticButtonAccordion #Squeezebox

Experimenting to see what I can do here, and get some hashtags under my belt, too. This is "Mrs Belle's Single #2", played by me on my then-new-to-me C#/D Saltarelle Nauge.

#ButtonAccordion
#NewfoundlandTrad
#MrsBelle