First of all I'm an Uilleann Piper and Whistler by heart. So I don't know much about the squeezebox or harmonica. But I came across a person playing a Quebec box in C# and its accompanied by piano.
To me the clip sounds very similar to the West Clare style in Ireland. There appears to be three different reels. The last two sound strangely familiar. Are these tunes known by a different name in Ireland?
Just wondering, because I know that some Irish immigrated to Quebec. Here is the clip for those who are wondering:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWKObgmI ... re=related
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OT - Quebec Squeezebox, an Irish connection?
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OT - Quebec Squeezebox, an Irish connection?
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Yes there have been constant connections between Irish and Scottish music and that of Québec over the past couple of centuries. But that's only a partial explanation for what you hear in that clip.
André Bouchard's aim is to demonstrate the capabilities of the 1½ row box you see there, his own design (in D, not C# btw).
Unlike the traditional 10-key one-row box in D, this box has accidentals on the half-row - C-natural, G# in two octaves, and D#. So he's choosing pieces that cannot normally be played on the Québécois box. The first three are Québecois and the last two Irish.
Reel de Sherbrooke (A part only), Québec version of Mason's Apron (second part very like Green Gates), Clog Parizeu, Irish hornpipe and reel (Shearing the Sheep, I think).
André Bouchard is a big fan of the American-Irish box player Joe Derrane - the last two tunes are taken straight from Derrane's recordings. Derrane is very popular with Québec players because much of his style is based on that of John Kimmel, whose 1920s recordings were a huge influence on French Canadian accordionists as well as people like Derrane in the US and, later, people like Paul Brock and Jackie Daly in Ireland.
André Bouchard's aim is to demonstrate the capabilities of the 1½ row box you see there, his own design (in D, not C# btw).
Unlike the traditional 10-key one-row box in D, this box has accidentals on the half-row - C-natural, G# in two octaves, and D#. So he's choosing pieces that cannot normally be played on the Québécois box. The first three are Québecois and the last two Irish.
Reel de Sherbrooke (A part only), Québec version of Mason's Apron (second part very like Green Gates), Clog Parizeu, Irish hornpipe and reel (Shearing the Sheep, I think).
André Bouchard is a big fan of the American-Irish box player Joe Derrane - the last two tunes are taken straight from Derrane's recordings. Derrane is very popular with Québec players because much of his style is based on that of John Kimmel, whose 1920s recordings were a huge influence on French Canadian accordionists as well as people like Derrane in the US and, later, people like Paul Brock and Jackie Daly in Ireland.
to you, Steve.
It's just an illusion, Susion, but one I am keen to maintain - which is exactly why I don't post on the proct forum very often!