Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > 2. I would also be grateful if some kind person could tell me the range of > what in German is called a "Diatonisches Akkordeon" (Is it called a > melodeon in English?).
It very much depends on the key of the instrument and the number of rows. At it's most basic, a one row system has 10 buttons and therefore 20 available notes. The scale is approximately 2.5 octaves however most systems actually miss a couple of notes out at the bottom or top or may repeat useful notes on the push and pull. The basic range is two octaves in a single key - there are lots of different arrangements. 2 row, 2.5 row or 3 row (10 button) systems have the same range in two or more keys and often have extra accidentals as well. And in a desperate attempt to get back on topic.. a C/F two row box can be played with NSP relatively easily if you can tune to concert F. The F row covers most of the range of a 17k F chanter + a bit but doesn't have all the accidentals. The C row will work when playing tunes in D on an F chanter (2 sharps on a Bb flat instrument is C). The range (in F chanter speak) will be from the bottom A you don't have through bottom D all the way up to your top b and then up to the top d you don't have.* *unless you're actually Andy May's secret persona in which case you have both the bottom A and have been known to overblow to d' in the pub. :) To confuse things - they are sometimes called button accorddions. This is not the same as the Knopf Akkordeon which is generally called the contintental chromatic and comes in B or C systems and a full base end. cheers Rob To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
