Learning To Play The Melodeon Blog 35 - Hohner 1040C - One Row Tunes

[@kylieogorman8819]

My mum had one of these, taught herself to play accordion at 17 in 1960 and played everyday until she passed 2 months ago. This is the same accordion she played and i have it here with me on my lap now.

[@daddylongles]

That's lovely Kylie. So sorry for your loss!

[@skeingamepodcast5993]

I was today years old when I realized an accordion is just like a harmonica 🤯

[@lornaanderson185]

My Father was born in Yonkoping, Sweden in 1899. He played an instrument very much like this...There were four young men who played their concetinas together...I have a picture...It was quite a site to see...smile

[@petercane6376]

Thanks for showing us what a one row can do. Lovely full Hohner sound. I loved it.

[@daddylongles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pkirkey6932]

I picked up one of these today for $100 CAD. Definitely much older than yours, Les. I’m sure the original owner had new bellows installed at some time while she owned it because they are in pristine shape. I bought it from her 80-something year old niece who never got the hang of playing it after the old aunt passed away. I really appreciate your lesson here. A wonderful way to get started.

[@daddylongles]

I'm so pleased for you. It's a great instrument! That was a bargain price!

[@Blueskies2513]

im trying to learn the beer barrel polka, surprisingly it is possible without any black notes!

[@johnmccann9187]

Great demo of this little box. I paid my money and took my chances on an internet purchase of a pressed wood 1040 ($150 USD). My rare, good fortune: it needed only new bellows gaskets and bellows straps. Love its diminutive size, its *very* light weight (both being ergonomic concerns) and, oh the sweet sweet sound!

[@daddylongles]

Great to hear!

[@chrisansell9246]

Sounds beautiful! At a local flea market store there is an old wooden Franz Hochholzer 10 button diatonic accordion that has only three bass buttons... it needs a once over, but I'm tempted to get it...

[@barryfix]

Takes me back Big happy smile Thank you

[@johndowling9379]

I really like this gentlemans approach to teaching melodeon. He has a nice method of doing so and plays in a very good Morris style,🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@andydunn5673]

Looks like a lot of fun A blues harmonica learner Thanks for posting

[@bethesguerra5021]

Daddy Long Les' favorites are also mine. i started learning to play the melodeon after watching my dad play so well when we were kids. the classic songs remind me of how amazed we were then but really didn't know how our dad learned to play the melodeon.

[@deirdreparnell2847]

Just came across this video. Thanks so much. Just acquired my husband's father's old melodeon identical to yours. After watching the video I have a far better idea of how to proceed. It is really very helpful. Deirdre

[@GavinAtkin]

I got pretty excited about these one-rows early in my melodeon playing career - before we discovered just how the mellow sound of a melodeon contrasted nicely Julie's voice, and I finally reconciled myself with having to learn to play a two-row to get the chords and accidentals required by the material she likes to sing. Still, I learned that it's surprising how much you can do with them...

[@oldtimeharmonica8560]

Awesome thanks for sharing!

[@DansVids86]

Here in Newfoundland and Labrador the most common accordion (or cardeen as it's often pronounced here) keys are G/C and A/D although there are also lots of one rows. If anyone is interested in learning some Newfoundland and Labrador traditional music I offer diatonic (button) accordion lessons through a unique combination of animation and video demonstration. You can contact me for more details at my website www.danielpayne.ca. Lessons on other instruments also available! All the best!

[@FinalBaton]

Here in Québec it's G/C as well. And you can probably get by with just a one row C ! Our ''rill" is really about C and it's fourth F over here! That's it! Variety commes from the tempos

[@philmking]

Hey les. Great vid. I just bought the same model, and am gonna have a go at some of these tunes. Many thanks and all the best

[@daddylongles]

No worries Phil. I hope you enjoy the tunes

[@ColRAPR]

You are a very good teacher !!

[@tomgreene6579]

It is around 1950s....we had one and it is still around i think...a rugged little box

[@iantheo1424]

Look up Harmonica tab and play 1 note down..ie blow 4 is push 3 on the single row. I am a beginner but really struggle with the bass side. I just picked up a double rowD/G to broaden music scales

[@bmorebusker4386]

Sounds great, me friend_ Ol' Lang Z. Right around the corner. Cheers. Keep it rolling!

[@leebolton6162]

Great sound

[@l4taylor]

I've just inherited one of these. It was my grandfathers. I'm looking to learn to play it....which is why I'm here

[@kkaisa6685]

thats funny as, im here for the exact same reason

[@hansclasher6132]

Me too😂

[@zoe9632]

Ditto.

[@knedy]

Awesome! I just bought myself a Hohner HA114 in D, it's my first(well really second but I never played the previous one) accordion and I got it cheap for 8.50£ and it was in great condition, even the original protective plastic cover on the leather strap left. I'm gonna learn to play Oh Susanna right now! I love playing it on the banjo. :)

[@olsongeorge1478]

Daddy you've inspired me. I now own my own one row melodeon . unfortunately I can't find any TAB any where for this wonderful song " wooden heart " aka "muss i denn " George Olson U.S. A.

[@daddylongles]

Hi George, If you contact me via my website www.daddylongles.com we can talk about me sorting this out for you. Les

[@renieh1000]

I've been trying on and off for ages to find out what type of Melodeon I actually have and blow me down if it's not the exact same one Yippie. 1040c (makes sense). Next step ----learn to play it. Thanks heaps.

[@commentfreely5443]

i have one. but i was told it was 100 years old

[@scotty2dreads393]

Thank you, sir! 👌

[@mellando9770]

I have just been gifted one of these and can’t wait to learn some songs. Any tips you have would be much appreciated. It doesn’t have a shoulder strap. Where can I get one?

[@daddylongles]

I have lessons for this instrument on my website www.daddylongles.com You can get a strap from Charlie Marshall in Scotland (CGM Services).

[@barefoofDr]

I love the one row boxes.

[@Sparkylad69]

Thanks! Really useful 👍🏻

[@daddylongles]

Glad it was helpful!

[@scotty2dreads393]

Could you point me to where I could possibly find more music for this melodeon? I like “La Canel en Octobre” but I think this melodeon doesn’t have enough bass/chord buttons to be able to play that song. I might try to learn “Sherborne Waltz”. But I appreciate any advice you could give me on where I can find more tunes for this particular instrument. Keep up the good work! I appreciate what you do. 😁

[@christaylor2070]

Canal en Octobre only needs 3 chords [you could put in a minor but can get away without it] so that 1 row would be fine

[@jirkamolful]

hello, please, can you write me how dou behind tones in the buttonhole of the 10 button? I have a harmonica like you, but it is very ratty, and I want her tune. I also want to ask what tones, voices are bass parts? there are two chords, please know that there are voices that makes the chord? It's always three voices joined in a chord, but I have it so hard ratty that it does not recognize. Thank you for your response Czech Republic Prague

[@pianonerd5460]

What is the left hand pattern for Oh Suzanna? Many thanks

[@francoiseCconteuse]

Are there videos for beginners who want to learn to play a melodeon Honer, 2 stops, 1 row and two spoons?

[@daddylongles]

Hi Francoise. Try John Kirkpatrick's DVDs.

[@cjwaywell]

I have a 10 button melodeon in G with 4 bass keys. What I am struggling with is knowing when to pull and when to push it's like the opposite of what my brain thinks it will be and that's without adding the bass notes lol. I suppose it takes months to remember the sequence of this for each song. As a guitar player it is not coming natural to me at all it is almost like no scale exists on the melodeon

[@daddylongles]

Totally understand. Same as you - guitarist first. Brain burner for a while and then at last the penny drops. Just watch lots of videos. All my music shows the pushes and the pulls. Take a look - www.daddylongles.com

[@inglian02]

What a lovely instrument! Unfortunately the video ends in mid Shafto, if you'll pardon the expression.

[@bweatherman1952]

Thanks!

[@daddylongles]

Thank you so much. That’s very kind of you!! Les

[@miguelquinchaman]

alguien sabe como se llama la canción o melodía que sale tocando en hombre al comienzo del vídeo? Does anyone know what is called the song or melody that comes out playing in man at the beginning of the video?

[@daddylongles]

Hi Miguel. It's Oh Susanna.

[@negan3042]

So what's the difference between a button accordion, and a button box? I have a 2 row Honer, my mom has a 4 row Melodia. Are both terms correct that they are accordions and button boxes?

[@daddylongles]

Both accordions. Melodeon is essentially an English word for diatonic button accordion.

[@negan3042]

Daddy Long Les OK, thanks for the answer!

[@negan3042]

Another question. Is a concertina the same thing? I played one before I played the diatonic button accordian.

[@daddylongles]

No, a concertina, although a squeezebox is very different. Go to my website www.daddylongles.com and you will see the various types.

[@negan3042]

Daddy Long Les OK, Thank you! I'll check it out !!!

[@АлександерНикитин-г4щ]

Здравствуйте! Мой хороший друг мечтал купить такой музыкальный инструмент, но ему продали инструмент в котором не оказалось голосов. Я хотел узнать есть ли возможность купить голоса к такому инструменту

[@АлександерНикитин-г4щ]

In your video, you said that such tools can be configured in different ways. Are they all diatonic?

[@katjaczajkov8694]

u are playing great.

[@zf705]

nice

[@mrkennethporter]

I have been trying to coordinate my left and right hand when learning oh suzanna. Its driving me nuts. I cant get my left and right to work together on my black dot.

[@noahfogerty5793]

I bought one of these for 30$

[@mateoc.9123]

Where?!?

[@zoe9632]

That's a steal if it works!