Accordions
& Other Free Reeds
Links
Area Dealers
and Repairs
Accordion
& Concertina Music Burnsville,
MN & Superior, WI
Brown's
Music New Ulm, MN
Castle
Accordion Minneapolis, MN
Mahler
Music Center St. Paul, MN
Baldoni
Accordions Menomonee Falls,
WI
Care, Maintenance, Evaluation,
Repair
Care
of your Titano accordion Care
tips from one of the biggest names
Fifteen
tips for accordion health
From Boaz Accordions
Wendy's
squeezebox pages Repair, maintenance,
shipping, value of your accordion
Ike's
Boxpital Care, repair, buying
a used accordion
Patching
concertina bellows
on accordion tuning & repair
Minnesota Teachers & Instructors
(if you should be listed here,
let us know!)
Dealers (see above) often also
teach.
Dee
Langley, Minneapolis
Paddy
O'Brien, Minneapolis Irish
button box
Minnesota performers (if
you should be listed here, let
us know!)
Chulrua
Traditional Irish band
Finn
Hall Traditional Finnish-American
Patrick
Harison
Dee
Langley
Dan
Newton and Cafe Accordion
Orchestra
Machinery
Hill
The
Osacho Sisters
Mark
Stillman
New
Riverside Ramblers Cajun band
Music sources: ABC (good
source of trad. music, but not
specific to accordion)
John
Chambers' ABC Primer
The
ABC Home Page
ABC
Tune Finder
Richard
Robinson's Tunebook
Falaleiro
German folk band, large collection
of international folksong lyrics/midi/abc,
many links
ABC
Convert-a-matic converts ABC
to MIDI or dots
Ceili
House Band Tunes Irish folk
music as lead sheet and abc
Music sources: Sheet music
(may not be accordion-specific,
but music for any "C" instrument
should be ok)
accordionlinks.com
Jeroen Nijhof's Accordionlinks
has many links, even LOS ;->
Cincinnati
Klezmer Project Some free
scores
CeilidhSoc
Celtic tunes in pdf and abc formats
celticmusic.com
Virtual tunebook and other resources
Concertina
Music Extensive collection
of sheet music with Chemnitzer
tab
Traditional
Tune Sourcebook Richard Darsie's
collections (Irish, with some
English, Scottish, American)
Duke
University Historic American Sheet
Music Collection
Fisacromatica.net
Original compositions in pdf and
MIDI, and more (in Italian, but
once you know that "download"
is the same word in Italian you'll
figure it out)
Folkets
Hus Scandinavian folk music,
indexed by type of song, author,
pdf and midi (in Danish, aren't
you glad music is a universal
language?)
Free-Scores.com
has many links, incl. accordion,
concertina, and ensemble music.
Indiana
University Lyrics Links Some
also have sheet music and other
things
Guitar
Primer has many trad and jazz
pieces, as well as theory that
applies to accordion as well as
guitar
ingeb.org
German and world folksong lyrics,
some with music or MIDI
Ivo
van der Putten Several hundred
pieces in pdf format: trad. music,
dances, sea chanteys, lyrics.
In Dutch, but look around, you'll
figure it out
Lester
S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
American pop from 1780 on, incl.
scores for much before 1923
Archive
of Finnish Folk Music Some
9000 songs, indexed by type of
song, locale, meter, etc., with
midi and Scorch versions.
American
Memory Collection of the Library
of Congress
Mad
for Trad Traditional Irish,
look under "tunes" for both notation
and midi.
Mandragora
Tango band with downloadable pdf
collection of tango music transcriptions,
including many Piazzolla
Missouri
Fiddling Some old-time fiddle
music, both lead and harmony
Musica
Viva Free Sheet Music Go to
accordion page and search on blank
for accordion arrangements
MusicForAccordion
Books, recordings, and e-mail
delivery of sheet music for sale.
MusiciansRoom
ebooks fakebooks: blues, standards,
Latin, pop/rock, very large
pdf files
My
Sheet Music Most for sale,
but some are free
Russian
folk & classical In Russian,
but you can see English filenames
if you hover over the links
Schoeller
Web klezmer arrangements for
ensembles. No written accordion
parts, but take your pick of the
C-instruments
Seventh
String Fake Book Index Tells
you what fake book it's in (mostly
jazz standards)
slowplayers.org
Celtic group with much online
music
Klezmer
& Jiddische Folklore has downloadable
arrangements (mostly klezmer,
but not all) in various formats
Contra
dance music (reels, jigs,
etc.) from "Spuds"
Todo
Tango sheet music, lead sheets,
lyrics, and everything else (Argentinean)
tango
Tune
book for folk musicians scores,
tab for guitar/treble English
concertina/McCann duet
Tradfrance
Traditional music of France, dances
(scores, lyrics, and RA), videos,
etc.; mostly in French but pretty
self-explanatory
traditionalmusic.co.uk
Music library, from Stephen Foster
to rugby tunes
NoteWorthy
Composer Scriptorium extensive
(and searchable) collection in
NWC format
Primo
Tema Italian publisher of
accordion/piano music, midi, free
sheet music mailing list
More Sheet Music Links
sheetmusicweb
sheet music links
Sheet Music Dealers (don't
forget other music dealers, too)
musicnotes.com
Dealer, much of the music can
be downloaded.
Ernest
Deffner Publications Accordion
music & accessories
sheetmusicplus.com
Online dealer, extensive database
and song locator
JANPress
Publisher of music and other accordion
material, also see their "learning
center"
Fred
Dunn's Accordion Home Page
Compositions by Fred Dunn
S.P.M.E.
Editions Russian accordion
music publisher (catalog in English))
Musicastampata
Italian dealer (search their site
for category=accordion)
Music Sources: MIDI (some
music software can convert this
to a score)
Bob's
MIDI files
Brede's
Accordion Tango MIDI File
Collection
Brede's
Accordion MIDI 2002 More MIDI
from Brede
MIDI
sources and search engine
Fisacromatica.net
vanBasco
MIDI/karoke search engine
Music Theory & Education
Jazclass
scales, chords, reading, jazz
theory
Gary
Ewer's Easy Music Theory CD
course, some free lessons online
good-ear.com
Online "ear training" course
Ricci
Adams' musictheory.net Music
theory, ear & note trainer,
pretty basic but well done
teoria
Another music theory site
emusictheory.com
Basic music drills in Java (note
reading, intervals, etc.)
Jazz
Resource Center Theory, transcriptions,
and more
USC
Jazz Theory and Improv Examples
Cipher
System CBA basics (both "B"
and "C" system)
Virginia
Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
Glossarist
links to lots more music dictionaries
Berklee
Shares Free music lessons
from Berklee College of Music
CompleteChords.com
Much free info, aimed at songwriters
Fischl's
Homepage Theory in German,
"Online Keyboard" shows what note
a European "H" is
Musicarrangers.com
Another theory course; scales,
time, scoring, multiple instruments
Big
Bands Database includes "Virtual
Piano Chords" chord/scale finder..
7#9 in Neopolitan D Minor, anyone?
BoxTeacher
Scottish PA teacher Kris Hughes'
blog, lotsa "how-to"
Software & Recording
myriad-online.com
Melody (shareware) and Harmony
(commercial) Assistant notation/MIDI
programs
PG
Music Band-In-A-Box harmonizes,
accompanys, does notation - MIDI
oriented
Band-In-A-Box
links
Roni
Music Software to slow down
music without changing pitch
homerecording.com
Much info on audio recording using
your computer
Audacity
freeware recording software
cakewalk.com
Cakewalk, Sonar, and other home
and studio creation and recording
software
sibelius.com
High-end notation software, free
browser plugin
triplets.com
Vendors of commercial software,
including Finale, Allegro, Sonar,
Metro, BIAB, etc.
Finale
notepad free notation program
Earpower
educational software, very nice
free metronome program
NoteWorthy
Composer also free player
and browser plugin
For our friends of the concertina
persuasion
concertinamusic.com
Everything Chemnitzer: music,
ads, clubs
Concertina FAQ
concertina.net
Everything concertina, forums,
articles, music, repair
The
(Chemnitzer) Concertina Novice
Chemnitzer concertina site
International
Concertina Association
Don
Nichols' Home Page Miscellany
including history guides and closeups
of internal construction.
Harry
Geuns, Bandoneon and Concertina
Maker
Homewood
Musical Instrument Co./Tederow
Concertinas
And the other free reeds..
Pat
Missin's Home Page Much about
harmonicas
Harmonica
Lessons.com Online lessons,
music, stuff to buy
harmonicacountry.com
Free lessons, music, stuff to
buy
Harmonicas
& Stuff Some FAQs about harps
and harp care.
Harp
On! Home of the Chromatic
Harmonica Reference, and many
other harp links
melodicas.com
Piano keys and a mouthpiece, it's
the P.A. version of a harmonica
Chandra
& David's Homepage on Indian
music (including the Indian harmonium)
Reed
organs the heavyweight of
the free reed instruments
Reed
Organ Society
Jew's
Harp Guild and the smallest,
about as simple as a free reed
can get
Dutch
Jew's Harp Pages and dealer
Media
It's Polka Time! with Craig Ebel
Radio show & webcast
Accordion
Radio All accordion music,
all the time! From Live365
RootsWorld
Home of the RootsWorld Free Reed
Festival, Free Reed Radio, and
other international free reed
music.
Internet
Polka Party with John Jeski.
Accordions Worldwide Large
site, worldwide accordion news
accordionusa.com Accordion
National News
All About Jazz Jazz magazine
and resource
Intermusik
German monthly accordion publication
Accordion
Times International British
magazine
Squeezeboxes
on the Silver Screen Movies
featuring squeezeboxes (and/or
squeezebox music)
Polka
Videos for the polka fans
123greetings.com
has Accordion Day e-greeting cards
(some with the accordion upside
down)
Organizations, groups, herds
of accordionists
(Geographic groups)
American
Accordionists' Association
Accordionists
& Teachers Guild, International
Closet
Accordion Players of America
Publisher of CAPA Times
US
Clubs Seems to include some
Canadian clubs, too
Arizona
Accordion Club
Chicago
Accordion Club
Connecticut
Accordion Association
East
Texas Accordion Club
Fort
Bend County Accordion Club
(Houston TX)
Florida
Accordion Association
Fontana
Button Accordion Club California
Milwaukee
Accordion Club
Oklahoma
Accordion Club
Rose
City Accordion Club Portland,
Oregon
Salt
Lake Area Accordion Club
National
Accordion Association that's
the Republic of Texas
Victoria
Accordion Club BC Canada
Washington
(DC) Metropolitan Accordion Society
(Cyberspace herds)
Accordions
mailing list/yahoogroup with emphasis
on Minnesota
Accordion
Freedom Forum mailing list/yahoogroup,
compulsory cheer and lots of music
(much of it recordings by participants
or scores) that changes very rapidly
Accordion
Players Yet another yahoogroup.
Accordion
Yet another yahoogroup, this one
for button accordion players
Buttonbox
There's no end to yahoogroups.
Cajun
Accordion Discussion Group
Dave's
Tex - Mex, Tejano, Conjunto Accordion
Forum
Diatonic
yahoogroup for button box players
rec.music.makers.squeezebox
The free-reed newsgroup (access
through your newsreader, access
via a clumsy google interface
here)
Twin
Cities Accordion Syndicate
Yet another yahoogroup (also in
meatspace), for Twin Cities (Minnesota)
players
(Gatherings)
American
Accordion Musicological Society
Philadelphia area in March
Cotati
Accordion Festival California
in August
Northeast
Squeeze-In Massachusetts in
September
International
Accordion Festival Texas in
October
NE
(Minneapolis) Accordion Festival
Minnesota in November
History
History
of the accordion
A
World of Accordions Museum
Superior, Wisconsin
Guido
Deiro and the history of the
PA in the USA, incl. (sometimes
incomplete) sheet music and some
mp3s.
History
of the Cajun accordion
Stuff we don't know where it
goes
accordionlinks.com
Jeroen Nijhof's massive collection
of accordion links
Polish-American Journal/Steve's
Polka Page Polka links, including
bands, squeezeboxes, etc.
Mediarare's squeezebox links
Indiana
University William and Gayle
Cook Music Library links to all
sorts of music resources
Sibelius
Academy Music school's links
page ("accordion" is "harmonikka"
in Finnish)
musicsearch.com
General music search site (mp3s,
websites, forums)
e-greeting
cards for Accordion Day (Jan.
13)
Adventures
of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century
Ok, it's a 'blog, and it's only
occasionally about accordions
Accordionplayers
Forums, files, etc.
Hans
Palm's Accordion Page Links,
keyboard layouts, constructing
chords, and other "useful information"
Big
Nick's Cajun Button Box Seminar
Accordion
FAQ
A
Musician's Guide to the Tex-Mex
Accordion Jax Delaguerre's
online book
Musician's
Guide to the Club System Accordion
also by Jax Delaguerre
Fisacromatica.net
CBAs, MIDI downloads, and more
(in Italian)
The
Classical Free-Reed, Inc.
Classical, publisher of The Free-Reed
Journal
Johann
Pascher Building and tuning
a diatonic
Petosa
Accordions has a number of
individual artist's pages on their
website.
Noel
Cragg's page accordion and
concertina keyboard layouts
Reyes
Accordions Tex-Mex accordion
dealer, has chord/scale/progression
charts for the 3-row
Squeezytunes
a blog about "electromechanical
and mechanical keyboard instruments"
Nydana's
Accordion Resources chord
combining, CBA vs. PA, the merits
of different free bass systems,
etc.
TC
open stages open stages in
the Minneapolis-St.Paul (Minnesota)
area
performers.net
Much about busking (street performing)
Street
Artists & Buskers Advocates
What to do when the cop says "Move
on!", plus history and pictures
of busking
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a link we should know about? A
correction? Broken link? E-mail us!
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