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Love it! The tune has a bit of a Turlough O'Carolan flair to it!

That looks like that Australian break dancer.

A brilliant weekend. Those Spanish boys were great. Mind you seeing myself in the background at acorn, 😮I need a serious diet 😂

very nice

I find it really useful to see your fingers when you have them painted up. Nice tune in GC.

Lovely

Are we talking 4/4.

SU🤩P🐧E🪗R🎻!

Thanks for sharing this. Wishing I was there. Fun duck jig! Lots of talent there, energy and so much leaping!

Oh wow! I would have loved to be there! A love a good jig! I did it once a long time ago, I think I was awarded best newcomer or something like that, also dancing and playing and was quite unfit already at the time. I just love to watch, thank you for sharing ❤ it was such a passion for cotswold Morris, still loving it ❤

Do you had the tabs?

This was absolutely brilliant. I could relate to so much of the discussion. We need more of this Mel!

hi mel. you really got them tired with your wonderful oppland upland tune. 😂 i am very impressed how cheeky you get by placing your variations every now and then. a great musician you really are. and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. very inspiring.

That was really interesting. ❤ hammock chat - very chilled! Agree that Brexit biscuits might need a bit more work - some of the dancers seemed to falter a bit during that one - they lost the rhythm I think.. not sure why, but for me personally, as a dancer, I think I might disagree with Lucas - there might be a place for emphasising that first beat.. (as Lucas said - personal preference plays a part - and also how experienced the dancers are). But I thought Upland Opland went beautifully - the dancers really seemed to flow naturally to it. Great work overall on your part and I hope the enjoyment of the dancers will motivate you to do more of this. Lots of love.❤

thank you so much for this topic. it is one of the main issues i am struggling with when playing. a very good advice. meanwhile i introduce the box to my listeners by just making some "quiet" noise before i start playing. some chords, a melody part. no tunes - just accidental bits. i slowly try to adapt the room to the box and to my presence (not vice versa). kind of getting a hello from the new environment and kind of bringing myself to normal breathing. building up some sort of normality for me and for my ears (!), i would say.

Love the hammock chat! ♥️

Brilliant Sunday afternoon viewing. Sounds like you need my healing hands. Sounds like you had a great time. Love the video angle in the hammock! felt like I was in your cabin.

This video was just a massive Cabin flex wasn’t it 😂 (and I’m for it, it’s incredible + lovely hammock!)

Bravo Mel pour t'être "jetée à l'eau" as we say in French 🙂

What can I say, Mel...your music....such character in there, textures, rhythms, colours, it's all there! I am so impressed by what you are doing, you have my total respect! Two large musical canvasses...take your time and, as they develop, the music will tell you what to do just like a painting! Love it! xx

Awesome!

What key is the box?

You are now living the Handry dream - well done.

Very informative and fun! Ill be back for bass lessons Mel!

This is gold! Reminder be kind to yourself... love the baby steps.

A jolly tune. ❤ the bass sound.

Thank you, Mel. Such a helpful video - great stuff!

Amazing stuff, straight to me ‘to learn’ list. Love how much you seem to enjoy it as you play these

Hey Toon. Thanks for mentioning our garden and the magic you felt along with us. Actually, you do the magic, and we just add the suiting place and audience for it. Hope to meet again soon.

Another excellent podcast. I listened at work today and loved it.

Let's live in this moment differently! I love that!! Recognising that how we think about things/do things can make such a difference ❤

Welcome in the family. 🤌

Est-il possible de jouer une musique joyeuse au diato ?

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awsome!

so true. 👍

This is simply lovely. Fantastic tune, played beautifully. Trying to learn this tune myself but taking my time with it.

Great video Mel. Complicated or what?! Does his box have a full scale of basses in both directions. He didnt do much in and out on some bass runs

It must be the Roger Watson book I have but also have a Hohner book. I try and watch any videos closely but none concentrate on how to play bass in conjunction with the treble side . An exercise on a simple waltz or jig would help. A good Australian waltz is The Mudgee Waltz. Cant say I like Morris tunes

So many times I also feel like giving the game away. No one in Oz ( Australia ) to help learn so rely on book. The treble side is simple as play harmonica but learning the bass is next to imposible. I just purchased a double row D/G so I can learn Da Lounge Bar Jig as my single row ran out of notes. So far can play the Winster Gallop as book I have explains rythm but as far as can master

In the short time I have been playing the melodeon I would completely agree

I used to play violin over 30 years, and when I switched to button accordion, it was a complete relief. I'm completely happy today

Thank you for another lovely interview Mel! Hearing you and Pascale share in this way gives a wider and beautiful perspective on not only the music side of things but also the very human nature which we can relate with ❤

That was a nice chat 🙂 Loooove Naragonia - such an inspiration 💗 I’m looking forward to the Melinar with Toon.

Hi Mel. So nice to see and hear Pascale on your channel. I once (many years ago now) had the privilege to receive melodeon lessons from her at the music academy (Schoten, Belgium). 😊

That looked like a fun workshop! I just need a GC Mas now to go with my DG 🤣

That was really impressive! I am intrigued by the box slapping technique. Would love to see more of the tech rundown!

Interesting workshop, cool creative playing, but I guess I couldn`t afford having my box frequently repaired to re-seat/rewax reed blocks, realign bass buttons and replace broken reeds. Nice music anyways.

Thanks Mel! a lovely souvenir 😉🙂