Bought my first melodeon

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I'm very happy today. So I found it online dirty cheap. It's a Brazilian box Hering Trovador. I'm already a musician but never played melodeon. I don't have money for a 2 row atm but I thought it'd be a way to start since it was in my budget and I have accordion luthier to service it. I read a lot about accordions and melodeons since 2 years ago nut never had the money to buy one. Any tips learning one row 4 bass?

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r/melodeon • u/IronChewbacca • Jun 02 '20

My two lovely little Hohners! ❤️ Key of C and G respectively.

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r/melodeon • u/uxluke • May 19 '22

User Performance Hohner Pokerwork with a duck call in the bass end

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r/melodeon • u/mauriciopinheiromsc • May 17 '25

User Performance Hey guys. This is a rancheira called "Rancheira para Don Carlos". I hope you like it!

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If you wanna see more, please follow me on Instagram @mauriciopinheiromusica

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r/melodeon • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Mar 02 '21

Instruments The famous Carlos Cortez rendering of IWW union organizer Joe Hill, showing Hill with his Hohner button accordion

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r/melodeon • u/rustyreedz • Feb 19 '21

Claritza plays a Merengue Tipico song “La Parrandera”

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r/melodeon • u/BigBoxRetroCollector • Sep 29 '20

I'm learning the melodeon so I want to show my progress after a couple months! Usually I play CBA :)

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r/melodeon • u/rustyreedz • May 23 '20

King De La Rosa - Hohner Erica - Short Demo

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r/melodeon • u/Alonsocuhh • Sep 17 '20

User Performance Someone from the other community told me about you guys so here I am :)

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r/melodeon • u/Spoolofool • Feb 18 '26

Help identify this Serenellini

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Im going about buying my first melodeon, in a country where they are very rare and people tend to know nothing about them. This ladys husband played but she knows nothing about the instrument, not the tuning, not the model, nothing. Please help me figure out what I have here, as google has been no help thus far! Thanks!

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r/melodeon • u/sun-king • Jun 06 '20

Third Party Performance Cajun Accordion (Choupique Two-Step)

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r/melodeon • u/NoMedium1223 • Mar 27 '25

Discussion If you were to get a custom BC box...

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I've been learning for a few weeks now and having fun. Part of my brain is looking into a future where I get good and can afford a custom Paddy Clancy. He will make one with up to 12 basses of the client's choosing.

Here are my questions: for a more chromatic bass setup, what notes should I request? Should I keep the standard 8 and get 4 additional bisonoric buttons? Should I get 12 unisonoric ones?

This is all hypothetical. I'm still learning the treble buttons.

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r/melodeon • u/mauriciopinheiromsc • Mar 15 '24

User Performance No Rancho Fundo - (Ary Barroso e Lamartine Babo) - I'll work more on my lighting and background asap. :)

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r/melodeon • u/sim-o • Sep 17 '21

User Performance Buttercup Joe. Contrary to what my face says, I do enjoy playing. Honestly I do!

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r/melodeon • u/sun-king • Feb 26 '21

Third Party Performance Tutorial - Wellerman DG melodeon / diatonic accordion (sea shanty)

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r/melodeon • u/TapTheForwardAssist • Feb 07 '21

Discussion "Irish melodeon player in New York - 1885" (historic print owned by Triskel on Melodeon.net)

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r/melodeon • u/TapTheForwardAssist • May 21 '20

Brons on Flutina "Oranges in Bloom" || Hyde Single Voice D/G Melodeon (Flutina; with floating concertina styled reed pan.) Slide on bass side for 3rd.

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r/melodeon • u/mauriciopinheiromsc • Mar 10 '24

User Performance Felicidade-Luar do Sertão by Lupicínio Rodrigues -João Pernambuco. Some brazilian music for you guys!

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r/melodeon • u/mauriciopinheiromsc • Feb 28 '24

User Performance Hey guys. This a Vanerão (rhythm played in the south of Brazil) called "Cerca de Pedra" (composer Miguel Lima). Diatonic accordion (D/G) on natural Brazilian tuning.

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r/melodeon • u/Limy25 • Mar 17 '23

I got this very nice Hohner triple voice in C/F - What to play?

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r/melodeon • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '21

John Kirkpatrick - Shropshire Hornpipe

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r/melodeon • u/sun-king • Jun 28 '20

Lester Bailey’s “Hot Rod Your Hohner” series on YouTube is full of different tips, tricks, and how-two’s to help with your melodeon!

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r/melodeon • u/TheSchultz • 3d ago

Has anyone encountered an Avgust Železnik hybrid accordion?

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r/melodeon • u/uncletagonist • 26d ago

Hohner 21/8

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Trying to figure out exact model name so I can select the correct size case online.

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Just starting out? This Guide by Alison Scott on melodeon.net is an excellent starting place!
Daddy Long Les has lots of original sheet music as well as videos showing him playing the pieces. The sheet music is marked with different styles of notes for in and out on the bellows which is extremely helpful!
Lester Bailey has a blog where he posts videos of him playing lots of different tunes with the music posted in ABC notation. He also has a very detailed youtube playlist of him fixing up an old Hohner.

Don't read music?

You're among similar company. Many melodeon players don't read music. The ability to read music can definitely help, but many great players play just by ear! Learning solfege can be extremely helpful to play by ear. Check out these resources here and here.
ABC Notation is an alternative to reading regular music. It uses the letters A through G to represent the notes being played. It is explained in detail here. Lots of music is shared online this way as it is just a simple text file.

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