This clip is amazing -- I could watch it a thousand more times! (Video from YouTube.)
I am not sure what kind of treble layout Marc Perrone is using in this clip. My understanding is that he had eventually made it easier to play chromatically on the 3-row diatonic (which is already actually chromatic, just not "easily" played chromatically) by replacing redundant notes on the inner rows with "accidentals." Thus, on a G/C/F box, where there are 'pressed' G's on the G row and the C row, one can replaced the C row's G's with G#, and likewise replace the F row's C's with C#. There are also some redundant 'pulled' notes, which can be similarly substituted. For instance, subbing Eb for some of the pulled E's, perhaps on the F row? (Addendum: indeed, the inside (F) row contains Eb's instead of E's!)
At one point, someone (probably in France) had this layout posted on a website, and now I can't find it and am clearly forgetting the details. If anyone finds it, please let me know and I will edit this post, or create a new post about le maitre, Marc Perrone.
In the meanwhile, enjoy this old clip of some truly marvelous box playing!
Andy,
ReplyDeleteNo sign of Perrone's own layout (mel.net archives indicate that it may have been offered by Castagnari in the past) but this site has 9 3-row layouts, including several French 3-row systems here, all designed for increased "chromaticity" - Bruno LeTron's looks interesting.
http://www.geocities.ws/kozulich/3rowGC.html
Chris
I believe that Perrone's layout was posted on the French website, trad.org, which is no longer up and running. I'll try to figure out if it can still be found somewhere...
ReplyDelete-Andy