Handbook for Melodeon

The First complete guide to playing the melodeon. Takes the beginner, step-by-step, from the first notes to playing famous folk melodies. Easy-to-follow text with clear diagrams.

Contents Include:

• The Melodeon and the Folk Music Revival
• Diagrams Showing Parts of the Melodeon
• Diagrams Showing Single Row Instruments
• How to Play the Melodeon
• Selection of Folk Tunes
• Winster Gallop
• Winster Processional
• Bonny Breast Knot
• The British Grenadiers
• Scotland the Brave
• Brighton Camp (The Girl I Left Behind Me)
• Dingle Regatta
• The Rose Tree
• Strike the Bell (Click Go the Shears)
• The Boys of Blue Hill
• Diagrams of Two-Row Melodeons
• The Two-Row Melodeon: Additional Tunes
• Brighton Camp
• Constant Billy
• Jockey to the Fair
• Tralee Gaol
• Jenny Lind
• Star of the County Down
• Lillibulero
• Jeannette and Jeannot
• The Club Melodeon and the Three-Row Melodeon
• Diagrams of Club Melodeons
• Diagram of the Three-Row Melodeon
• Care and Maintenance of the Melodeon