2011/05/25

Dave's Accordion School - "Bellows Shake"

I forgot to mention Dave explained to me how to bellow shake.

1) Keep the Bellows closed
2) Shake very little at the top very slowly.
3) Learn to practice shaking for 15 minutes in a row.

He also explain a "triplets" shake.
The bellows pivot in the center cause is 1-2-3 timing.
It sounded incredible the first time heard it.

I explained I wanted to do a bellows shake to him before with the "Little Rascals"
theme song, then he went looking for an accordion that could make this "tremolo"
sound instead.

I think the shake is to be used half way through a song to make the song elevated in
excitement level but it's really hard to do.