A Vira is a Portuguese dance form, often (as here) played on a triple row diatonic button accordion, which the Portuguese call a concertina. Viras are kind of like fast waltzes, usually with a heavy emphasis on the first beat of the bar. They’re usually… Read More
The Dizzy Chap Polka It’s been quiet around these parts lately. I take that as a hint that I’m not featuring enough chemnitzer concertina music.
I’m sending this post out to Bayou Child. These guys are playing a vira. This is typical of the way this dance is played. Portuguese players typically use triple-row boxes with three voices tuned to a wide-open musette for that carnival tremelo effect you hear… Read More
The following is from Wikipedia: The folk origins of the mazurek are two other Polish musical forms—the slow kujawiak, and the fast oberek. The mazurek is always found to have either a triplet, trill, dotted eighth note (quaver) pair, or an ordinary eighth note pair… Read More
Wow, that’s beautiful, isn’t it?
Enjoy the Chicken Polka here.
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