Sous Le Ciel De Paris

[vivdunstan]

Just recorded a version to share of the tune I played for my Mum this afternoon on the chromatic button accordion - no piano keyboard - that I am still figuring out where all the notes are 😜 This tune is Sous Le Ciel De Paris.

Given I was feeling really light headed today, and was struggling to read the sheet music by the time I recorded this version after we got home I am very happy with that!

This tune really stretched me in my CBA learning, and was one I dearly wanted to learn. It was the very first thing I played on unpacking the French squeezebox last year, playing some bars by ear, goodness only knows in what key! And it's also one of Mum's all time favourite tunes. I am going to continue challenging myself with tricky tunes, alongside working on more fundamental repeated exercises.

Comments

[greenwoodside]

I loved the tune -- and you got the twiddly bits right.

As I get older, I've moved a long way from teenager me's disdain for squeezeboxes. Hearing Marcel Azzola on Vesoul may have started the thaw ("chauffe, Marcel!")and also John Kirkpatrick in Brass Monkey, playing with that mournful wheeze that makes me think autumn thoughts at any time of year.

[vivdunstan]

Thank you! Yes it was an almighty relief to get the twiddly bits right :) In the final main portion I zoned out for 2.5 sheet music lines mid play, and suddenly came to, thinking where am I, trying to find my place in the sheet music! So whooped when I made it to the end.