I live in Edinburgh where I have taught the accordion - yes, the piano accordion - for a living for the past 20 years or so. I mainly teach in the Scottish idiom, but have played Irish trad. for much longer than that. I probably listen to more fiddlers than box players - two of my great favourites are Kevin Burke and Eugene O'Donnell.
Not been to a public session for a long time - not too keen on the smoke (not to mention the hot air) but been wondering lately if I might be persuaded again.
My other great interest is my two Fell ponies. I'm involved in Parelli Natural Horsemanship - which is a sort of alternative training method. Great fun!
Get in touch if you fancy a tune.
I also have a web page devoted to teaching where you can contact me about long distance video coaching, etc.
Here's the link - http://boxteacher.blogspot.com
Tunes in kris's tunebook: 11
| The Split Rock | April 16th 2004 |
| BoxTeacher | September 30th 2006 |
| Melodeons, accordions, Folk Roots on eBay | September 14th 2008 |
| Melodeons, Mandolin, Accordions for sale | July 1st 2008 |
| Inspiring our youth | March 9th 2007 |
| The music or the instrument | January 22nd 2007 |
| Guitars again | January 15th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Christian Tunes? | April 28th 2011 |
| Discussions | Re: Alone on this road.... | July 26th 2010 |
| Discussions | Re: How to influence a "violin" player | April 5th 2010 |
| Discussions | Re: Box player question. | October 27th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Martin Hayes in the JOM | October 22nd 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Bank Of Ireland | reel | Dmixolydian |
| Brian O'Lynn | jig | Adorian |
| The Coalminer's | reel | Gmajor |
| The Heather Breeze | reel | Gmajor |
| The Long Note | slide | Dmixolydian |
| The Mist On The Mountain | jig | Adorian |
| The Morning Dew | reel | Edorian |
| The Old Gray Goose | jig | Eminor |
| The Orphan | jig | Eminor |
| Up In The Air | jig | Bminor |
| The Wounded Hussar | jig | Gminor |