Marko Kassl - Accordion Demonstration for composers

Marko Kassl demonstrates the accordion for composers.
He is teaching at the Hochschule Detmold and Conservatory of Amsterdam and is accordionist in many ensembles, amongst others Duo MARES, Ensemble Black Pencil, Ensemble Stationen NRW, ...
www.marko-kassl.de
www.duomares.com
www.blackpencil.org
www.instrumentalways.com

[@Caglarcomposes]

WOW! This was so helpful to me, an accordion enthusiast, also a composer, who couldn't ever touch a real one and wanted to compose for it. I didn't have much chance to ask a player and was always confused by the unrealistically fast chord changes. Now I know. It was a shame that I didn't learn about it up to this point in my life, so I thank you so much for this very effective class.
And that's a beautiful sounding instrument. Thank you, Mr. Kassl.
Very useful for composers.

[@FatTracksMusic]

This is incredible! Exactly what I was looking for.

[@bomiyi1120]

Many thanks! It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for as a contemporary classical composer!

[@TheMoonlitMusicStudio]

Thank you very much, this was very helpful, learned a lot!

[@Aalii6]

👍👍

[@PalumboComposer]

Very very clear and useful! I'm writing a new piece for accordion... Thank you!

[@LevitanusPianoIst]

Excellent demonstration! Thanks a lot!!!
Got a lot of inspiration)))

[@nicholass.]

This is exactly the content I was looking for. Great material and very well presented. Hats off to you, Sir.

[@AnaFontecha]

Amazing! I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Thanks for sharing!

[@ocsicnarfsagenev1097]

that´s a beautiful instrument and you are a great musician

[@RobertKarlBerta]

Great job of describing all the attributes that are so neat and often only available on an accordion. I have often said that the accordion is perhaps the ultimate instrument for creative music. The bellows is so much more than a pump to make music....it is capable of a huge range of dynamics and expression and unlike a piano can increase in volume while the note is held down and than reduce....a piano only looses volume one the key is pushed down. The dynamics are able to mimic what you can do on a violin or wind instrument.
The only thing you missed is describing a piano accordion and the differences between it and a chromatic or Bayan keyboard. I play piano accordion with converter free base....another difference is the system of the button layout. Yours is C system layout....my free bass is B system....my left hand bass notes are lowest notes when playing closer to my leg...C system is just the opposite.
Again this is a fantastic video and will keep this bookmarked when others ask me about the accordion abilities.

[@adamcolbertmusic]

I was actually wondering whether it was a B system or C system! Thanks!
Another nice mention would be pointing out the difference between a chromatic button accordion and a diatonic button accordion. Some countries or regions of a country specifically use the diatonic accordion most often, or chromatic button, or piano accordion. So if the composer is wanting to write for a specific style, then they should be aware of which accordion is used that style.
I really enjoyed the explanation of pitch bending, that it's achieved by slightly lifting up on the button and increasing the bellow pressure. This really explains why I've been doing it on accident. See, my used vintage accordion is missing the air button, so I press down on lots of keys/buttons in order to close it quickly. Sometimes I accidentally pitch bend and then I'm trying to figure out how to recreate it 😅

[@S.Pristas]

Awesome demonstration! Thank you!

[@cjn2537]

This is really useful and informative - thank you.

[@rodo9609]

What an incredible instrument....

[@lauramarconi3371]

Amazing and very useful!

[@vegarguleng1748]

Thanks a lot for a very instructional video!

[@fynngrossmann2213]

Wow! Thank you! That's very very helpful!

[@BauskeMedia]

Thank you!

[@pansprintf]

thank you so much!

[@eim576]

I love you for making this video! :) it helped me a lot!

[@eclipse2iut]

so good!!

[@alvaromonrroy7326]

Excelent explanation maestro!!

[@sabinakhujaeva]

Thank you very much

[@drorbinder8962]

Danke sehr!! ♥

[@hermikaleta2912]

Gratuliere, sehr gut erklärt

[@noccopfeiffe5604]

Your vibrato is amazing.

[@patrickleterme5217]

12:56 is the best :D

[@SkeepyJeepyJohnson]

I had no clue I could pitch bend. My accordion is pretty cheap so it didn't like doing it. Is that bad for my reeds?

[@kiroroco7131]

thank u！！！

[@tomkent4656]

Am I right in assuming that this is not a piano-accordion?

[@Emre-tf8hp]

its a kind of bayan

[@caterscarrots3407]

@@Emre-tf8hp otherwise known as a button accordion.

[@Emre-tf8hp]

@@caterscarrots3407 a chromatic button accordion**

[@andreiyakushau4564]

WOW! :)

[@sl3dge78]

Sounds a lot like a synth at times !!

[@caterscarrots3407]

Or an organ with those chords.

[@czesiek09]

What is the name od accordion manufacturer?

[@GerrlichStudios]

Interesting somehow

[@renatochacon289]

18:14

[@renatochacon289]

12:29

[@renatochacon289]

14:00

[@khangdinh7384]

Did you actually fart at 20:14 or was that the instrument =D

[@TheMoonlitMusicStudio]

20:15 is.. is he running out of ideas?!