MonViolon [en/it] @monviolon@stereodon.social

#introduction
I produce collections, recordings and videos of #freeMusic on
https://www.monviolon.org

A flagship project is the #BoeufTrad: repertoire of popular dance music.

I only use free software - (including #Lilypond #Gimp #Inkscape #Scribus #Ardour #Audacity #Kdenlive…) and sleepless nights.

You can support me on #LiberaPay
https://liberapay.com/MonViolon

#music #trad #folk #balfolk
#freeArtLicense #ccbysa #copyleft
#popularEducation

#presentazione
Produco collezioni, registrazioni e video di #musicaLibera utilizzabile da tutti su
https://www.monviolon.org

Un progetto di punta è il #BoeufTrad: repertorio di musica popolare da ballare.

Uso solo software libero (#Lilypond #Gimp #Inkscape #Scribus #Ardour #Audacity #Kdenlive…) e notti insonni.

Puoi supportarmi su #LiberaPay
https://liberapay.com/MonViolon

#musica #musicaGratis #trad #folk #balfolk
#freeArtLicense #ccbysa #creativeCommons #copyleft #gratis #educazionePopolare

I've been playing this waltz for 25 years without getting tired of it. Here is Astrid Waltz updated for our collection.
https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_1/details&ref=valse-astrid
Listen to this beautiful version by Tamatakia, 1996:
http://www.tamatakia.ch/musique/Astreidin.mp3
#balfolk #balliFolk #trad #BoeufTrad

New in the #BoeufTrad: the transcription of Babeth's waltz. Easy to play on a diatonic button accordion: you need only 3 fingers for the first part and 4 for the second part. Only one row.
https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_1/details&ref=babeth

Since we now have 6 videos for Harglla's folkband, I made a dedicated channel :
https://exode.me/video-channels/harglafolkband/videos
And this image made of an estonian accordion and the colors of the traditional local skirt.

I'm planing to make a list of songs i could play for an acoustic solo perfomrance (violin+voice), without the help of a loop pedal. To help me think about it, I make quick records.
First one:
https://soundcloud.com/monviolon/musical-hug-violonvoix

There is two new pieces by Piano Dom posted on MonViolon for the #BoeufTrad collection :
https://www.monviolon.org/en/rechercher?q=Piano+Dom
I particularly like the scottische "L'automne se fout de l'été".
#freeArt License
#music #trad #folk #balfolk #freeMusic

I didn't know that #Audacity was bought by the Muse Group in April 2021 (owners of #MuseScore).
New privacy policy allowed Audacity to collect, for Muse Group, "data necessary for law enforcement, litigation and authorities' requests" (?!!)
https://www.audacityteam.org/about/desktop-privacy-notice/
I'm not sure I understand what this means in practice (it's an offline application).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27727150

Piano Dom's first contribution to the #boeufTrad with one of his compositions: the #mazurka vRiL, licensed under #freeArt License. He transcribed it in 3 voices on #MuseScore.
It's here: https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_1/details&ref=vril
#balFolk #freeMusic

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There is an almost systematic problem on "cheap" factory violins (here one of the violins of the music school where I teach): black painted white wooden pegs in which the holes for the strings are badly placed and unusable. If you buy this type of bad instrument (why not after all, it works) you will certainly have to re-drill the pegs. Axis perpendicular to the original hole so as not to weaken the peg too much.
#violin

Ieri ho riparato qualcosa sul MonViolon: la ricerca di una melodia scrivendo il nome delle note in italiano (francese, spagnolo, ecc.: do, re, mi) funziona di nuovo. Divertiti con quello!
https://www.monviolon.org/fr/rechercher?q=do+re+mi+fa

Collaborative music recording 💽 It exists (internet is awesome) we can use the SourceML software for this kind of project.
SourceML is based on the framework Symfony (php+mysql).
An interesting example of use here 🤩 http://j.ai.vu.un.son.revolutionsoundrecords.org/
SourceML's homepage (in french): http://sourceml.com/
I think I will use it!
Thanks to @openmastering and @Nomys_Tempar to have made me discover it.

Today's thought: it will take some time because I'm busy with other activities but I'll release this recording (when finished: violin/accordion duet) and the following ones under #freeArt or #ccbysa license (as you wish) *with uncompressed sources*: separate tracks, without corrections. This will facilitate reuse (adding instruments, #remix...)
Does this kind of project already exist? Free audio album with source files?
That seems to be the best choice for me anyway.
#openaudio #freeMusic

Oops, I didn't mean to post only the girl with the flowery accordion but the channel address:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHoE_u9JLnvdERsXAkzcTwA/videos

If you don't know which instrument is a kannel or a Karmoška (en, it: garmon), if you want to listen/see traditional Estonian tunes played by Estonian students, there are plenty of them on this page (on you...be alas):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ6re0qAXZA
Really nice!
#traditionalMusic #Estonia #education #trad #traditional #music #musicalinstrument

I think I like "La valse de Juliard". On the diatonic #accordion G-C, in C (must have a G#) you can do a lot of kitschy-cute stuff including "C D E F" with the bass.
I play A part twice but I'm not sure I'll keep this option.
I decided on 198 bpm, a compromise between the musical groove (a bit slower) and the valse musette for dancing (a bit faster).
#trad #balfolk #traditionalMusic #freeMusic #FreeArt
First little audio file's here : https://www.monviolon.org/telechargements/valse_juliard_diato.mp3

I am referencing on MonViolon.org the tunes transcribed in "Les violons de l'Artense" by Jean-Marc Delaunay (1999).
The site has just done 🌟 TILT 🌟 :
"Valse de Juliard" (3 steps, Center-France) matches almost perfectly with "Far Far Across the Sea" which seems to be a reel (4 steps, Ireland or North America).
From my experience, it is very rare that two different tunes start with more than 5 identical notes. Here, it's... 14! A nice find 🤩
https://www.monviolon.org/en/rechercher?q=b+c+d+cis+d+e+d

A minuet by Telemann for harpsichord played by two violins (as if there weren't enough pieces for violins… yes, I know). 😋
https://exode.me/videos/watch/f522fa97-d820-4c19-87ea-c26b1d7923cb
Piece often playable from the second year of violin study.
PDF, audio file and links here:
https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/duos_violons/details&ref=telmn-twv-32-13-1
#freeMusic #learning #violin

All Ardour users probably know it already but I discover Dragonfly reverbs (Hall, room, plate, early reflections) by Michael Willis. It sounds really good AND the interface is well done, is very pleasant to use.
https://michaelwillis.github.io/dragonfly-reverb/
(His liberapay: https://liberapay.com/Michael-Willis )
#audio #musicproduction
... and I love dragonflies.

Hop! Here's a nice #traditional music from Center-France for our #BoeufTrad :
"Le petit pied" (I traducet "Little Foot" because... why not?) that the fiddler Henri Tournadre sang, not being able to play the violin anymore. I found it in the book "Les violons de l'Artense" by Jean-Marc Delaunay (AMTA, 1999).
https://www.monviolon.org/en/bibliotheque/ed_elec/boeuf_trad/vol_5/details&ref=scot-petit-pied
#SheetMusic #TraditionalMusic #FreeMusic #FreeArt #Folk