Author Archives: Judy

How I Made the Footbass

I had the idea that I could play bass notes with my feet, so the first thing I did was to check that my brain would be able to cope with this – I didn’t want to spend ages making an instrument if I wasn’t going to be able to play it. So to checkContinue reading “How I Made the Footbass”

Barnbuskers barndance ceilidh band has a new fiddler for barn dances around Barnstaple, Devon

Barnbuskers has a new band member – Judy’s brother Rob Veale has joined the band so we now have two fiddlers! We might not have both fiddlers every time, but it helps us to have more than one to choose from. He already had the shirt , so he didn’t have to splash out to buy theContinue reading “Barnbuskers barndance ceilidh band has a new fiddler for barn dances around Barnstaple, Devon”

Detuning the Roland FR3

This makes your accordion sound more French! To change the level of detuning: When you are happy with the level of detuning, save the seeting as follows:

Changing Up or Down an Octave on the Roland FR3

The Roland accordion does not remember this when you switch it off and on again. You have to do it every time.

Using the Metronome on the Roland FR3

If you are looking for the instructions for the metronome in the FR3 user guide, you will find that the vital pieces of information eg switching it on and off and changing the speed are in different places in the book, and not particularly easy to find. So for my own benefit, and anyone else whoContinue reading “Using the Metronome on the Roland FR3”

Huttons Ambo

Huttons Ambo https://maps.app.goo.gl/1raamW5MvNBYFstd7 Huttons Ambo is the name of a place near the River Derwent in North Yorkshire. Now of course, this won’t come as a surprise if you live near there, but down here in Somerset, we only know Huttons Ambo as the name of a cracking good tune (sheet music here).

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