Diatonic Accordion – Pascale Rubens (Be)
Dit weekend gaat Pascale Rubens een pittige trekharmonica workshop geven. De stemming van de trekharmonica’s is voor deze workshop in G-C.
Pascale schreef over haar workshop:
“Je kunt duizenden melodieën leren spelen op de diatonische accordeon. Wij gaan tijdens deze workshop exploreren wat je allemaal kan toevoegen aan een melodie (dynamiek, variatie bassen, versieringen…). Het instrument is ook ideaal voor begeleiding. En dat is een spannende en leuke wereld op zich! Wat zijn de mogelijke ritmes? Hoe kan ik harmonisch variëren? Hoe begeleid ik een schottische, een jig, een mazurka…? Hoe vind ik de begeleidingsakkoorden voor een melodie? Wat doe ik als er Dm7 staat? Eindeloos…”
Level of playing
Participants are of advanced level. They have followed multiple courses or lessons. A good knowledge of the instrument is required, participants have some experience with chord accompaniment on the melody side and playing melody and bass accompaniment at the same time is not a problem. It is assumed that participants are able to learn music by ear and can pick up a melody reasonably quickly. This course is in G-C
In comparison with the Saturday course: This lesson level is currently not offered during the Saturday course in Zeist, in Zeist we only have a beginner and intermediate level.
Maximum amount of participants: 12
Pascale Rubens
Pascale Rubens initially followed a classical violin training but fell in love with the diatonic accordion at the age of 18. In 1999 she founded the duo Musaraigne together with cellist Hannes Pouseele and represented their country with this duo in 2022 at the ERU festival in Gdansk (Poland). At the beginning of 2002, Pascale became the new accordionist with the sextet Griff. A year later, Pascale founded the duo Naragonia together with Toon Van Mierlo and Naragonia quickly became very popular in the folk world. From 2017 to 2023, Pascale was a permanent musician with the Theatergroep Tal en Thee, where she provided the music for the performances “Boom” and “Wars” together with Toon. Pascale is also a diatonic accordion teacher at the music academies of Schoten and Genk and is a frequently requested teacher for workshops at home and abroad.
Listen to Pascale:
• Naragonia – Gozar
• Naragonia – Darius
• Naragonia Quartet – Lapwings & crossbills
• Naragonia Quartet – Lilac/ Dave the Watchman
• Pascale Rubens – Carabelle
• Pascale Rubens – Tourbilonne
• Pascale Rubens – Solo Challenge
• met Crossroads
• Tal en Thee – Boom
• Tal en Thee – Wars
• Naragonia Quartet – Astor
• Naragonia Quartet – Naya
• Naragonia Quartet – Live at Funambals 2019
• Naragonia – Darius