Just a curious thought (from a left hander who plays "right" handed uilleann pipes & flutes)
Do lefties switch the buttonbox around so their more dextrous hand has the melody notes and the right hand plays the base harmony notes??
Boyd
Lefties and the Irish Button Accordion
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Re: Lefties and the Irish Button Accordion
There are lefties who play a standard box upside down. (Rather like those who play a guitar without restringing.) A notable example Sabin Jacques, one of the best québécois players around. The fingering is arse-about-face, with the high notes near the chin instead of the knee.
Then there are lefties who change the reedblocks around so that the box is a mirror-image of standard, with the high notes at the knee end.
Either way, on a one-row box, the air button presents no problems, but on two-row machines you have to fit a second air button on what is normally the bottom of the bass side. Using the existing one with the little finger is possible but not really practicable.
Then there are lefties who change the reedblocks around so that the box is a mirror-image of standard, with the high notes at the knee end.
Either way, on a one-row box, the air button presents no problems, but on two-row machines you have to fit a second air button on what is normally the bottom of the bass side. Using the existing one with the little finger is possible but not really practicable.