Thanks! If you need help with anything, post on this forum: melodicaworld..com

Great idea! I think we’re moving into piano accordion territory here maybe??

Thanks, yes a great instrument to add a bit of live texture

It took a while to get the hang of, but I’m pleased with it too :-)

Even loves has its ups and downs though, this is more of the romanticised story!

@@MelodicaWorld Well said. I guess I'm referring to the kind and loving energy exuding from your presence, no matter what you do.

I’ve never been able to bend a note by changing mouth shape. Shame!

@@MelodicaWorld How do you bend notes then?

@@91JLovesDisney I’ve never really bothered with bending notes. I can demonstrate it by starting to blow while slowly depressing one of the low keys

@@MelodicaWorld Oh, my bad. I thought you bent a note in the video. Thanks!

@@91JLovesDisney Sometimes it sounds like I’m bending a note when I play the note above it really quickly and quietly, then go back to the original note. I do that quite a lot - give it a go!

It’s quite a niche interest!

Press the button at the end of the keyboard and blow, this should remove most of the moisture. You can give it a little shake too and do it again

Yes it’s completely symmetrical. I thought about the folded piano style but wanted to try this first!

I don’t have any instructions for these melodicas. But I play them with just the right hand, holding the melodica with the left. This way you treat the white buttons as white keys and black buttons as black keys. You can the follow my normal instruction videos. While these melodicas look great, they can be awkward to play

I've seen a few variations on KZfaq. One braced it with their left and played like a piano on the right. Another had thumbs under and played the melody line with the right and the bass with the left. And I've seen others who use a combo of both hands with thumbs under. I have my mothers who had it growing up in school, but doesn't remember how they were told to play it. I'm surprised I haven't seen more out there. I think I'm going to have to look at scales and come up with a series of thumb positions you move through as you play with your four fingers. I'll keep googling. Maybe there are some vintage instruction manuals that show how the company envisioned it. Thanks for your quick reply! I also like your Unola. I'm assuming it's one of a kind and can't be obtained anywhere. It seems we are approaching concertina territory with buttons on each hand to play melodies, although we can just blow air in rather than having to pump like an accordion.

Yes that’s how it workd

Sorry, I don’t. Try somethings else in the same price range.

It’s a tune I recorded for TV use quite a while ago. Maybe I should upload it here!

@@MelodicaWorld Please do. It is really neat.

One of a kind!

It’s a melodica but Yamaha calls it a pianica!

Glad to hear you’re getting on well with the Yamaha!

I have to admit it took a bit of practice!

@@MelodicaWorld like a 20 years of practice ??

@@bluedragontoybash2463 probably just 10 :-)

If you can find the sheet music for the song you’ll be able to play it on the melodica if it has the same note range (doesn’t go too high or low for your melodica). Or instead, slow down the song on KZfaq and work out which notes are being played by ear. Pause when you hear a new nite, and match it on your melodica. It takes practice but you get faster the more you do it

Thanks for the appreciation :-)

Thanks :-)

Thanks, yes I think it makes a lot of difference to the sound. I go through how to do it in detail here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nap1ktaVy5evZGg.htmlsi=9qeJHqji45lQGUj8

Aww thanks so much. I’ll definitely do more!

I imagine it would fit as they’re nearly identical. But many players choose to play with no mouthpiece at all!

Fantastic comment! Thanks so much

Hmmm, I haven’t played a bass melodica for some time…..

Wow. That’s so nice to hear. Thanks for your feedback :-)

Wow, love it, sounds great

Thanks, glad you like it :-)

Many thanks!

Thanks Brendan, great to hear from you!

Thanks for your interest! Ill make some more :-)