Product Details

• Actors: Dirk Powell
• Directors: Happy Traum
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Homespun Tapes
• DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0007ZAEDQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,709 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Dirk Powell takes his exploration of traditional Cajun accordion to the next level. He covers some of the more advanced topics that you will want to know in order to get beyond the basics and "create dance music that really gets people going - that's what this music is for!"

You'll learn how to add ornaments, syncopate the phrasing to drive the beat, make strong phrases to "pump up" the tune, and "turn" a melody to "put that extra spark in there." Players with electric or more modern bands will want to know how to anticipate the bellows changes, resolve phrases with triplets, switch to the upper and lower octaves, use the bellows to get rhythmic effects and employ many more techniques to get the hot Cajun sound.

The songs covered on this lesson include "The Wafus Two-Step," "Lafayette Playboy Waltz," "Hick's Wagon Wheel Special" and "Dimanche après-midi" ("Sunday Afternoon"). You also get close-up footage of "The Acadian Two-Step" and "The Mamou Two-Step."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dirk Powell Lays It Down, September 17, 2005

By 

Olen Dillingham (Lincoln, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVD-Learn to Play Cajun Accordion #2 (DVD)

In this second part of his cajun accordion instruction series Dirk Powell continues to clearly demonstrate techniques to help you learn to play the cajun style. He uses the philosophy of teaching you to "fish" by showing critical parts of the cajun accordion idiom to help you learn to play tunes, rather than just playing a bunch of tunes for you to learn. Mr Powell also shares his insight of what's hip and what's not cool to do within the cajun genre, giving us a rare insider's view.