why accordion not popular in malaysia or rather why no development of accordion here... i need some opinion from u guys..

because accordeon is not popular anywhere except in countries using it in their folk music

There is this running joke about accordions.

A accordion player was driving home from a gig one night . He felt hungry and decided stop by at a McDonald's for a quick bite. Having faith in humanity, he decided not to bring down his accordion and decided to leave it in the car.

After the meal, he walked to his car and to his horror, he found his car window smashed. He rushed to his car for fear that his expensive instrument was nicked in the progress.

Instead, he found a 2nd accordion in the car.

Read it on the internet and heard it during the Tommy Emmanuel gig.

Alright back to topic. To answer your question... hmm... frankly, I don't know.

If this thread continues to have empty talk and one liners, we're going to close it.

Even the traditional piece of accordion are not popular in malaysia,
I wanna try one if gt any chance, able to get cheap one.

what is accordian??

have laa!...zapin use accordian,i see a lot of 12,13,14 year old kid in johor(on the tv) play awesome accordian...kids got skillz dawg!!!


This post has been edited by reza.o: Nov 21 2009, 05:38 PM

i got a friend that plays accordion quite well, he's from china though, but currently studying in malaysia

the sound just don't have much commercial values, in my opinions. but it's very nice when playing folk songs.

but there is few punk band mostly irish american have accordian....
few example.
dropkick murphy.
Flogging Molly


This post has been edited by reza.o: Nov 22 2009, 02:08 AM

accordion and harmonium produce same sound ah ?

look similiar....the sound might be similiar too i guess??lol

because accordion don't fit with the music we listen here.

i love accordi0n.. and wish i can learn it too..

is it expensivE? i think i saw one in Do Re Mi for about RM3k.

but .. if bought also.. where to learn?

accordian got 2 side to play.. 1 for piano like section.. and another one for bass part.. (i don't know what term they call for this 2 part. )

i love to listen to lots of french music that have accordion in it.

i dont think so, ive come across people playing accordian many times, in fact here in KL, just by the street played by street musician and during my time in uni for student in the performing arts.

i believe for local music such as lagu asli use alot of accordian, its a norm.

because accordion is not featured in those mainstream scene like guitars and keyboards
and accordionist doesnt need that kind of attention.

PS: mainstream music sucks



This post has been edited by pubo: Jan 31 2010, 04:50 PM

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the accordion isn't popular in malaysia because it isn't featured in malaysia's musical history. also, probably because from the looks of this thread, some people dont even know what it is

but if you're into playing the accordion, you should totally go for it. it's unique and rare!

To me, in Malaysia, accordion is one of the key instrument in many Malay traditional songs (like zapin example in the previous post). It is just not as popular in commercial pop songs with a popular instruments - guitars, drum, bass, keyboards, piano.

To think of it, accordion is kinda cool because it is one from few hand-held acoustic instrument that could produce accompaniment (bass) and the melody.

Hello. I am looking for some Accordian Players or teachers... if you know anyone, please let me know.

Thank you

Dennis