Will Holzhauser

Bellowing. Bellowing, all right. I suppose, but yeah. Well, it's mostly dynamics, but the sound of the note does change as you change the air pressure.

Bellowing. Bellowing, all right. I suppose, but yeah. Well, it's mostly dynamics, but the sound of the note does change as you change the air pressure.

Yeah. As you push harder, it gets louder as you push more air across the reed. And there's some special effects. If you open the valve halfway and push the air really hard, it can bend the pitch.

Yeah. As you push harder, it gets louder as you push more air across the reed. And there's some special effects. If you open the valve halfway and push the air really hard, it can bend the pitch.

Yeah. As you push harder, it gets louder as you push more air across the reed. And there's some special effects. If you open the valve halfway and push the air really hard, it can bend the pitch.

Well, it's basically French dance hall music from the first half of the 20th century. And it's led... The accordion is the lead instrument. The guitar is also very important. And one of the standard forms in this type of music is the waltz. And to us as Americans... It sounds iconically French. But then if you look beneath the surface, it actually has a very multicultural family tree.

Well, it's basically French dance hall music from the first half of the 20th century. And it's led... The accordion is the lead instrument. The guitar is also very important. And one of the standard forms in this type of music is the waltz. And to us as Americans... It sounds iconically French. But then if you look beneath the surface, it actually has a very multicultural family tree.

Well, it's basically French dance hall music from the first half of the 20th century. And it's led... The accordion is the lead instrument. The guitar is also very important. And one of the standard forms in this type of music is the waltz. And to us as Americans... It sounds iconically French. But then if you look beneath the surface, it actually has a very multicultural family tree.

So it began with French peasants in Paris playing an instrument called the musette, which was actually a little bagpipe. And then around 1900, there was a wave of Italian immigrants who brought the accordion and a lot of their music to Paris. And they kind of took over the dance halls. The accordion became the lead instrument. The bagpipe was forgotten but left its name to the genre, musette.

So it began with French peasants in Paris playing an instrument called the musette, which was actually a little bagpipe. And then around 1900, there was a wave of Italian immigrants who brought the accordion and a lot of their music to Paris. And they kind of took over the dance halls. The accordion became the lead instrument. The bagpipe was forgotten but left its name to the genre, musette.

So it began with French peasants in Paris playing an instrument called the musette, which was actually a little bagpipe. And then around 1900, there was a wave of Italian immigrants who brought the accordion and a lot of their music to Paris. And they kind of took over the dance halls. The accordion became the lead instrument. The bagpipe was forgotten but left its name to the genre, musette.

And there were also the large... Roma gypsy population in France and they contributed a lot of their style to this genre also. Some people say the Roma guitarists were the first ones to write waltzes in minor keys which became a classic musette sound.

And there were also the large... Roma gypsy population in France and they contributed a lot of their style to this genre also. Some people say the Roma guitarists were the first ones to write waltzes in minor keys which became a classic musette sound.

And there were also the large... Roma gypsy population in France and they contributed a lot of their style to this genre also. Some people say the Roma guitarists were the first ones to write waltzes in minor keys which became a classic musette sound.

Exactly. His first gig was playing banjo in a musette dance band. Banjo?

Exactly. His first gig was playing banjo in a musette dance band. Banjo?

Exactly. His first gig was playing banjo in a musette dance band. Banjo?

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.