Dancas Ocultas, Portugal

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Danças Ocultas is a quartet of accordionists from Portugal. For the 2002 festival they present a live performance, recorded at Bègles in Bordeaux, France. The song was composed by Artur Fernandes and arranged by Danças Ocultas

The musicians and their instruments

Artur Fernandes - Diatonic Accordion, Hohner, Corona III, GCF, Three upper buttons have chromatic notes, 1987
Filipe Cal - Diatonic Accordion, Hohner, Corona III, GCF, Three upper buttons have chromatic notes, 1999
Francisco Miguel - Diatonic Accordion, Hohner, Corona IIIR, GCF, Three upper buttons have chromatic notes, 1980
Filipe Ricardo - Bass Diatonic Accordion, constructed by Joaquim Nogueira (Portugal), only unit, 1999

"This Bass Diatonic Accordion is my own invention. On the left hand it is like a bass side of a Corona III in GCF and at the right side it's in G#C#F#, to have all chromatic notes. So, in this way it's a Bass Diatonic Accordion with a Chromatic mirror." - Artur Fernandes

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