Vallenato Accordion Trio

About this game

A rhythm and ensemble game about vallenato, the accordion music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. Scrape the guacharaca, drum the caja and play the accordion with a real push and pull bellows, one take at a time, and hear your own three takes lock into a band. Or follow the spotlight in the Live Trio. Six original pieces in four aires, hints, Watch and Learn, a latency calibration screen and an in-app Rules page. Synthesised sound, no ads, works offline.

How to play

1. Pick a piece, then record three takes: guacharaca, caja, accordion.
2. Notes slide along the ribbon to the gold playhead. Tap or scrape when they arrive.
3. Accordion: tap the numbered button, and hold the bellows pad with your other thumb for a PULL note.
4. Caja: left half for TUM, right half for TAK. Guacharaca: scrape left or right across the tube.
5. Each earlier take plays back under the next, exactly as you played it.
6. Live Trio moves the spotlight from part to part every two bars.
7. The bulb names your next notes. Watch and Learn plays the whole piece for you.
8. On a keyboard: A S D F G H J, Space for the bellows, Z and X, the arrow keys.