TradLessons.com - Willie Coleman's (Anglo Concertina)

[RinceBox]

Hi - thanks for posting. Could you let me know what make of concertina you are playing there please? Am shopping around at mo for new one. Thx

[tradlessons]

@RinceBox It's a Wally Carroll

[thomasdean321]

This isn't so much a lesson as it is a preformence. It sounded good but it's left to me to duplicate by ear with no helpful hints or suggested fingerings.. Thanks anyway.

[tradlessons]

What sort of hints would you like, please feel free to contact me directly!

[thomasdean321]

Thanks for your quick reply. As I am brand new to the 30 button concertina I am unsure of fingering or even how to go about learning. I know with time I will learn by ear but I would like some shortcuts. I think the best advice I could ask you is to recomend a good book on how to play. I found one here in Portland and it stinks. It's called "The best concertina method yet!" Thanks again, Tom

[edelahaye]

Have you watched the second par of the record when the tune is played slow ? The fingering is quite obvious if you can play the anglo.

[handstrapz]

For some reason you've blocked comments on the same tune, on the pipes.

I am no pipe player, but I'll comment it anyway: very, very cool! I enjoyed it!

/Henrik

[tradlessons]

I wouldn't consider this very open, its a very natural position if you look at how my arms fall from the shoulder. One thing that has changed in my playing is that on this instrument at the time I recorded the video, the hand rails were too tall which causes me to tilt the top in toward the middle when pressing. I don't advise doing that as it reduces the efficiency of air use. I've since had the instrument modified to lower the hand rails.

[johnstonhilary]

I think this is very useful to us learners.

I'm interested in your bellow style, you keep it very open. My book tells me to keep the bellows movement short and "hinge" the ends to reduce the effort on your shoulders. Do you get tired quickly?

[epicdeuce]

Wow, how much does a Concertina like that cost?

[tradlessons]

Its a sickness... :-) I'll leave the fiddling to others... :-)

[TheWhistleCollector]

man Michael, you are quite the musician. playing pretty much every Irish instrument. is the fiddle next?