Concertina tips for Mark
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hey, i REALLY!!! ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS AND MUSIC!....i was maybe wondering if you could maybe try and put up some of your favorite songs? or you just goofin around with your concertina... i really enjoy your work. ok buy thanks!
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GREAT TUTORIAL NICE AND CLEAR THANKS!
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the masters allways make it look easy:)!!!
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can you do some more concertina tutorial videos please
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Hi i am from israel and i do clowning in hospital i just buy a anglo concertina to play with the children i am not a musicien and your video help me very mutch to start no teatcher in israel for the concertina i got book from the weeb but your video is better to learn can you have more video ? please thank you
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Best, most understandable lessons on the web.
Good job. Thanks, Tom
More please!
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What's the nami of this piece? It's cool!
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Thank you! This explains alot. Just starting with a C/G 20 button.
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Liam, thanks that explains a lot. I enjoy your playing!
Rich
Hi Liam thanks for responding. I was asking because I was told most Morris players use a D/G. I'm just starting out (1 week!) and I want to learn Irish and Morris.
mongorich 4 years ago
Hiya, in the past, the majority of oncertina's were made in C/G. In English folk music C was quite a dominant key for squeeze box players as a lot of early melodeons only came in C. During the folk revival of the 50's and 60's D/G became more popular because they are better keys for fiddle players. cont....
porkpiemariner 4 years ago
cont...Peter Kennedy was one of the first people to use a melodeon in D/G which soon became the standard key for melodeon in England and so most of the popular repertoire slowly drifted into D/G with the occasional A tune. Because of the dominance of D/G melodeon in English music nowadays, you'll find that C is not a popular key for sessions or joining in with other people as most musicians don't use it much.
porkpiemariner 4 years ago
I'll cut this short here as this could go on for a while - but, thats the basic scenario. A lot of morris musicians mostly play in G in my experience which means C/G or G/D can be used for most of the tunes. I personally really like the pitch of C concertina's and melodeons...erm.. hope that wasn't too painfully boring....all the best LIAM!
porkpiemariner 4 years ago
are you playing a C/G box?
mongorich 4 years ago
Yes it is indeed a C/G.....feel free to ask more questions! cheers LIAM!
porkpiemariner 4 years ago