Whistling Rufus played on anglo concertina

This is an old cakewalk tune called "Whistling Rufus" by Kerry Mills. I arranged an anglo concertina version from the original 1899 sheet music. This is a somewhat shortened version, usually I'd repeat each part twice. But it was difficult enough playing it this long without making too many mistakes. I played it on a Wakker anglo concertina with rosewood ends.

The audio was recorded with an iRiver iFP-899 MP3 player, using a plug-in gooseneck stereo microphone lying next to my feet. I mixed in a bit of audio from the camera for room ambience.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Concertina
• Anglo
• Whistling
• Rufus
• Kerry
• Mills
• Wakker

[JeffLeff]

Thanks for all the great replies, I'm more than a bit surprised! And wow, over 10,000 views. It's been a nice motivator to work more on my concertina. I've started working on the Hayden duet concertina, and don't play Anglo much any more. The duet gives more freedom for playing accompaniment and bass along with an independent melody, in more keys. I do have a few things worked up that I'll post soon. And if you want my anglo arrangement of Whistling Rufus, send me a message through my profile.

[hielandmania]

I enjoyed that very much, nice playing, thank you. What kind of concertina are you playing? Is that a 20 button Lachenal with a new bellows? Keep up the good work, take care,

Don

[JeffLeff]

Actually, it's a Wakker 31-button in C/G, although I don't use the drone C on the left-hand thumb in this arrangement. The Wakker is a very nice concertina with hand-made concertina reeds (as opposed to accordion reeds). It plays very easily and quickly, and has a nice traditional concertina sound. Mine was made to be a bit mellower and quieter, but more responsive to low bellows pressure.

[mongorich]

happy tunes!

the antidote to all this horrible rap shite!

[grofys]

i feel transported to another time

[adbmnj10]

Great job!

[adbmnj10]

I hate this person.... HE MAKES IT LOOK SO EASY!!!!!

[colum1231]

Catchy tune nicely played well done :)

[craigwg]

All these concertina videos on Youtube show the concertinist wearing a cool hat. Derbies and bowl hats and all kinds. I guess if I start making videos I'll have to get a nifty hat.

[nekotanmori]

You, Sir, are awesome.

[kevintheblacksmith]

Thats really nice ! I love it !

[Justinsupermagic]

great video nicely played

[kittycollins]

that was wonderful!  :)

[OrangeLightBulbCat]

coool

[jefe46]

Great job...

now let's see the tune with a banjo duet.. perfect tune for it.