English Concertina for Beginners Part 1

Helpful tips and advice and easy tunes for beginners on the English Concertina ... if there's any interest I'll upload a few more ... and I don't want to step on anyone else's toes so if you fancy adding to the collection that'd be great

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• English
• Concertina
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• beginner
• folk
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[nytram1309]

No adjustments at all ... just use your ears to find the C Major scale and then you'll be able to follow all the videos easily :) Good luck :)

[Annie5303]

I have been playing concertina now for 2 years . Mine is an irish concertina. Personally I think the irish concertina is the best sounding of them all also if you are starting concertina I highly recommend using an irish one and learning irish tunes. They sound the best. =]

[nytram1309]

Please can you tell us what you mean by an Irish concertina? Maybe you mean an "Anglo" concertina? The reeds and construction of both Anglo and English are pretty much the same ... it's the style in which they're played that will make them sound different. Irish tunes can be fast and complicated, and some might just want to accompany their singing, or to play in all the different keys. So I stand by my comments in the video :)

[colleendana]

Thank you for this introduction. I would love to play the Anglo (irish) concertina, but cannot find any tutors! Would you say it is possible to learn how to play it through self-tutoring?? Thanks

[nytram1309]

You're very welcome!! Yes, you can learn to play the anglo yourself ... it works on a push/pull system, different notes on the push and pull. One row of buttons will give you a scale in one key, say D, and the other row will give you a scale in another key, say G. Find and practice the scales then carry on from there ... many of my lessons here will be helpful too, because it's all about music rather than buttons :)

[wrenrover]

i have just acquired a 20 key english concertina. What sort of adjustments will be necessary to benefit from your video lessons. Thanks

[missbutter81]

Apparently Mahatma Gandhi played the concertina.

[craigwg]

Highly helpful. Thanks for making this video!

[gman11271]

hello! i very much want to learn to play the concertina but im wanting to be a bit of a revolutionary if you will! i really want to play modern songs rather than classical tunes, would this be possible?

[Jcolinsol]

I'm leaning towards an english (I've got a cheapy anglo right now) because I find it's easier to pick out tunes on a piano keyboard, and I'm getting tripped up by the in/out thing on the anglo.

[fingersmaloy]

Very informative and you're a delight to listen to! Thanks!

[NightingaleHMP]

What an excellent inroduction to this instrument..!! Thank you so much. I am considering taking this up and your informal into is fantastic - just what I need to know. Thank you so much for sharing this.......off to ebay now!!