English Concertina for Beginners Part 2

Comparing English v Anglo ... how to hold ... playing a simple scale

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Music

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• English
• Concertina
• lesson
• beginner
• folk
• tune
• instrument
• yt:quality=high

[AllUrUtubeRbelong2me]

Hello good sir. How would you rate the Hohner D40 as a beginner concertina? Is is total junk? It costs less than $200, so yes that is very cheap, but I simply cannot spend much more than that.

[nytram1309]

@AllUrUtubeRbelong2me ... You will learn the positions of the buttons and will be able to start playing some tunes ... but ... I believe you will quickly become frustrated because it's always difficult to play nicely on cheap instruments of any kind. Please also note: the D40 is an Anglo system concertina, not an English system concertina ... so my videos here will not be very helpful.

[veganchimp]

just to clea things up, the most common tuning for anglo concetrinas are in g/c and in irish music they play g/c concertinas and play in d across the rows. 30 key anglos (standard number of keys for an anglo) are nerly chromatic and by the time you get to a 40 key box they are fully chromatic.

[nytram1309]

Many thanks for the accurate info :)

[nutmegger1957]

Sorry.........another question.......what's the life expectancy of the bellows, Reeds and pads?

How much "set up" is required, "out of the box" from the supplier?

[nytram1309]

I'll reply to all 3 questions ... yes you can have someone fit handstraps; depends on how much it's played but a well looked after instrument will go 30 years between servicing, often much longer; no set up required, pick up and play. Cheers Martyn

[AllUrUtubeRbelong2me]

@AllUrUtubeRbelong2me Thanks for responding sir. Yes, I realized it was the Anglo version after I posted. It doesn't seem to specify on the webpage I was looking at whether it was English or Anglo, other than seeing the buttons on the picture. As for the quality, I wish instruments like these were more popular with the general public so they would become more commonplace, like the guitar, thereby reducing the cost a bit. I have a shockingly decent sounding and playing acoustic guitar for $200.

[gralester]

Hi Martin lessons just great i borrowed a concertina from my friends accordion shop in Birmingham for a week, having my ownHohner for Christmas .Hope to see more lessons in new year the duet wih your daughter was great.P.S i think that if more people were to take an interest in playing there would be less Crime

[Wheel333]

Thanks for this just what I needed.

[PalmyBruce]

Thanks, useful. Note: Neck strap can be attached easily on each side by making a small leather lug with a hole in it that you put under the screw that holds the thumb straps. I saw it demonstrated in another YouTube video. Bruce Thomson, Palmerston North, New Zealand

[kosmad]

at 4:33... your hands look MASSIVE

[TheGibbmeister31]

I have been endeavoring to learn both English and Anglo!