DerekTheNutter

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40 button Wheatstone!

I'm in exactly in the same boat as Sean here .. A new player! .. but also not sure what the best button flow is for different keys other than the 2 key rows CG!... I've worked out an easy flow for the key of D using accidentals but i also keep wondering what this Noel Hill fingering system really is and as i can't get to a class of his for a very long time, has the layout of playing a D scale and others and others been published here on this forum in the Noel hill method? .... I'm hoping this is not an exclusive club that only passes on the skills on attending the course. Any advice welcome cheers Derek

Thanks for this brilliant advice , i really appreciate it ... I tryed messing around in the key of D today and also an Irish style tune to try new things (struggle) spent ages reading all ovedr this forum for playing advice and cross row structures of playing such as the Noel Hill fingering ... didn't really find it though. So yes the plan is to develop all styles and all keys in the future and get the most out of the little beastie! So C/G was deliberate! Thanks Derek

Of course, thanks for correcting ! I have a C Drone ... i Like it! derek

Brilliant Alan I'll take any tunes you can throw at me! ... thanks ... more please! Derek

It was from BEN in Canada of this parish!... and is as new!

Meanie!! As one of the female persuasion with a dodgy elbow and resultant dodgy biceps muscles I'm hoping that I qualify for a sick note for teacher - although I do wonder?? Hi Derek - good to see you over here. Since you said (elsewhere) that you could play the box better than the instrument, I'm still waiting to hear an example of the box ... it must be stunningly good! Wish I could play that well after just three hours (mind you, I'm not proposing to take up the Anglo any time in the future, as my brain doesn't work that way. I'll stick with the Duet! ) Thanks Irene.... 6 hours of playing now and Dirge will be pleased that i've recovered (I got the feeling he was a little bit worried about me! ) .... I'll keep persevering with the Anglo and save playing the "box" for later! BTW Are DUET players the supreme commanders of concertina playing ? (Actually i don't know what a DUET does apart from having a lot of buttons and Ralphie J makes it look easy!)

Hello Derek the Nutter Here! Alas it is the 15 years of playing Melodeon to a reasonably high standard that made picking this up easier! (although yesterday was the first time i ever held one) Problem is now after playing many hours it made my hands and finger tips hurt and so i need to develop the concertina muscles! I would welcome any guidance as to the best way to play in other keys other than C/G , i.e what keys are possible on a 40 key anglo and what is still possible in these keys with "english style" playing on the left hand harmony. Are there good examples out there i can follow and learn from? I can't read music so thats no use .. i just play by ear"! Is there a forum section of kinks to tunes here? (i haven't looked properly yet) So the obsession to master the little beauty begins! Derek