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Same Tune - Different Concertina System.


PeterT

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I've played "Marche des Cabrettaires":

 

On C/G Anglo:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXnozZs4yk

 

On C tuned Jeffries Duet:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ8_gBmii1A

 

 

I think that it is interesting to compare the fingering required on the two different systems. :blink:

 

I will add that I am mainly an Anglo player!

 

Regards,

Peter.

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I've played "Marche des Cabrettaires":

 

On C/G Anglo:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lgXnozZs4yk

 

On C tuned Jeffries Duet:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ8_gBmii1A

 

 

I think that it is interesting to compare the fingering required on the two different systems. :blink:

 

I will add that I am mainly an Anglo player!

 

Regards,

Peter.

 

 

Nice looking boxes. You play well, I have never seen somebody play a Jeffries Duet.

 

Which system do you feel lent itself better to the tune?

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Nice looking boxes. You play well, I have never seen somebody play a Jeffries Duet.

 

Which system do you feel lent itself better to the tune?

Thank you, on both counts!

 

For those who saw my thread in the late summer of 2006, the Jeffries Duet is the one which I bought at Chippenham festival, last year. It dates from c1920, and is in amazing, and original, condition.

 

To answer your question, if I was more proficient on the Jeffries Duet, then I think that it would be the better keyboard for this particular tune. I think that there are more chording options available, but I'm certainly not using them. I'll have to see whether I can work up another tune on both instruments, and run another pair of recordings.

 

Maybe another of our several C.net Jeffries Duet players would like to post some video clips. Then everyone would see just what can be done with this system.

 

Regards,

Peter.

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Maybe another of our several C.net Jeffries Duet players would like to post some video clips. Then everyone would see just what can be done with this system.

 

Not something I've ever thought of doing, but I might have a go. The only thing I have available to shoot video with is my ordinary digital camera, so I'm not sure what the quality would be like.

 

I'm working on some pieces by Philip Glass on the Jeffries at the moment, so I might do an excerpt from one of those if I get chance...

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The only thing I have available to shoot video with is my ordinary digital camera, so I'm not sure what the quality would be like.

Hi Stuart,

 

"Go for it!".

 

As I understand it, image quality is related to the number of pixels. I made these recordings on a Panasonic (Lumix) DMC-FZ8. In video mode, this gives a maximum quality image of 640 x 480 pixels. I was a bit reluctant to try, at first, but then noted the quality of some other video which have appeared on YouTube, so thought it was worth a try. I'm reasonably happy with both the audio and visual quality.

 

Regards,

Peter.

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...............As I understand it, image quality is related to the number of pixels. I made these recordings on a Panasonic (Lumix) DMC-FZ8. In video mode, this gives a maximum quality image of 640 x 480 pixels. I was a bit reluctant to try, at first, but then noted the quality of some other video which have appeared on YouTube, so thought it was worth a try. I'm reasonably happy with both the audio and visual quality.

 

Regards,

Peter.

Hi Peter

 

It's possible to save videos from YouTube on the computer for later viewing. I experimented and your quality looks great on a 27 inch TV. Through wireless router and XBOX from my laptop. Yours I would rate a little less than DVD quality. I don't believe the resolution needs be that intense. I've watched lesser quality videos and movies the same way, and would rate them pretty good. Not DVD quality, but similar to watching a show on the air from a close station. The TVs in the US may not be the same resolution as the European systems. Just a thought if you'd like to record more time.

 

Thanks

Leo

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It's possible to save videos from YouTube on the computer for later viewing. I experimented and your quality looks great on a 27 inch TV. Through wireless router and XBOX from my laptop. Yours I would rate a little less than DVD quality. I don't believe the resolution needs be that intense. I've watched lesser quality videos and movies the same way, and would rate them pretty good. Not DVD quality, but similar to watching a show on the air from a close station. The TVs in the US may not be the same resolution as the European systems. Just a thought if you'd like to record more time.

Wow!

 

Thanks, Leo, I'll have to dust off my concertina before recording, in that case. I'll experient with image quality when I have time to re-read the manual. At 130+ pages, it's a lot to take in and remember.

 

Regards,

Peter.

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The only thing I have available to shoot video with is my ordinary digital camera, so I'm not sure what the quality would be like.

Hi Stuart,

 

"Go for it!".

 

As I understand it, image quality is related to the number of pixels. I made these recordings on a Panasonic (Lumix) DMC-FZ8. In video mode, this gives a maximum quality image of 640 x 480 pixels.

 

Righto - I have a Lumix camera although the model number escapes me at the moment. I think it has a higher video res. than 640x480 though.

 

Now all I need to do is get the fiddly arpeggio patterns in the Glass into my fingers reliably - not helped by the fact that the most difficult section is in A flat! ;)

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Not something I've ever thought of doing, but I might have a go. The only thing I have available to shoot video with is my ordinary digital camera, so I'm not sure what the quality would be like.

 

Ordinary digital cameras are fine for YouTube - the only thing is that the sound recording quality isn't normally great (my camera also has built-in compression I think, which can't be disabled). If you can, record the audio separately, and then combine the two together afterwards (e.g. with MS MovieMaker), as the quality will likely be much better (though bear in mind that YouTube then strips the audio down to mono, at least last time I checked)

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It's possible to save videos from YouTube on the computer for later viewing.

 

 

http://vixy.net/

If that is a question, then no I don't use the conversion services. It looks like one that would be a good one tho. Youtube accepts videos in a few different formats, and converts them to an FLV format at about 2 Meg per minute. They accept either 10 minutes total length, or 100 MEG, whichever comes first.

 

When I watch a video from Youtube/Google they are buffered on my hard drive directly. I take it from the buffered file and massage it directly from there. (It's in the temporary internet files subdirectory). Sorry I don't speak Apple.

 

For Youtube, it's easy. After watching, and before leaving the page with the video, (since it's a temp file, it will be deleted) copy it to another place and just rename the file with an flv extension, and play it in an flv player. I use GOM Player. It's one of the more versatile, ones I've found, and the price is right. http://gomplayer.com

 

Thanks

Leo

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