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I bought a new CD today of Traditional Australian Player Dooley Chapman. Dooley was born in 1892 and died in 1982. He learned to play at a time in Australia when dancing was an important part of the social make up and the playing reflects the great timing derived from playing for dancers. He played only a 20 button "bush concertina"but he is a really nice player. He plays some really nice dance tunes and some of them are quite complicated. Just goes to show you don't need all those buttons to play some really nice tunes.

 

Anyway, if anyone is interested in some really nice playing from a by gone era it is worth a listen. I ordered a copy over the net from a mob over this way, any Aussies interested in playing some collected tunes from home or anyone else for that matter, it is worth a listen to hear just how the old tunes where played.

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I ordered a copy earlier this week from the following Australian source

http://www.tradandnow.com/shopping/searchd...rms=3%3A2#TN343

 

Thanks, Scott, for the tip!

By the way, there are others who play exceedingly well on just the two row anglo; William Kimber was one. There is a German site, KonzertinaNetz, devoted to the two row, with some nicely transcribed tunes with chords http://home.allgaeu.org/kwenger/konzertina/.

Some of the earliest 'anglo'/'german' concertina tutors from the mid nineteenth century in Germany and England had very nicely developed chorded arrangements for two row concertinas; those by Minasi and Hoeselbarth are good examples. I agree with you....there is lots you can do just on two rows.

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