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[PhilEdwards]

Is there a good concertina tutor written specifically for the 30-key layout? I like the look of Alistair Anderson's book (and CD), but it is written with a 48-key layout in mind; he gives a lot of specific guidance as to what finger should go where, which presumably wouldn't work on a 30-key box.

[swift]

I think you'd be just fine with the 48 key book as long as you figured out where the right buttons were and ignored the ones you didn't have, so to speak.Good luck Geoff

[Leo]

Hi Phil

Not a big deal, really. All the notes are there, within the range of the instrument. What looks like missing notes are nothing more than duplicates. For instance, the "missing" D# on the right is a duplicate of the Eb on the left. Improvise on the fingering and the tunes should all work out o.k. Here's a picture of a 30 button English:
http://www.concertin...ckie layout.htm

The layout, otherwise, is the same as the 48 in the tutor, so if/when the time comes to upgrade, it will all be familiar. It's only a little restrictive, but not necessarily a show stopper.

Thanks
Leo

[PhilEdwards]

Thanks for that. If I compare those Jackie layouts with William Meredith's 48-key chord diagrams (an amazing resource), it looks as if the 30-key layout covers almost all the main chord 'triangles'; the only slightly awkward chords are right-hand F minor & E major, both of which need to substitute an flat/sharp with the equivalent sharp/flat from the left hand.

Now to save up for a Jackie!