Does anyone have any advise for a total newbee who knows almost nothing about Concertinas or music for that matter, but who would love to learn to play this lovely Hohner D20/40/9 instrument that was gifted to me? I really enjoy just playing around with the buttons and pulling it in and out, but it has become painfully obvious to me that I'm not going to be able to just create beautiful masterpieces on it out of thin air. Any help or advice on starting out would be great!

Thanks,

~Selena

Hi Selena!

I started on a Hohner, and since there were no other concertina players near me, I found a couple of books to be really helpful. One is the Mel Bay's Deluxe Concertina Book by Frank Converse. No matter what you end up playing, this book covers the basics.

This and other books can be found here:

http://www.buttonbox.com/booktutor.shtml#anglo20

Hope this helps --

Thanks! Yeah, I guess a book would be a pretty good way to start learning. It would also be great to get some quick help with the basics.

~Selena

Hallo Luscious,what a name,somehow reminds me of Miss Piggy dressed to kill.
That aside you will find a link to my Tutor on page five of this section "My Anglo Tutor is now on line" it may help you and will cost nothing.
Make sure your Boa does not get caught up in the bellows.
Al

Thanks Alan. That's great and all, but I can't really play by ear yet!

Sheet music is available to go with Alan's audio tutor, at http://www.filmsonglass.co.uk/images2/AlanDay.pdf. The audio is at http://www.etanbenami.com/Anglo%20Concertina%20Tutor.

Another free online possibility is Carlo Minasi's tutor from 1846: http://www.concertina.com/merris/minasi-ge...-tutor-1846.pdf.

If you tell us where you live we might be able to suggest some possibilities for live human help too.

Daniel