[Tears in Heaven: concertina and clouds]

 

[Tears in Heaven: concertina and clouds]

An attempt to adapt a guitar score to the duet concertina (and to add some clouds on a video):

https://youtu.be/FOmyDkbsmZ0

[Hand straps: snug or loose? (Morse Anglo)]

I don't know well about the anglo but recently I began to take some lessons with a bandonion teacher and she told me that bandonion players used to let a space of about one finger between the top of the hand and the straps. And I noticed that it was what I already did with my hayden duet.

Didie

[Another concertina planet]

I don't know why and I didn't check official statistics but according to the posts on youtube and on this forum it seems that a large majority of concertina players are men (maybe it's different in Ireland?). It's the reason why it's nice to watch some new videos posted by women and sometimes finding another way to play the instrument like this english concertina player who is using it in a very minimalist style to accompany her poetry:

 

[Under Paris Skies (Sous le Ciel de Paris)]

Absolument merveilleux! Merci David.

[Le P'ing Chinese Tune]

Thank you! Is it your own arrangement or did you find this score somewhere?

[Raymond Devos - La Marine]

And for those who understand french or like french chanson here is the original version by Georges Brassens:

 

[Duo Lenormand/Restoin]

Lighting failure but no musical failure. I like the groove on the five beats!

[Le P'ing Chinese Tune]

Nice tune and the sound is beautiful. Your concertina sounds a little like a chinese sheng when you play the chords. Is it possible to get the sheet music?

 

[Raymond Devos - La Marine]

Here is my version of this "chanson" composed by french singer and poet Georges Brassens on a poem by Paul Fort:

 

[Da Slockit Light in winter and summer]

Sorry Wolf, I forgot to ask you: what is the meaning of TT?

Thanks again,

Didie

[Da Slockit Light in winter and summer]

Thank you Wolf for sharing your beautiful version. It seems that winter is slowly on his way in Germany too. When I was searching for the winter version I was also mainly inspired by this version from japanese guitarists. Globalization is not always bad:

 

https://youtu.be/KS8GEzCX6j8

[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]

Thank you Simon for sharing it! It makes me want to try it on the duet.

Didie

[Sous le Ciel de Paris - David Barnert]

Great project! I wish I could go to Albany to attend the play but I will wait for the video...

[Da Slockit Light in winter and summer]

Wow, I love this one with a mix of autumn feelings and the sound of the instrument is the best! 

[Da Slockit Light in winter and summer]

@Tona: maybe it was after I listened to your hot summer version that I began to play with the oom-pah accompaniment on this tune. Thank you for showing this different way!

 

@Riton: to make a link with another of your threads if you are a oom-pah fan then you need such an overlap on the duet in order to make the chords on LH. Thank you for the information about the musette tunes and I'd like to play it. Can you play the accompaniment on your ukulele?

[Padam Padam]

Wonderful musical performance and lesson! Thank you for posting it.

[Sous le Ciel de Paris - David Barnert]

I didn't know about this beautiful recording by David. Thank you Riton for posting it!

[Da Slockit Light in winter and summer]

Hi David, thanks for posting this beautiful version and I really feel the spring spirit in your rendition. So while you ask the question you make the demonstration that the calendar could have an influence on the way that we play a tune. If somebody feels like posting an autumn version it would be great!

[Tønder..The Eternal Friendship on Dipper and Crabb]

Hi John,

My first impression was that when you play the solo part at the beginning the sound of the Crabb is better but when you add the accompaniment with chords I prefer the sound of the Dipper. Can you explain what is fifth comma mean tone please? Thanks,

Didie

[Da Slockit Light in winter and summer]

Even if I think that the first one is more in the mood of the tune I wanted to try 2 different accompaniments for the same melody on the Hayden/Wicki keyboard: a simple bass line and alternate bass and chords (Oum-Pah):

 

 

[20-Year Anniversary of Concertina.net]

Merci beaucoup! Bon anniversaire!!!

[Digby's Farewell]

Very beautiful! You don't think about a transcription for Hayden/Wicki system?

Didie

[Did Brian Hayden ever record anything on his duet?]

Thank you David and Inventor. I think that it's important to collect all this information and if possible the place where all this different instruments are now.

Didie

[MIDIHayden - MIDI Controller version of the Hayden app for iPad]

Thank You Don and Eskin. Now I understand the position and the importance of locking the orientation of the Ipad. I will try to play like that.