Shakedown

Hi Gary and Mikfule Thanks again for your advise and insight. If I do decide to post something I will try and make it decent!.. Gary....your book has arrived and I'm looking forward to exploring it! Maybe tonight...light a fire..put some meat on the BBQ and play a few notes on the concertina!... Dan

Hi Mikefule Great info...thank you. I think I to will probably focus on the harmonic style of playing since this makes most sense to me at this stage.It helps my brain deal with all the information I have to process while playing.. I thought it might be a lachenal. I really like the sound of it but also your 30 button...the 30 button sounds a lot smoother than the 20 button but I also do like the slightly more 'raw' sound of the 20 button. Thanks again Dan

Hi Gari Thanks for the info and tips. I will try and find the samples for Anglo 123 and give it a go!.The main reason for going with your Civil war tunes first is the fact I can watch them and listen to them on your YouTube channel. Are the 123Anglo songs there to?...sorry I'm still going through all the Civil war tunes so have not checked yet. I heard a few tunes that seems very tough but I'll try and pick the easiest ones...so far it's going well with "The first gun is fired" hopefully I will have it down before the end of the week! I have small kids and I am finding it far harder to just sit down and practice as I did when learning guitar more than 20 years now. Oh what I could do with all that free time now.. Last question... when I finish learning songs from your books, is it ok to post me playing them on YouTube? Kind of a record for me but also to get some feedback potentially that will help me improve. All the best Dan

Hi Mikefule Thanks for directing me to your channel. I have already viewed pretty much all your concertina videos and will definitely be back there! Great sounding instruments btw! What make is your 20 button? It seems like a lot less work to play than mine....but then again that is probably because I still suck and have no technique!... Since my frame of reference is non existent when it comes to concertina music I keep wondering how people go about learning a new song. Do they try to find some sheet music?....is it mostly just worked out by ear? For my untrained concertina ear... listening to all these songs it seems there is a lot of slight and sometimes not so slight overlap in melody between different songs and that is something I think I might struggle with as I try to conquer this beast! Anyways..thanks again for pointing me to your channel. All the best Dan

Hi Gary and Mikefule Thank you so much for your answers. This is precisely the information I was looking for. Gary.... as I've been looking for resources on the 20 button Anglo, your book on Civil War concertina and YouTube channel has definitely popped up several times! From someone that has no background on concertina music, your YouTube channel is a tremendous asset for someone like me wanting to play songs from your book. For now I will be using your "The first gun is fired" Tab that you posted here on the forum but have ordered your book through Amazon and I am eagerly awaiting its arrival next week! From your answer I assume in your book this button is expected to be a B/A? Dan

Hi Daniel. Thanks for your reply. Let me first apologise, since I did a poor job at explaining what I was after. Let me try again... I have multiple button/note layout charts that I found online. They all seem to be identical but vary only at one button. This is the 1st button in the G row of keys. It's the button you play with your pinky on your left hand. On the one chart it shows this button to have the notes G/D which is the same as my concertina. On other charts this same button is also shown to have the notes A/B or B/D. The rest of the buttons on these charts are identical. I was just wondering what the most common/standard notes for this button is? Would my concertina with the G/D notes be more of an exception or more the norm? I ask this because I would assume that instructional books, tutorials etc. would use the most common layout correct? I hope this explains it better. Dan

Hello everyone. I recently bought a 20 key Stagi R-8-2 concertina(from what I can tell). It is still in a very good condition and it is actually meant to be a gift for my dad. I love playing instruments so I am very excited, since I have it for a few months before handing it over to my dad.....so I thought I would learn/play as much as I can and if it is something that I enjoy playing I can potentially get myself one, or if not I have lost nothing since I know my dad will still love the gift! So the first thing I would love some clarification on is the key layout of this concertina. What I can tell from the charts I found online, this seems to be a C/G but the 6th key on the left hand is a G/D and not a B/D as some charts indicate. What is more common?.... a layout with this 6th key in G/D or B/D and does tabs usually take the G/D or the B/D note into consideration? Why is there a difference?....different manufacturers? I will leave it at one question for now but I have plenty more....but I'll first see what google comes up with before wasting to much of your time. Thanks in advance for any information/advice you might share!