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I just heard a version of this old song done by The Murphy Beds. I'm wondering how this would sound with concertina accompaniment. Does anyone know of a video of this song being played on an anglo?
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Ok. Found it! Looking forward to leaning this song
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Hi All - Hear someone playing the hymn "Lone Wild Bird". unfortunately they didn't have the score for this. Anyone know where I could get a copy that is written for a concertina? Found a few scores online, but they are written for piano and as a beginner I'm not sure how to pull out what to play.
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I'm a beginner learning to play with Gary Cover's book "Easy Anglo 1-2-3" I've reached the part where the music looks like this. Here's my question - how do I go about learning to play this? I got the melody line down - it's simply the right hand notes. Adding the left at the same time is giving me fits. Suggestions?
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6 minutes ago, Jake Middleton-Metcalfe said:
hmm, its hard to say, what model of English did you have before? And what model of Anglo have you now? Some instruments are not as easy to play due to simply being made cheaply.
With air button use on an Anglo it is a matter of practice. When I first started playing I would work out a tune like this: 1. learn the tune 2. work out the chords or otherwise accompanying harmonies 3. work out the best points to use the air button in anticipation of which parts of the tune might be 'on the push' for example. then 4 - go back to chords and think about the chords in relation to the use of the air button as it sometimes changes your approach. In time this process became not quite so laboured and dictatorial as that described above and you just learn to do it a bit more quickly and fluidly which is one of the joys of regular practice.
I wish you all the best on your musical journey, but as for staying with Anglo or moving back to English its hard to advise on that without knowing if it was actually just the particular instrument you had which was causing the problem. - If you let us know the make and model of both of the instruments you tried - English and Anglo I maybe we could better advise you.
But fair warning: sometimes English or Anglo questions are a can of worms, but its always worth discussing it in reference to your own particular desires as a musician.
I went from a Jackie english to a Phoenix anglo
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I'm a fiddle player that is just getting into the concertina. On the fiddle I like to play slow tunes with long phrases - tunes like "In the Bleak Midwinter" - not into ompa music. These are the tunes I would also like to play with the concertina.
I first started playing with an english version and found it to be fun, but exhausting. The bellows were very stiff and did not seem to loosen up with playing - and I'm a big guy, so strength is not really the problem here. I've recently exchanged the english for an anglo. This one has bellows like butter! I can play for an hour and not feel tired. The problem is how to play the type of music I want - seems I'm always out of air! Is this just a matter of practice? I'm told that a player can use the air button to take quick sips of air as needed, but I've not figured that process out yet. Are there any practice routines I can do to master this or videos out there that show how to go about getting more air? Or do I need to go back to the english - but a better quality instrument.
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I'm new to the anglo and I"m having trouble understanding just how to play simple chords along with a song. I've attached the song I'd like to play. I know the fingering for the chords shown and can play each of them. The problem comes from trying to play them with the song - always run out of air and the result sounds choppy and disjointed. For example, in the song I've attached, the chords go C - F - C - Am - C - F - C - G7. That's six measures on a push! I was wondering is anyone could do a quick video of this up to the G7 chord so I could see and hear how it should be played.
BTW - I've gone thru all the technical talk about playing chords and I'm sure that will all be clearer to me as I get more experience. Right now I'd just like to know how to play chords as background to a song.
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Thanks for the idea. It got me looking around a bit more and it looks like use the 4a key anytime I use the 5a is going to be easier. Now for adding some harmony notes...
Thanks again!
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Hi All! I'm a complete beginner on the anglo and have a question on how to play a song. The song contains a B-flat (key 5a). There are a number of runs where it goes from B-flat to G then A. I've found it smoother to use Key 8 for the G/A in this case. Further along in the song, it goes G-F-D-F-G-Bflat and this is where my fingers get braided together. How would you play this run?
BTW - song is Misty Mountains, from the Hobbit movie. Couldn't find this already scored for the concertina, so I'm doing it myself.
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That's the one! THANKS!!
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I was watching an old western the other day and they snag this lovely song around the campfire. I would love to learn this on my anglo - does anyone know of the song "Green Grows the Laurel" and where I could get the music for it?
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My Thanks for the pdf and great suggestions on chords!
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Can anyone direct me to a harmony version of The Parting Glass. I'm a beginner on the anglo, and could really use a tab version of this song.
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Thanks for the great tips. One thing I'm confused on is using the air key while playing other notes - not sure how this helps. When playing the C chord, I'm on a push and running out of bellows space. Using the air key at that time simply makes the bellows run out of air quicker. Or am I doing something wrong?
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I'm a total beginner on the anglo, working my way thru Gary Coover's instruction book. I sing shanties and would like to get started on Fiddler's Green. This seems simple as there are only 5 chords - C - F - Am - G7 - Dm. Gary's book lists how to play theses in a couple of ways, but only for the left hand. The chords do seem to alternate nicely with pushes followed by pulls. but in a few spots there is a long time between changes of direction and I"m running out of bellows. Is there another way to play a C on a pull?
BTW - I have found charts showing C on the right side, but it's much higher then the C chord on the left. I also know I could use the air button to get more bellow space, but that makes an annoying break in the songs rhythm.
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I would like more than that.
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I'm selling my Jackie English concertina. The Jackie is a Treble concertina with 30 keys, ranging from below middle C to the second C above middle C, and is fully chromatic. Comes with a gig bag and a tutor written by Concertina Connections. $300 OBO
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Thanks for the great info - now I get it!
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I'm looking to purchase a good anglo concertina, but I'm confused about the layout - some say Jefferies, other say Wheatstone.
I"m interested in playing from the Gary Coover books. What layout do I need so I can use the tabs shown in his books?
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I currently have a Jackie EC, but want to change over to an anglo - it will fit better with what I want to play. I'm thinking of either the Wren2 or Phoenix concertinas. Frankly, I don't see a difference in the descriptions of the 2 yet there is a large difference in cost. I've also read that the Wren2 had a problem with the keys sticking, but maybe this new version has fixed that?
Any suggestions?
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11 hours ago, David Barnert said:
Here’s the Holst original. He originally called the tune “Cranham” before setting it to Christina Rossetti’s poem, “In the Bleak Midwinter.”
I’ve always been struck by the resemblance between this tune and the slow movement of Dvorak’s New World Symphony.
This looks promising - I will give it a try!
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On 11/5/2020 at 10:50 PM, gcoover said:
Perhaps the attached file might help, from The Jeffries Duet Tutor, with strange hybrid ABC/standard notation.
You won't have the low F, and I haven't checked this on my EC to see how well it fits, but maybe it will be something you can work from.
And... not to further confuse things, but here's what this arrangement sounds like on Anglo:
I love the way this sounds on the anglo and it has me considering doing a switch. I am very appreciative of the books you've done for the anglo, both on Sea Shanties and Civil War tunes.
On 11/5/2020 at 10:50 PM, gcoover said:A lovely tune, one of my absolute favorites!
Gary
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I'm a beginner player with an English Concertina. I'm looking for a score for "In the Bleak Midwinter" written for the EC and with harmonies. I've found several written for anglo, but they are all in tab format and would be difficult to convert. I do have a score with just the melody, but I'm not advanced enough along in my playing to know how to add harmonies.
Cold Winds by Tom Kastle
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I recently heard this song as done by the Longest Johns.
Here is Kastle's original version.
I think it may be an old tune with new lyrics.
Does anyone recognize this tune?