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    Transcription from Recordings

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted · Edited by michael sam wild

    Has anyone any up to date news on transcription programmes that can do annotation from MP3 files or via WAV or MIDI. I have a lot of transcribing of old tapes of singers from the 70s which have been digitised as MP3 and would like to save some time. Another way may be to hold a mic up to the MP3 player and use my Zoom recorder and thence via Tabledit

    Switching Instruments and New Ailments

    in Ergonomics

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    Having nearly severed my left little finger and had microsurgerya and also having shoulder and neck pains from melodeon, fiddle and flute, I concentrated on anglo a number of years ago, since then i've got the use back on the little finger and my shoulder has defrozenn and the neck is OK. I've had a few ups and downs with the odd ganglion and shoulder pain.

     

     

     

    i now wonde whether to take up som eof those other instruments again or to sell them off. Has anyone gone through the change to another instrument and brought back old 'war wounds'?

    Nice Lachenal C/G

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    Thanks for your kind words. That was my 28 button Lashenal you are refering to. I do have a few more in the pipeline coming up for restoration including a rosewood 32 button, so keep an eye out.

     

    Glad you've joined up we are a friendly and helpful bunch and you will contribute a lot :)

    Playing in D on a C/G anglo

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted

    ...you should press the air button on a push note if you are running out of air....

     

    Pull, surely?

     

    You can run out of air in both directions but in key of D on a C/G it is often because you have reached full open extent of the bellows as a beginner.in such cases learn to sneak pushes or push in air buton as DB says.

    Playing in D on a C/G anglo

    in Teaching and Learning

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    Another tip in deciding buttons is to try some chords (1,3,5 or 1,5) in the main chords for key of D eg D,G,A,Bminor . Try them in both directions mainly on the Left hand side, you can slot them i where hey feel right , a bit like pipers do or fiddlers who 'double stop' I find it often makes me consider the best button and bellows direction. Don't aim for a guitarist 'fakebook' approach for Irish music, although some Englsih style uses bass /chord oom pah approach quite nicely with tune on right and accompaniment on left.

     

    Again, some blank button layouts help innoting chord shapes and two colours help with push or pull using highlighter pens.

    First Ever Busking Earnings

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    A dollar a minute sounds good! I got a penny once in Whitby whilst noodling on the jetty in the sun. The guy nearby dressed as a pirate with a dancing doll, foot drum and amp was raking it in. The little Jack Russell with the neckerchief and eyepatch helped relieve the kids of their candyfloss money ! I've noticed in Sheffield's Fargate the showmen do deservedly well, the buskers who just sit and play to themselves get treated like beggars and get ignored. people expect some effort to entertain in these hard times. I think it's not enough to just practice in public

    concave vs convex

    in Ergonomics

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    I agree with Geoff as to sliding off for faster playing. I am interested in what people think is the the optimum dome profile To counteract unwanted slipping I have spent a lot of time coming down precisely and visualisingthe accurate placing of the finger. Generally I find a more perpendicular approach has been worth working on, although sometimes a flatter finger pad is useful when reaching the accidentals on the 3 row Anglo or fo9r occasional covering of tw button with one finger or sliding off one note to an adjacent one.

    Playing in D on a C/G anglo

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted

    Nice to get your response. Play slowly and precisely so that you get your fingers exact, don't rush it and don't move on till you get things right. Eventually aim to play without looking at your fingers (I play with my eyes shut a lot when on my own

     

    When you have the tune quite well learned and have speeded it up play along to a good CD track. If you have aslowdowner on a media player it helps a lot

    Playing in D on a C/G anglo

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted · Edited by michael sam wild

    In addition to all the good advice on this network I'd advise Mick Bramich's tutor book (from Dave Mallinson Music) and John William's DVD. Frank Edgley's book and DVD is good too.

     

    A lot of reels and hornpipes are in D and you can get used to playing in that key with practice . The C# in the scale can be tricky, how many opportunities do you have ? If you are playing Irish music why not try The Boys of Bluehill? I start with the d pull on the right hand side then go as follows ( I use ABc notation for convenience) . The first 2 bars are dB/ BAF#A D F#A / BA Bc#d e de /

     

    I mainly use a pull A on the left hand side on the C row in the key of D. You should get used to a push or pull D on the left side and find the best c# if you have more than one (I only have one on either side as I play a 26 button C/G concertina)

     

     

     

    You rarely need the C# on the left side. I would practice scales to find the best fingers for the key of D.make a diagram , I use two colours to distinguish push or pull in additio to the ABc notation to indicate the best button and direction.

     

    The tune I put up on Youtube (see end of post), Miss Hamilton is a nice slow air in D. You often end up more on the pull so need good use of the air button and the thumb should always be near it

     

    All the best!

    20 button in d/g?

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted · Edited by michael sam wild

    When you talk about a D/G two row remember that most would be G outer row and D inner.(And usually described as G/D) On a 3 row the G is middle row. To get what you want it might be better to have the C row of a C/G taken up to D and either leave the G to play like most along the row players do. I am planning to turn a C/G to D/A (see dan Worralll's comment on mullally)

     

    If fiddlers etc played in C more we could all get along fine!

    The Mike Harding Folk Show Goes Global

    in Public News & Announcements

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    thanks Theo

     

    This must be the way things will go in general. My sons listen to streamed programmes in their favourite genres as a global community. I am hoping to link the computer , smartphone and telly so that i can get it all in the living room, I'm sure it's already well established but we still have a tubby telly!

     

     

     

    I prefer 'lay back rather tha lean forward' search and edutainment.

     

     

    I still love the unexpectedness of radio and an informed DJ's choices. Randomness is still exciting and browsing takes too much time. I like the concept of a 'curator' who draws you in. Bob Dylan's excellent DJ shows are a case in point as are individuals' YoutUbe selections..

    Stroke recovery.

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Thanks Dirge same to you in NZ! Maybe I should just stick some opaque tape over meter dispalys or lights like we did on old cars and motorbikes. I often do that when the gas emission light comes on in my Suzuki car when the computerised sensor goes ape, whn I peel it off the problem has usually gone away. Maybe that explains my cavalier attitude to my innards.

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