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    Reading With Anglo

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    I agree, too!

     

    I had a very wise musician friend tell me, "When you're just starting out, don't even worry about note names. Just focus on, 'this note on this line is this button/action.' Note names will come later."

     

    He was quite right.

     

    I couldn't agree more. However, I stil have to stop and think if someone says -give me an A etc.

     

    I do. too. But not for as long as I used to B)

    Baritone Anglo

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    I'm in exactly the same position for exactly the same reasons. Right now my solution is to learn baritone English, which I am slowly struggling with. I'm nowhere near accompanying myself on a song -- just getting through a C scale is accomplishment enough for this week!

     

    I also heard a rumor that one concertina maker *might* consider making baritone anglos if enough people asked about them. Email me offlist and I'll tell you which one!

    Whay To Do?

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Chain, you might also want to consider a 24-button Edgley (No, I don't work for Frank, I swear). I don't think mine is very heavy at all, and the layout has all the sharps and flats very conveniently placed. You can check it out for yourself when I see you in a few weeks!

    I'm Going To Hell!

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    What I don't get is what that pastor had to do with anything!?! Is he affiliated with the university where you work? Does he play the concertina? How was his opinion relevant to the story? Someone needs to tell him he's giving Christians a bad name talking like that. It won't be me, though; why would he be interested in the opinion of another Buddhist concertina player, and one from 2,000 miles away...

     

    I suspect, based on the slant of the questions *I* was asked, that the pastor runs the church where the reporter attends. Can't prove it, of course.

     

    Not only is he not affiliated with the university, he lives in the next town over, about 20 miles away. As far as I know, he does not play concertina. At least I hope not, he'd be giving concertina players a bad name, too!

     

    Every time there's an article in the local paper about something other than fundamental Christianity, some local pastor has to be contacted to give the "opposing viewpoint." When some students here tried to start a neo-Pagan group a couple years ago, same thing happened. When the gay and lesbian students sponsored an awareness day, same thing happened.

     

    We sigh and work that much harder to get out of this area as fast as possible.

     

    I'm loving that I'm not the only Buddhist (albeit a really bad one) concertina player. Actually, I'm a better concertina player than I am a Buddhist...

     

    Hey, if my spouse can be an heirloom tomato-gardener mage, my religion can be concertina! Noooo problem! :)

    Two-system Issues

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Since I'm damned to hell anyway, I might as well take my Edgley and my Jack with me.

     

    Oh wait, I'm going to Palestine, TX which is hilly and pretty and warm and green, not hell!

     

    I feel much better!

     

    Okay, seriously, here's my question.

     

    As you all probably know by now, I'm battling the damned er, working on the old-timey tunes for the SW Squeeze-in at the end of March.

     

    And as you all probably know, I am expecting delivery of my Jack English baritone either today or Tuesday.

     

    Problem: I have been playing anglo for the last 2 1/2 years.

     

    Problem: My anglo does not have all the accidentals I need to play one of the tunes. Magnolia's Waltz, to be specific. I'm missing the low G# below middle C.

     

    Ergo, it *might* be easier to try to play the tune on the Jack, even if it will all be an octave lower than for everyone else.

     

    I am a better musician than I was 2 1/2 years ago when I started playing concertina. I've gotten more adept at reading, at playing by ear, and I took a basic music theory class fall 2004. But I am, in all honesty, still very much a beginner.

     

    On the other hand, this is a totally new instrument with a totally different fingering system that I have not even tried .

     

    Is it total folly to try to get a piece of music, tune only, no chords or ornamentation, performance-ready on an instrument I currently do not know how to play -- in 5 weeks?

     

    Part of me is standing up and screaming, "DUH! Yes!" and part of me is thinking, "Hmm, would be a good stretch for you musician-wise."

     

    Which part should I heed?

    My Jack Baritone Is On Its Way!

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Rhomylly

    What fun! Now you can play the baritone part on our shape note hymns at the Palestine Squeeze-in...especially the maudlin ones.

     

    But I already learned the alto parts on the Edgley! (/end whine)

     

    Although I'm wondering if Magnolia Waltz wouldn't be easier on the English. My Edgley doesn't have that low G# and it's really throwing me off. Well, it looks like I'll have time to try it out and see!

     

    Edited to Add: Of course, it'd all be an octave lower than everyone else, but that's probably okay!

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