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Thanks Peter, I got there by other means by looking for DITCHLING not DITCHING. Here's the PDF :- So thats a job well done, on with compiling the book. regards Jake

Can anyone supply the ABC or the dots to the traditional English carol "The Ditching Carol"?? I want to include it in a book of carols for our Easy Session. (In time for this christmas I hope!!) regards Jake

Hi, here's Parnell's March as I have it, Cant' beat those Northumbrian tunes!! regards Jake

This must be the most difficult question ever asked!!! I just don't know where to start with an answer. Jake P.S. Welcome to Concertina .net

Go here, ABC tune finder search around and you'll get this, regards Jake

Welcome to the world of concertinas!! Go here concertina Map shows one in Staten Island - Doug Barr and one in Brooklyn - our very own Jody Kruskal his web page here You can Email both from the Concertina map site and Jody from his web page or this forum, regards Jake

Try this site Concertina Map it shows a few concertina players in your area, in fact there is one in Bellingham. regards Jake

No image available -- there's probably a error in the ABC source causing the conversion to fail. Ah ha!! What has been missed off the beginning of the ABC code is the "X" field. If you insert X:1 at the beginning of the tune then the conversion will work OK. regards Jake

Hi Patrick, Fiddler's Companion gives the following information, CLIFF HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "Brown's Hornpipe," "Cincinnati Hornpipe," "Cork Hornpipe," "Dundee Hornpipe," "Fred Wilson's Clog (/Hornpipe)," "Higgins' Hornpipe," "Kildare Fancy," "Ruby Hornpipe," "Standard Hornpipe," "Zig Zag Clog," "Kephart's Clog" (Pa.), "Granny Will Your Dog Bite?" (Pa.), "Snyder's Jig" (Pa.). Irish, English, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major (Allan's, Kennedy, Kerr, Raven): F Major (Honeyman). Standard. AABB. "Introducing (with this tune) another variety of the Newcastle style" (Honeyman). "The Castle Rag Hornpipe" is a similar melody. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 101, pg. 26. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 41. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 20, pg. 10. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 15, pg. 44. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 164. Victor 21593B (78 RPM), Ed Reavy (1927). See here aPDF of the tune regards Jake

Hi Patrick Welcome to Concertina .net. If you want to listen to some members playing tunes then go here Recorded Tunes Page regards Jake

************************* Seeing that I started this thread! I would like to thank John Timpany for telling us his side of the "Shire" story. I would also like to welcome him to Concertina.net and look forward to him sharing his knowledge and expertise with us. As for playing, get back out there John!! regards Jake

You could try Melodeon.net regards Jake

Thanks for that link. Grand performance by John Roberts. It's a song I've never heard before and I think it's brilliant!!! In fact I was so impressed that I transcribed the tune to ABC's and learnt it off by heart in about 10 days. Here it is as a PDF. regards Jake

I'm sorry to be returning to this again BUT in my haste to post the ABC's of the Manor Royal Reel as posted by Leo here :- ****I fear I got it wrong, a multitude of apologies!! Please put it down to my youthful inexperience!! Calling it a Reel led me astray is my excuse. After continuing to listen to it and play along to it I've come to the conclusion that it is, wait for it, more like a Hornpipe. The first notes of the quaver pairs are dotted and there's a multitude of triplets. Here is the PDF for my version of the and here is the ABC ....(for convenience bars are numbered 1-16 above the first chord ) X:1 T:Manor Royal Hornpipe C:Alan Day M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:120 K:G |:"D"(3DEF|"1""G"G>G (3FGA G>DD2|"2""G"B>B (3ABc "Bm"B4|"3""D7" c>c (3ABc "G"B>A (3GAB|"4""D7"A>G F>GA2(3DEF| "5""G"G>G (3FGA G>DD2|"6""G"B>B (3ABc "Bm"B4|"7""D7" c>c (3ABc "G"B>A G>D|"8""Am"E>c A>F "G"G2 F>G| "9""D7"A>A (3ABc "G"B>B (3Bcd|"10""C"c>c (3BAG "D7"A2 D2|"11""Em"E>F G>A "G"B>c (3dBG |"12""Am"E>c A>F "G"G2 F>G| "13""D7"A>A (3ABc "G"B>B (3Bcd|"14""C"c>c (3BAG "D7"A2 D2|"15""Em"E>F G>A "G"B>c (3dBG|"16"[1"Am" E>c A>F "G"G2:|[2"Am" E>c A>F "G"G4|| I've played it through the Tune-a-Tron Midi converter and it's a dead close match. All I have to do now is work the accompaniment! regards Jake

Following the Manor Royal March, here are the ABC's and a PDF for Alan's Manor Royal Reel, Jake X:1 T:Manor Royal Reel C:Alan Day M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:120 K:G "D"(3DEF|"1""G"GG (3FGA G2 DD|"2""G"BB (3ABc "Bm"B4|"3""D7" cc (3ABc "G"BB (3GAB|"4""D7"AG FGA2(3DEF| "5""G"GG (3FGA G2 DD|"6""G"BB (3ABc "Bm"B4|"7""D7" cc (3ABc "G"BB GD|"8""Am"Ec AF "G"G2 FG| "9""D7"AA (3ABc "G"BB (3Bcd|"10""C"cc (3BAG "D7"A3 D|"11""Em"E>F G>A "G"B>c (3dBG |"12""Am"E>c A>F "G"G2 FG| "13""D7"AA (3ABc "G"BB (3Bcd|"14""C"cc (3BAG "D7"A3 D|"15""Em"E>F G>A "G"B>c (3dBG|"16"[1"Am" E>c A>F "G"G3:|[2"Am" E>c A>F "G"G4|| Edited to include PDF - I hope!!

This map may help??Concertina Map It shows James Robertson - an anglo player - in Lynchburg. His personal profile shows him to be a "Trad Music Teacher". regards Jake

I'm always a sucker for a new tune and I rather liked this one. However, I could only hear a very strong 4/4 beat so here are the ABC's that I got!! regards Jake X:1 T:Manor Royal March C:Alan Day M:4/4 Q:120 K:C GA2B|c2c2 Bc dB|c2G4cd|e2e2 de fd|e6g2| f2e2d2ef|e2d2c2de|d2c2B2c2|d2 g>a g>f e>d| c2c2 Bc dB|c2G4 cd|e2(3eee de fd|e6g2| f2e2d2ef| e2d2c2G2|Af3(3e/d/e/d2c|c4|] |:Bc|d2d2de fd|e2c6|f2ff ed ce|d6G2| A2B2c2d2|e2f2g2ec|Af3(3e/d/e/d2c|[1c4|[2(c4c4)|] Edited to show repeats and alter some note lengths.

To quote Shakespeare, "The dots, the dots, my kingdom for the dots!!" Just listening to it now. Thanks to Leo for posting the MP3. Grand tune, thanks Alan. Any chance of the tadpoles or an ABC?? from anybody?? regards Jake

************************** Awww, now come on, don't keep us in suspenders, what is this ace tune "Manor Royal??? Do tell. The glorious GOOGLE tells me it's an industrial zone in Crawley!! Jake

Today, 29th Feb, BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme carried a short item on the anglo concertina in Ireland, in particular it's position as a woman's instrument! Listen again here :- Woman's Hour Interviews with 3 woman players with some audio. regards Jake

Noo-o. Not all at once!! I help run a weekly Easy Session for musicians ( all instruments ) and produced a book containing 100 tunes for us to concentrate on, rather than prat about with photo copies. It's given a boost to the session and most regulars have been willing to put their hands in their pockets for their own copy and they remember to bring it along! Whilst the main body of the book is simple single lines ie: melody+chords about six of them are also presented with a second voice, the idea being that once they are happy playing along with a simple tune they can try a harmony line. I suppose that the whole thing is about allowing people to grow their skills and confidence. regards Jake

I had similar trouble when writing out Vivaldi's Winter Largo. A couple of bars towards the end kept dropping into the bass clef due to the low notes in the second line/voice. The only way I could keep the music in the treble clef was to insert additional notes in [uNISON] with the troublesome ones but TWO octaves higher. This forced the programme to remain in the treble clef. You just have to ingore the extra notes!! see here :- X:1 T:Vivaldi. Winter Largo M:C L:1/16 W:NB. In the penultimate bar of the second part, ignore the two high 'F's. W: In the last bar of the second part, ignore the high 'D'. W: They are necessary to force the programme to print in the treble clef!!! K:D V:1 "D"d2(ag) f2(ed) "A7"e2A2 z2A2|"A7"(gf)(ed) c2g2 "D"g2f2 z2f2|"A7"e2(fg) a2(bc') "D"d2(ef) g2(ab)| V:1 "A7"c2(de) f2(ga) "Bm"B2(cd) e2(fd)|"A"(c4c)(A^GA) "A7"(e4e)(AGA)|"D"(f4f)(A^GA) "Eo"(^g4g)(ede)| V:1 "A"a2A2 z2a2 "A7"(ag)(fe) (dc)(BA)|"Bm"B6A2"A"A4z4|"A7"A2(ed) c2(BA) "Em"B2E2 z2E2| V:1 "D"(dc)(BA) ^G2d2 d2c2 z2A2|"A7"(gf)(ed) c2g2 "D"g2f2 z2f2|"Bm"B2(cd) e2(fg) "A7"c2(de) f2(ga)| V:1 "D"d2(ef) g2(ab) "A7"c4 z2(cd|"A7"e)(cBA) (fga)f e2A2 z2(cd|"A7"e)(cBA) (fga)f e2A2 z2(ea)| V:1 "D"f2(ed) (c3d) (d8|"D"d16)|"D"d16|| V:2 DFAF DFAF CEAE CEAE|CEGE CEGE DFAF DFAF|EGAG FGFE FFGF EFED| V:2 EEFE DEDC DDED CDCB,|CEAE CEAE CEAE CEAE|DFAF DFAF E^GBG EGBG| V:2 CEAE CEAE B,EAE B,EAE|B,E^GE B,EGE A,CEC A,CEC|A,CEC A,CEC ^G,B,EB,G,B,EB,| V:2 ^G,B,DB, G,B,DB, CEAE CEAE|CEGE CEGE DFAF DFAF|DGDG EGEG EAEA FAFA| V:2 FBFB GBGB CEAE CEAE|CEAE DFAD CEAE CEAE|CEAE DFAD CEAE CEAE| V:2 DFAD CEAE DFAF DFAD|A,DFD A,DFD [F,f][A,][D][A,] [F,f][A,][D][A,]|[F,16D16d16]|| regards Jake

I would hope that if you went to one of their selected retailers ie: Hobgoblin in Leeds and asked them to obtain an instrument from a particular maker they would do so. After all the scheme has been set up to help. I suppose, with a couple of phone calls to set things up, you could order direct from the maker of your choice to be delivered via one of the selected retailers?? regards Jake

Surfing the web, as you do!, I came across the following scheme run by the Arts Council of England. TAKE IT AWAY Take it away is an Arts Council initiative designed to help more people get involved in learning and playing music. The scheme allows individuals to apply for a loan of up to £2,000 for the purchase of any kind of musical instrument, and pay it back in nine monthly instalments, completely interest free. With 0%APR thats better than asking your bank manager!! So concertina-istas it's time to upgrade!! regards Jake

Jake, I'm not surprised, nothing ever came of it, maybe a handful of instruments... Thanks for that Stephen, I might have known you'd have an answer!! Jake