asdormire
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I asked a similar question several years back - say 2006. There was quite a heated conversation. You may want to do a search.
Alano
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Ricardo, where in the states are you at? The reason I am asking is that I will be attending a bandoneon concert tomorrow night at Capitol University in Columbus OH.
Alan
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Let's let a Yank cowboy give this a try. I been studying the games for the last several years. My first play is:
Blackhorse Road
Alan
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A quick question, Jim, does the (AB)4A2B mean play the A part through four times followed by the B twice?
Alan
I don't really understand that notation.
For my group the pattern is AA-BB the first time thru, A- BB from then on - a pretty typical pattern for Morris dances.
I am glad I am not the only one who is confused.
Alan
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A quick question, Jim, does the (AB)4A2B mean play the A part through four times followed by the B twice?
Alan
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I saw a young man in a Québécois band do that a few years back and it seemed to work ok for him.
Alan
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I looked at a very nice Wheatstone 40 button G/D a few years back that I would have liked, but the asking price was beyond what I could afford. Neither the weight or the size seemed unreasonable.
That being said, I think Dan has covered a lot of the points I would have liked to have made, with nice examples and scholarship that is beyond my knowledge. What I do have is my own experience. On the 30 button C/G Tedrow pictured as my avitar, I regular play in eight keys: the two home keys of C and G, the three keys above the home rows of D, A and E, and the three keys below of F, Bb and Eb. I find it is just a matter of knowing my keyboard. I imagine a 40 button would give even more versatility. I also find that as I move to the keys farther from the home rows the more unidirectional the playing becomes. An example would be Stephan Foster's Hard Times which was written in Eb. I play that almost entirely on the draw, with only one push for an Ab.
Alan
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There, now it is no longer tied, at least until two more folks vote.
Alan
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Greg, as somebody who has been where you are at, that sounds like a great idea. The right box will come along when you have the money, it did for me, so enjoy the one you have until then.
Alan
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Liz, my first box was similar to yours, and I played it until I wore it out. I went back to playing my dobro, fooled around with the banjo, and then picked up an old German style 20 button with a wooden action that I played until buying the Tedrow pictured in my avitar. I still play the old box occasionally. You will be able to pick up the basics until you are able to move up to a better box.
Alan
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Well, you certainly can't sing with a melodica stuck in your mouth...
So how about adding a bag and bellows to the melodica?
It works for Irish and Northumbrian pipers.
I almost tried something similar with a melodica and a blue plastic foot bellows that I had found at a yardsale. Now I am wondering if I kept that bellows or did I throw it out this summer during the move. The melodicas I still have.
Alan
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That was worth watching just for the Hawaiian guitar playing, dobro being my other primary instrument.
And I do play my Anglo up in the air like that.
Alan
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I know the feeling, brother.
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Posting from an iPad, here. Sure enough, it uses the full version but no buttons at the top of the text window. Instead, text (quotes, format changes, etc) are expressed in BB code, as if the switch had been clicked.
Is this in response to our conversation down in the "test forum", Dave?
Alan
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Are you talking to me, or asking about Mike? We've still got boxes everywhere.
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Well then congratulations to Mike. I know how this moving into a new house takes a lot of time, having had to do it myself this past year. I hope he enjoys it.
Alan
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Greg is a good idea, though Mark is probably closer to you, Don, than he is to Greg. Parma is up by the lake. That said, I still think that checking with Greg is good idea.
Mark, I am in Columbus, and while that is still a far piece, I am still available to offer help if you are down this way. I play an Anglo though.
Alan
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It pops up ok here in the states for those who want to try it.
Alan
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Looks to be a much better box than I started with. Here's hoping you don't have to wait 17 years to do your next upgrade like I did.
Alan
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Steve, having met both Ken and Dave several years back, along with several other folks from c-net at NESI, I can assure you that they are fine gentlemen in person as well.
Alan
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12:23 Here. Merry Christmas.
Alan
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Yes, I am reserecting an old topic from the groove yard of forgotten hits. I attended with my wife this afternoon the local monthly meeting of the guitar society. It primarily concentrates on classical guitar. At the end of the meeting one of the fellows asked if I could play the violin part in an arrangement for violin and classical guitar of a Vivaldi piece he had sent out earlier. As it was in D, I gave the first couple of phrases a try. At first just playing out the notes as written, then starting to arrange the buttons in my head to play most of the phrase with the bellows going mostly in one direction, using what I had read in Bertram's latest tutor as a guide. (An aside: I do plan to do the 30 exercises in the tutor now that my concertina is back from Bob having worked on it.) The gentleman listened to me work on it for a bit, an then told me that I had a very good start on the piece. Maybe I will see if my wife and I can play it together.
Alan
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While a course may not be available, Owlgal, you may want to pick up a copy of Dave Elliot's concertina repair manual. It will at least give you a feel for how our little music machines are put together.
Alan
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Jody Kruskal has a good handout on the chord shapes with the name of the chord shape for the G/D on the right side and the C/G on the left.
Alan
Ninth Charles Wheatstone Memorial Mornington Crescent Game
in General Concertina Discussion
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It is some what sad that the game this year has moved so slowly. This always seemed one of most exciting events on the forum.
Alan