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I was wondering that myself, for example I sit here in the middle of Ohio. While I don't regularly get together with anybody, there are roughly 10 others in the area that play anglo, unfortunately most of them playing Irish music (nothing wrong with Irish music, just not my cup of tea for what I want to play). Likewise, I know of a cluster in the Cincinnati area. Once a year I know that I can see several other concertina players at the Dublin Irish festival here in town and informally talk shop. And I head out to New England in the fall when I can for the squeeze in put on by the Button Box, (which is also a good place to call in the states for instructional material). I've thought about driving down to Dan Worrel's Palestine advent held in Teas in March, but it doesn't quite fot my schedule due to work. And I saw on here that the folks in the Northwest have gotten together on a saturday. So let folks have a rough idea where you are at, and maybe you can get a sit down for some help. Alan

Looks like you should post more often Sharron because you have crammed a lot of useful gen into this posting and given me much to think about (and I shall watch out that my wife doesn't start eyeing my concertina). Ian That is why the old twenty button is hidden here at my place "But you have two working concertinas." Alan

What's his nick on this forum? That would be bloody telling, now wouldn't it? But think about all the bearded fellows on line here. Alan

Don't forget that Santa Claus is watching you!!

The most problem I've had going into and out of Columbus was airport security trying to figure out what kind of musical instrument it was from the x-ray. Probably the excitement of their day. Alan

A run is a fast ascending or descending sequence of notes, separated mostly by intervals of semitones and tones, usually comprising a portion of a scale. When someone says that it is a chromatic run, they would usually mean that the run is made from an extract from the chromatic scale, ie, all the intervals are all semitones. Like the run in say Hark the Herald Angels Sing? Alan

Could someone define chromatic run for me, please? Alan

I learn from printed music and memorize the piece. I wish I was able to pick things up by ear on something other than voice. People learn in a variety ways and have a various learning styles. Me, I sight read a piece through first, and then start learning phrases. I have learned recently that I can take a piece I have learned on the concertina and bring it over to the dobro, though I imagine that still isn't quite like learning by ear. Like Dirge, I set and play by myself a lot, so having a printed sheet helps a lot. Also this doesn't limit the keys I play on the anglo as much, because I do have the keys memorized to the notes on the page. Oh, there are keys I don't attempt yet, and some that I know that are just going to be a pain on a CG anglo, but I know that I can get through Bflat, F, D, A and E as well as C and G because I know where the notes are. I do find that I need to run through pieces I have in my head on a regular basis to keep them there, usually using them for a warm up before I start in on new pieces. I make sure I rotate them though. I have also learned to use TV advertising to my advantage by picking up the concertina and playing through a verse or two while they play. This also helps keep them fresh in my mind. Alan

At least there is that nice looking Tedrow concertina in the front row being held by that grizzled old cowboy. Alan

Have you considered looking in a hymnal or other book of sacred songs? The version I have been playing comes from Then Sings the Soul by Robert J Morgan; Thomas Nelson Publishers isbn 0-7852-4939-7. My mother sent it to my wife as a present. Music is on the left hand page with a short history of the tune on the right. This version is in G, makes life easy for the CG anglo. An old shape note hymnal I picked up is in A flat. The United Methodists "The Book of Hymns" has it in F, also easy enough on the CG anglo. Likewise the LCMS's new Lutheran Service Book. I imagine that if you checked a music store that specializes in sheet music you could find several versions there. I hope this helps. Alan

Even when I was a teen in the '70s, I remember live callers with recorded music. Which actually gives me a reason to tell this. One family we knew built a barn to hold their barn dances or square dances in and I remember several years later the wife complaining that weren't holding dances because the barn was full of hay. Alan

'If someone plays a concertina in a forest and no ones there are you a musician?' Shouldn't it be, "If a bear plays a concertina in the forest and no one hears, is it a musician?" Alan

What about Aogen Lynch of Slide (and C-Net), an Irish boy doing Irish music on the Anglo. He don't look like he is over 30 and if he is it can't be by much. website is www.slide.ie Alan

A drummer. (accordianist, banjo player, insert other appropriate musician here) Alan

Don't forget some folks asked to deleted, I am sure Ken doesn't reassign there numbers. As for the 22% accounting for most of the posts, seems about right for any organization. Alan

I always thought food was a good gift for traditional musicians of all sorts, as they always seem to be broke. Alan

that be fine in Great Britain where y'all have got a concertina player every cabbage, but here in Franklin County Ohio, where I know of maybe nine in a population of a million, not so much. Well at least my neighbors are dead, so they won't complain when I go out at o'dark hundred and make noise. Once again the joys of living next to a cemetery. Alan

With all the extra bellows you could use it like a morning star. Alan

Not that I have noticed on mine. Not as quick as my Tedrow, but a fairly good box, and far superior to the strips of metal that cheap boxes went to that effectively are the same design. Two years ago Frank Edgely played mine and said it was a nice little box. I payed roughly what they are asking for that one, including the shipping. Alan

Do you spend the rent/food/etc. budget on new instruments? Alan

I am now glad to know after watching "Pioneer Days" that it is okay to chew while playing the concertina. Alan

That is a real shame Peter, as the last show we (The Ten Pound Fiddle in East Lansing) had him at had 5 times that number in attendance. Of course it was in America. He was a great player and a fairly good guy all around. Alan

Good job Peter, you just confirmed my high opinion of you as a gentlemen. Alan

I know of a couple people here who are trying it as an experiment, but haven't heard how it is going yet. I don't remember the name of the fellow working with Rusty, but he did make the offer in general in the learning section, I believe. Alan

And the child laughed at me when I referred to her as a genius last week. Tell us more about the watermarking! While I agree with Paul that it wouldn't stop the scammers, it might make ebay take notice quicker, though I wouldn't hold my breath. Alan