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Robin Harrison

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  1. This may help...........apparently Mrs. Saggs was written with no repeats but you can sort that out. Robin Polperro Bay & Mrs Saggs +chords.pdf
  2. When my children were small we did the Suzuki violin method with them for years....from 3 1/2 to 18 yrs of age. We were constantly changing my daughter's strings because they corroded where her fingers stopped the strings and my son's hardly ever. Robin
  3. Apparently inspired by it .....! Jim......really nice interpretation, Jim. As always, great playing ! Robin
  4. Bill N. and I have been working on a Dave Shepherd (of Blowzabella) tune, the Origin of the World, that is comparatively complex (for me) and parts of it keep confusing me. I have learnt the tune inside and out, up and down and have it down pat, but I keep getting lost in it and have not been able understand why...................until a few hours ago. I suddenly realised that the way I am playing the tune, I am not "centred" on any particular row. This is new for me............... I have spent years with the comfort of knowing where my fingers were in relation to the buttons ie hovering over a particular row. I think this is why if I am not focusing furiously, I suddenly find I have no sense of where I am on the keyboard. ie away from the comfort of my G row or D row, and just sort of drift off. It's like my hands are in a fog. There have been plenty of discussions on this topic on C.net about whether you play on a particular row or just pick the notes you need. Now I know what is happening............feels great ! Robin Origin of the World This is the first time I have played the tune through more than once...................left hand comes soon
  5. To give Mike Raven his due..................and as a little lad in Somerset, I used to love his radio prog..............he produced this book way before this type of collection became popular. It has been superseded by dozens and dozens of tune books but it was probably one of the first in my library of english tune books....... I think he was ahead of the game. Robin
  6. Well done Gregor.........less is more when holding keys down but well done. Seems like you're having fun ! you shouldn't extend or compress the bellows beyond +-70% of its range, Never heard this before.....obviously on compressing !......but extending, I don't agree. I believe bellows to be very durable and if you total them after 40 years, then replace....see Cormac Begley as an extreme example. And second, if I need air, then I need air and it's not because of lack of bellows control. Cheers.............and maybe a separate thread not to hijack Gregor's first recording ?
  7. Hi Bill..............I'm very excited to see your new anglo. Drones..............I'm not a fan of them for the type of music we play and in fact, for myself, think of them as a lost opportunity to have a note that I can use constantly. ie both the press and draw notes on my left hand thumb button I use in chords. But I also realise that is not the information you asked ! Robin
  8. Does it make any sense to return it to an anglo ? Robin
  9. On a river......a Dipper of course !
  10. Thank you both.......really helpful. Here is my photo-shopping with chords that appeal to me. Hope others might find it useful......also having it sung it for years ......a...... I didn't know it was Welsh and b...... I have always sung "Twelfth Night" whereas the translation is "Twelve Tide " Robin Please to See the King.pdf
  11. Thanks John...........the abc file seems to confuse the converter ? ie the pdf you attach is different from the abc file. Robin
  12. Certainly my preferred music ! and what I like a lot about this great twosome is there always sounds like there are at least three musicians playing. Thanks for reminding me ! Robin
  13. Anyone like to help here with chords suggestions...........I really can't figure this one out..... My first line sounds OK but I'm not sure.... Wishing Joy, Health, Love & Peace to all here in this place ! Robin Please to See the King.docx Please to See the King.pdf
  14. Hi Mud...........from reading your post, if you are looking for a "how-to" book, this will not help you as it will be a tune book. But Gary has already published what is arguably the best accompanied style anglo tutor available. Robin
  15. Try these...............I found them and included them in my book for the Toronto trad English session..............remembering that English sessions often contain music from all parts............. Ashgrove, already mentioned but it's a lovely set combined with the sweet Caerdoea. You will love Polca Cefn Coed paired with Ymdaith Gwyr Dyfnaint. We have two genuine Welsh musicians,Swansea and Cardiff, in our session and they can't pronounce this one so we just call it by the English name, March of the Men of Devon. Cheers Robin 13_Polca Cefn Coed set.pdf 22_Ashgrove _ Caerdoea.pdf
  16. Interesting, eh ! He describes himself as "not a concertina player "........ wish I wasn't a concertina player too !
  17. Anyone know what the two (machine ?) screws are for, on the side that would be closest the players body ?
  18. Hi Gary..........only just picked up on this thread. A number of years ago ( 5 or 6 ? ) you and I exchanged books. I had self-published a book of English session tunes for the Toronto English session I run. If you still have it, there are loads of G/D anglo and melodeon friendly tunes there, from easy to more challenging but still straightforward. I've updated it once with a few new tunes......I've attached a couple of examples of tunes that are great on the G/D ( or any anlgo of course) For our session I usually try to do a Youtube of the tunes as well..........most of us learn better that way..... Whifflers Ripponden Set Let me know if I can be of any help. 19_Whifflers _ Nottingham Castle.pdf 28_Ripponden Set.pdf 55_Egg and Cabbage _ Melody Iron.pdf
  19. I play 'em both as well, and Howard's thought is as concise as I've seen. Robin
  20. But maybe not.............piano accordions, like all free reed instruments, are great and might get him interested enough in to the extent that he wants to spend 150-250 pounds on a 2nd hand but excellent one. There are loads of them around; just do a eBay search......( not a really popular instrument just now) Worth making the point again that if your son has a gift for music ( but even if he doesn't ), trying to learn on a clunker is tough sleddin'. Now if you only lived in Ontario, I have one he can have for free.................you can come and collect if you like ! Stay over . Cheers Robin.....................
  21. ................also worth noting that for some odd reason it is often easier ( I didn't say better!) to play a tune new to you faster rather than slower. And thus are habits formed. In my case I think it's because playing slower needs more control not less. Robin
  22. Something looks wrong in the URL....../youtu.be/
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