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and i imagine that after learning the basics a lot of that also depends on what instrument you play (a good or bad one) but only after learning for a while my wren 2 deluxe feels slow, demands effort…. or is it me who is the problem? I bet on me as the problem- if i had a professional level anglo in my hands i would still sound awful and clumsy only faster ‘or should i say in a more rushed manner) just because the instrument would react faster to my mistakes (instead of reacting faster to the faster and more subtle demands of a good player) patience is the key i guess - many thanks! 🤩

I do that (i work with a metronome - i was a pro classical musician so i feel the metronome is my best friend) but i also try to play a tiny little faster every now and then, and i loop on the measures that had mistakes. but yeah thanks: i will then play slowly more, the gain of speed can wait many many thanks

many thanks - just to be sure i understand what you mean: i need to sync the bellow work and the note change? both when changing direction and also while going in one direction - that would lead to legato, but first is articulation, right? i often find when i have say 5 notes in a pull direction (i’m following jack talty course so he might be giving us stuff with 5 notes in pull just to tray us) i dont quite know how to articulate the bellows work: should i stop pulling at the end of the first note and start pulling again at the begining of the next note? should I press the key of a note before I pull again on the bellows? i have no idea how to sync notes (musically) keys (pressing them to make the note) and bellows (pulling them or pushing or changing direction). any pointers welcome so many thanks

ooooh you interest me a lot!!! you’ll hear from me! (this is not a threat lol)😝

here are two videos of me getting the notes wrong after 2 weeks of studying, what do you advise me to correct first? with many many thanks IMG_3815.mp4

THANKS A LOT!!!❤️❤️❤️

what excellent news!!! I’m going to try and find a teacher online! any suggestions? many thanks once more

I am a professional classical musician so I read music fluently, but i am new on-the concertina. I want to play in sessions so I want to play by ear (and learn by ear if I learn a tune from the score i have to make an effort to play it by ear, but if learn by ear (watching someone playing slowly in a tutorial) it just stick in my head, no score needed 🙀🙀so for those of you who lament they cant read music …. there are good sides to not being trained to read!

will do! so many thanks!

music class on zoom? in my experience the sound is not good enough - I hope I’m wrong (or that zoom has improved) I certainly would love to take a few lessons!

many thanks! i understand! but i still wonder if the fact that my bellows demand a big "humpff" effort to close using the air button after they are extended a lot is normal, i am sure it's stupid but i wonder: is the air hole the air button is minked too big enough on my wren 2? or it might just be that is need to stretch the belows again. If barely open is one third and totally open is 3 thirds then the upper half of the second third and the third third are really stiff

15 days in I'm playing super slow on purpose, i work a lot with the metronome. yes what you describe is spot on!

News: I’ve followed all your advice and observed myself and things are much better. I’ve also restreched the bellows and they are much more easy to play in the “not too stretched out” position. (edit: i me&n the first third of opening is sifter, the two other thirds (more open) are stiff as described below) I have one question: opening to fully open while playing a long open phrase (because needed at-the slow speed i play at) demands strength, also closing the bellow from an almost completly open position back to a more closed position while opening the air button is super slow, super hard and sounds like darthwader - is that normal? I doubt it as it means I dont have the time to close the bellows during a semi quaver silence - takes more time than that! all advices and infos as usual super welcomed! I’m in france and there is not a single concertina teacher in the country apparently! accordeon yes but not concertina, you guys are my life line, so many thanks, i’m having a ton of fun!🤩

excellent points, and yes i do play too loud and when i try not to i play breathy!

it’s only been two weeks, i’m still trying to physically get how to use the bellows and the air button between long phrases that go in one direction - I suspect jack talty selected the tunes he did to make us adapt to the difficulty, i probably tense too much like you say. so much to learn! and such a wonderful instrument!