Graham Collicutt
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On 3/6/2023 at 9:45 AM, Graham Collicutt said:
I just came across this video: he mentions using DPA 4061 microphones
I thought there would be more reaction: he wears out his Suttner in 2 years! explains all his foot pedals.
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I just came across this video: he mentions using DPA 4061 microphones
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On 2/7/2023 at 12:14 PM, Kelteglow said:
I was recently playing some ITM in a noisy pub and noticed that I could not hear what I was playing and so had to but out of the tune being played .Am I alone with this or am I missing something ? Bob
If you can't hear yourself, you must be getting right.
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Hi Jody
http://orchid-electronics.co.uk/contact_mic.htm
With this and micrvox mikes, I had too high a signal, but with some home made copies it works well.
Graham
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With a 2006 Wakker anglo I have had most of the leather discs, between pad and leather bead on levers, fail.
In fact I dont think they could have been leather, glue was fine on both surfaces, but disintergrated between.
The concertina became much crisper in action after all pads were reattached.
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Audacity is cross platform: https://www.audacityteam.org/
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1st, 2nd, chord etc in scale as selected from rotating ends as marked on left side.
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Have you checked pad is lifting fully?
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And some running inside out into the handles.
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Numbers are showing octave range: C4 is middle C.
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Push
f2
c3
f3
a3
c4
f4
a4
c5
f5
a5
Pull
c3
e3
g3
bb3
d4
e4
g4
bb4
d5
e5
E4
g3
c4
e4
g4
c5
e5
g5
c6
e6
Push
d4
b3
d4
f4
a4
b4
d5
f5
a5
b5
Pull
this is what is on my FC Wheatstone 30 button, there may be changes on a Boer anglo
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Comments from a long term G/D anglo player, with 30 buttons, mainly Wheatstone layout.
My top note Is F#6 and lowest G2, your layout is in the baritone range, yours is G5?
Your C# row gives you all the notes, but no Ds on the draw or Es on press. I find those essential. I am happy with the accidental row.
Graham
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Hi, I have a Wakker anglo, where after removal of the screws, there is a strong ''glue tack'' that I have to break. This still happens after 10 years, there is no sticky feeling after making the break. I hold bellows in two hands and then push ends with thumbs together on one side. You have to be firmer than you would expect.
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Now in the post, thank you Henrick and Alex
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Wakker G/D. For me I try to play as much of the tune with my right hand. Main keys G D, A and E minors, B minor, A C, G and D minor, F in order of ease and use.
I feel Irish style C/G requires a strong left hand, so I wouldn't use C/G ''D'' fingering, it would end up an octave lower than I would like to be. A good tune to start with is Atholl Highlanders. It is all on the D row, no g#, but gives you the feeling of being in A ( 2nd position?) 4th part you only need fingers 1 and 2 on right hand:
B g row| c#ac#c#ac# (all pull d row and g row}|dbddbd (all push)| c#ac#c#ac#| bgbbgb ( all push g row)|c#ac#c#ac#|dbddbd|eeef#ed ( all d row)|c# ba|
. Blackthorn Stick in A is another good starter tune.
Graham
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yse_AJN-OYs
This is what I am doing here, plus playing pull B off left hand D row, plus some others. I could do a slower version if that would help.
Graham
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2 examples:
Swallow's Nest from Allan's Irish Fiddler A part I can never get as good as I would like.
Drowsy Maggie start of A part
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16 hours ago, Wolf Molkentin said:
can't listen to anything right now, but then what happend to theJeffries?
That Jeffries, I kept for about 25 years. I should have kept a tally of what has passed through, there have been around 6 other Jeffries, but I am now happy with what I have. I have tried every system, and I think it has all helped, but it is 30 button G/D wheatstone system anglo that wins out.
Yes, I still have the Model 22, playing the english would less than 5% of my practice, but a few tunes have stuck that I struggle with on the anglo. I rarely take it out of the house. I find there is nearly always another way of playing with the anglo, the fifth jump at least 3 obvious ways; on the english, always a problem I have never overcome well enough. Mistakes with the anglo, easy to overlook and recover from, the english much less so.
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I swapped this concertina for a Peacock with Don.
Graham
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Don asked for more, so here is an old friend.
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Thank you, for positive comments. Video is to explain how my anglo style originated.
C/G anglo, lent by friend, 41 years ago, who then had it back, replaced with english. After 4-5 years a small inheritance made it possible to buy G/D Jeffries (not the best) but I had to part exchange the english. Over many years my anglo playing has become what it has, with a lack of knowledge and application to play a chordal bass style, but hoping to make a pleasant noise.
I played Munster Cloak with no fore thought, so you will see why I play mainly anglo.
Great Iris Bishop video for World Concertina Day 2024
in Concertina Videos & Music
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This seems be misleading.
Here is the earliest recording I could find.
Mussels on a Tree
Martyn Wyndham-Read
Fellside Recordings FECD84 (CD, UK, 1992)
Recorded by Paul Adams and Graham Bell in September-October 1991;
Produced by Paul Adams
Musicians
Martyn Wyndham-Read: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Linda Adams: banjo, piano, harmony vocal [11];
Phil Beer: fiddle, mandolin;
Iris Bishop: duet concertina, accordion;
Vin Garbutt: whistle;
Maggie Goodall: vocals;
Jez Lowe: cittern, harmonica, Appalachian dulcimer;
The Wilson Family: vocals [8]
That is over 30 years ago.