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Just barely in time for St. Patrick's Day, the long-awaited 75 More Irish Session Tunes for Anglo Concertina is finally out in paperback and Kindle! With regular music notation and the same button number tab system as the previous session tune book (and other Rollston Press books), but this time every tune has the benefit of being reviewed by Irish concertina master Ernestine Healy who has gone through every tune and made edits and suggestions as to how to play it in true Irish style. THE TUNES: The Ashplant, Ballydesmond Polka #2, Bank of Ireland, Bantry Bay, Behind the Haystack, Blind Mary (Mhaire Dhall), Brosna Slide, Castle Kelly, Coleraine, Concertina Reel, Cup of Tea, Dennis Murphy’s Slide, Dingle Regatta, Drops of Brandy, Farewell to Ireland, Fig for a Kiss, The Flowing Tide, Foxhunter’s Jig, Glass of Beer, Green Fields of America, Harvest Home, High Reel, Humours of Tulla, Inisheer, The Irish Mazurka, John Egan’s, Killavil Postman, Kitty’s Wedding, Little Diamond, Londonderry Air, Love Will You Marry Me, Maid in the Meadow , Maid of Mount Kisco, Mairi’s Wedding, Minstrel Boy, Miss Monaghan, Morning Dew, Murroe Polka, Music in the Glen, Musical Priest, Ned of the Hill, O’Keefe’s Slide, Off to California, Old Concertina Reel, Old Torn Petticoat, The Orphan, Over the Moor to Maggie, Paddy Fahey’s #1, Parnell’s March, Pigeon on the Gate, Planxty Charles Coote, Planxty Irwin, Rakes of Kildare, Rakish Paddy, Riding on a Load of Hay, Saddle the Pony, The Scholar, Ship in Full Sail, Ships Are Sailing, Silver Spire, Sixpenny Money, Smash the Windows, South Wind, St. Anne’s Reel, Star Above the Garter, Star of Munster, Swallowtail Jig, Swallowtail Reel, Swinging on a Gate, Tenpenny Bit, Terry Teahan’s, Tobin’s Favorite, Tom Sullivan’s Polka, Top of Cork Road (Father O’Flynn), Trip to Sligo, Walsh’s Hornpipe. It's currently available from Red Cow Music (UK), McNeela Music (Ireland), and Amazon. Since Ernestine is originally from County Mayo, attached is a sample from the book: "Rakes of Kildare" which likely came from Westport in County Mayo. Gary Rakes-of-Kildare-75MIST.pdf
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Crook Concertinas - And my recent experience looking for a good instrument
gcoover replied to tangbo's topic in Buy & Sell
Also Frank Edgley in Canada, very high quality hybrid and traditional Anglos. Not exactly sure what Wally Carroll will be doing next, but his work is also top notch. Gary- 19 replies
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Kurt was a regular at the Old Pal Concertina Weekend from the very beginning, and we always enjoyed his old time favorites played exquisitely on a large Crane Duet. I last talked with him only three months ago about a problem he was having with one of his reeds and he sounded quite well. His humor and musicianship were a huge part of the Old Pal event and he will be greatly missed. Next weekend will be the 20th anniversary of concertinas at the Old Palestine Festival - we shall have to come up with a suitably musical memorial in his honor. We love you, Kurt, now you can make the angels smile with all your great tunes! Gary PS - Here's a photo of Kurt from the 2005 Old Pal Festival.
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Rollston Press at Old Pal Concertina Weekend
gcoover posted a topic in General Concertina Discussion
Just wanted to let everyone know who might be thinking of attending the Old Palestine Concertina Weekend in East Texas this next week, March 21-23, (oldpalmusic.com) - all of the Rollston Press concertina books there will be available for the enticing special festival price of only $10 each. Chris Droney's daughter and Frank Edgley will both be playing and teaching there, so I'm sure they would be willing to sign their books. Dan Worrall will also be there. Gary Coover (who dat?) will be there too, perhaps the lone voice of harmonic-style Anglo playing amongst all the ITM! Hope to see some of you there, enjoying good music, good friends, craft beer, and of course, good East Texas BBQ. Gary -
My trusty worker, Jeff Bezos, says they should be available in the next 72 hours. Gary
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Unfortunately not - Alan used a different button numbering system for his Twenty Button Anglo from 2004. This new tunebook uses the same "1a-10" numbering system that is in the other Rollston Press books. Gary
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Sailor Songs for Concertina - Gary Coover
gcoover replied to saguaro_squeezer's topic in Teaching and Learning
Here are the songs in Sailor Songs for Concertina (sorry, no Wellerman since the book was published before that song became popular): A Tall Ship for Texas, A Wife in Every Port, Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy, Alabama John Cherokee, Banks of Green Willow, Banks of Newfoundland, Barrack Street, Black Ball Line, Blow Ye Winds, Bold Benjamin, Bold Riley, Bonnie Ship the Diamond, Cape Cod Girls, Dark Eyed Sailor, Donkey Riding, Essequiba River, Farewell Nancy, Farewell to Nova Scotia, Farewell to Tarwathie, Fhear A Bhata (The Boatman), Fiddler's Green, For Those Lost at Sea, Frisco Ship, General Taylor, Golden Vanitee, Good Ship Kangaroo, Greenland Whale Fisheries, Handsome Cabin Boy, Hearts of Gold, Heave Ya Ho, Home Boys Home, I Will Set My Ship In Order, I'll Go and List for Sailor, I'll Go to Sea No More, Jim Jones, Just as the Tide was Flowing, Keeper of the Eddystone Light, Lady Leroy, Leaving of Liverpool, Let the Bulgine Run, Lindy Lowe, Little Fishes, Lord Franklin, Lowlands Away, Lowlands of Holland, Maggie May, The Mermaid, Mingulay Boat Song, My Johnny Was a Shoemaker, New York Girls, Noah's Ark, One More Day, Our Captain Cried All Hands, Our Good Ship Lies in Harbor, Outward & Homeward Bound, Paddy West, Pleasant & Delightful, Port of Many Ships, Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth, Rambling Sailor, Rio Grande, Roll Alabama Roll, Roll Down, Roll the Woodpile Down (Way Down in Florida), Rolling Down to Old Maui, Round the Bay of Mexico, Rounding of Cape Horn (Gallant Frigate Amphitrite), Sail Away, Sailor at the Fair, Sailor's Alphabet, Sailor's Hornpipe, Santiano, Saucy Sailor, Shallow Brown, Shenandoah, Ship in Distress, Skye Boat Song, Stately Southerner, Tommy's Gone Away, Tom's Gone to Hilo, The Water is Wide, The Weary Cutters, Weary Whaling Grounds, Whaleman's Lament, When I Was a Fair Maid, Wild Goose, Yarmouth Town, Yellow Gals -
And also available now in Kindle format. Thanks, Owen! Gary
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And here are the dots to the simplified version of Chocolate Rabbit that will be part of the harmonic-style Anglo workshop at the Old Pal Concertina Weekend this coming March 22-23 in East Texas. Now you can play along with the video posted earlier. From Alan's notes: "One of my early tunes that started with a base run and thinking "If only there was a tune with a base run like this in it". Well here it is!" Gary Chocolate-Rabbit-Alan-Day-2.pdf
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And the tunes: The AbigailL Waltz, Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy, Al Day’s Waltz, Al’s Minor, Always Loved Never Forgotten, Archie Minor, Auntie Ada’s Waltz, Battle of the Somme, The Bees Knees Hop Step, Bonjour Mazurka, Chocolate Rabbit, Commonwealth Hornpipe, Commonwealth Jig, Coquetterie, Croissants et Café, David Stanton Waltz, Fairy Dance, The Flo Waltz, French Set – Rondeau, French Set – Bourree, Fubu Waltz (Version 1), Fubu Waltz (Version 2), Gatwick Express, Glastonbury Hornpipe, The Green Shoots of Spring, The Harbour Inn Jig, The Hollesley Frolic, I Only Want to Dance with You, In the Toyshop, Jean’s Waltz, Jenny’s Hornpipe, King Cotton March (Second Part), La Marianne Waltz, Limey Pete, Little Eavie, Little Mark’s Tune, Manor Royal March, Manor Royal Waltz, March of the Concertinas, Mazurka Gasconne, Mazurka Lapleau, Moonlight Hop, Morris Oxford, New Year Stomp, Oats and Beans, The Old Smithy, Old Tom Cat Hopstep, Pint of Cockles, Plasir d’Amour, Plum Duff, Processional March, The Queen’s Jubilee, Ro’s Tune, Shingle Street, Sidmouth Polka, Snow Flakes are Falling, Son ar Chistr, Spring Bumbles, Stream to River Flows, The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended, Three-Part French Schottische, Tom Tolley’s Hornpipe, Turn Off the Gas Mantle, Up with the Sparrow’s Fart, The Wiggle Woggle Jig. Gary
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The Anglo Concertina Music of Alan Day is now out and available through Red Cow Music (UK) and Amazon! With musical notation for the melody and Anglo button numbers and tab like all the other Rollston Press books, plus QR code links to videos of Alan playing the tunes. It has been a pleasure working with Alan on this book - 65 tunes, of which 46 of which were composed by Alan in a variety of styles, and including one surprise tune composed very recently. A couple of weeks ago I posted his tune "Bonjour Mazurka" here on CNET. The book also includes a QR code link to Alan's 20-button Anglo Tutor audio files on the ICA website. I've really enjoyed transcribing and playing his tunes, and I'll be teaching "Chocolate Rabbit" at the Old Palestine Concertina Weekend in East Texas in two weeks. With luck I will have some copies of the book with me, hot off the press. Kudos to Alan for writing so many great tunes and for being such a tireless promoter of the concertina. It's both a privilege and an honor to showcase his work. Hope you all enjoy it too! Gary
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Two S. African built anglos. One is perspex.
gcoover replied to Anglogeezertoo's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
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At 62 buttons I'm guessing it is probably not an Anglo, since 62 is a fairly common number of buttons for the larger Jeffries Duets. Would be good if someone could get over there for a preview and a quick squeeze. The auction houses don't always have the best or most accurate descriptions! Gary
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Hi Pete, Good to see I have such good customer support worldwide! Hopefully I can help without muddying the waters any further. And yes, that graphic on p.62 of EA123 is a bit bass-ackwards. In a nutshell: I typically only show the melody line in regular musical notation, in actual pitch, to minimize the clutter and to not confuse the basic notes of the tune. All button numbers above the music staff are played with the right hand on the right side of the instrument, and all button numbers below the music staff are played with the left hand on the left side of the instrument. The durations of the melody notes are the same as the musical notes, the "dots". Sometimes the melody crosses over to the left side, and if so, those button numbers are shown below the musical staff. The accompaniment, or harmony notes below the musical staff are shown only as left-hand button numbers. The little dashes indicate holding the particular button a little longer. These button numbers are suggestions only, feel free to hold notes longer, or shorter, or play something else altogether different. Or totally ignore all those extra button numbers and just play the melody only, that's ok too. If you start with the simpler tunes like Oh Susanna, I think you'll find the tablature becomes self-evident very quickly. Hope this helps! Gary