
Henk van Aalten
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My congratulations to Anne and of course also to you Chris. BTW: the words "Musi Degree" sound very frivolous!
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Tune Recognition Software
Henk van Aalten replied to Anglo-Irishman's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Hi Alex and John At thesession.org you can search on fragments of ABC notation. See attached photo. I guess you have to be a member for this search facility. Good Luck -
A New Maker? Seven Mount Concertinas
Henk van Aalten replied to Daniel Hersh's topic in General Concertina Discussion
My friend Jaqueline owns no. 12 and placed a sound sample on soundcloud at: https://soundcloud.com/jackyvanh/jack-talty-the-morning-st Sounds very nice! -
Great work Gary! I was surprised to see my name in the list because I did not give my tablature much exposure in the public domain. I fully agree with your "embarassing gawdawful mess" and exactly that was the main reason for me to make my own tablature. I was inspired by the French Harmonica tablature which is more or less a standard in France and is used in The Netherlands as wel. I am very content with my own system because I can fully understand it Counting from your left pinky to your right pinky from 1 tot 10 feels (for me) very logical. It is for me a great help in finding the most optimal "fingering pattern" for each tune. Henk
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Frank, In general I agree with your point(s) of view. However with some tunes you could play "dronish" with an Anglo and use the "series of hiccoughs" as a rhythmic support that sounds a bit hurdygurdy-like... (as Howard Jones states in his reply) Listen to this Flamish Folktune that I recorded on a C/G Anglo concertina a few years ago. The melody (in C) is played on the C-row (right hand), whilst the "drone" (a G) is played with th left hand on the accidental row (when pulling) or on the C row (when pushing). It is by the way a very good excercise for "decoupling" the left hand and right hand movements. P.S. I just read the comment of Howard Jones after posting my original message, so I made an extra remark (between brackets and bold)...
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What we all look like - take 2
Henk van Aalten replied to Doug Barr's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Hi all, This picture was taken a few months ago. It's the group in which I participate by playing my concertina. It's sometimes a wonder how the sound of a fiddle, uileann pipes and concertina can melt together as if you hear only one instrument! -
Hello Michael, I made it "simply by hand" but there is a program that produces the same type of tablature from a simple ABC source. The point is however the program does not make the same decissions as I do with respect to playing a certain note or a series of notes in the pull or push direction. The program (or is it an app nowadays?) can be found at: http://members.quicknet.nl/j.coolegem/Mefa.html Henk
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Hi Gusten I've never played the Musical Priest before, but I have also a C/G with a Wheatstone lay-out and I gave it a try. I noted my finger-pattern in a simple tablature that (I hope) is understandable. I've attached the result as a GIF file. It is indeed a difficult tune and my tablature is a first approach. Have fun with it!
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Try this
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Great Playing Jody. I play the videos over and over and.... Thanks a lot for mailing them!
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Just have a look at http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano/!! You can play around and discover all kinds of modes and chords. have fun
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Just to inform you about the last update of the Recorded Tunes Links Page. Richard plays two Irish tunes on his Linota in a relaxed way Mark Evans sings and plays "She moved through te Fair" in a superb way. I just realize that I missed some tunes (a.o. from Danny). I will include them in the next update.
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Just to inform you. Have a look at http://concertina.wetpaint.com/. Maybe e reason to learn the Dutch language