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    Hello From A Newbie

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    We ran a thread on our favourite players a while ago and Henk (who has a bigger brain than me) can help you find it (thanks Henk!).

    My brain is not big enough to understand you remark completely, but.. if you mean the Recorded Tunes Link Page, just look and click on my signature (below) :unsure:

    Hey Hey I'm Back! :d

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Dear Everybody

     

    Just to let you know that I've moved and am on-line again after a tricky few months. My apologies to all of you who've tried to contact me and not received any kind of communication (grovel, grovel). S'good to be back though and it's open house at mine!

     

    Jill

    It's great that you're back Jill! We missed you (at least I did) :D

    Visiting Europe

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Maria and I will be in Europe for 3 months - March to May this year.

    We will be based in Delft, The Netherlands, and I would like to meet some of my fellow c.netters over there.

    Are there any sessions planned around that time? (Anywhere near Delft, which is near Rotterdam)?

    We will probably take the chunnel across on a few occasions as well.

    (And I will be taking my new Suttner, of course).

    Rod,

     

    It will be great to meet your Suttner (and you and Maria of course :lol:)

    To be serious: an overview of sessions in The Netherlands can be found on this page. I live very close to Arnhem where every first sunday of the month a session is organized. On top of that Arnhem has some touristic highlights. So if you decide to come over to Arnhem, you are welcome at our place.

    Hello From A Newbie

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    I'm new to the world of the concertina, and I just want to say Hello to everyone from Copenhagen, Denmark.

     

    I have never really played any instruments, but I have always dreamt of owning a concertina, and I finally took action some weeks ago, when I bought a Stagi 30 button anglo. I think I'm turning into some kind of squeezebox fanatic - I can't keep my hands off the instrument when I'm not at work ( which I find is taking way to much of my precious time...) Tonight I couldn't help myself - I ordered a Marcus concertina from Musicroom. The Stagi is OK, but....

    Welcome Charlotte,

    This looks like a serious case of "concertinitis". You are going very fast: after a few weeks Stagi already ordering a Marcus. Next month a Suttner or maybe a Dipper :D

    Anyway welcome to this community where you will find answers to almost all concertina-related questions ;) !

    Can you tell more about the choices you already made? (Anglo / Stagi / Marcus)

    Recorded Tune Link Page.

    in Concertina Videos & Music

    Posted · Edited by Henk van Aalten

    Oops, no attachment!

     

    I would send you another tune, but it seems that I’ve run out of Global space, only 428.82k left. Oh well, I guess I better get myself a web site to link to.

    Jody,

     

    As your contribution has already an address and is inserted in the Recorded Tunes Link Page, you could edit your original mail and delete the attachment. In this way you get enough Global space to upload Hurdy Gurdy file :)

    Recorded Tune Link Page.

    in Concertina Videos & Music

    Posted

    Thanks Jody for uploading the file. Sounds very nice!!

    I wonder if your muse would be interested in a short holiday to The Netherlands :)

     

    I did some editing with Audacity to influence the file size. The original file has a so called bit-rate of 161 Kbps, which is rather high, so I reduced the bit-rate (and as a result file-size) stepwise:

    bit-rate file-size

    ---------------------------------------------

    161 kbps 3,072 kb listen

    128 kbps 2,420 kb listen

    64 kbps 1,210 kb listen

    40 kbps 757 kb listen

    24 kbps 454 kb listen

    ----------------------------------------------

    Listening to my (poor) notebook speakers I do not hear a big difference between the original and the 64kbps version.

    B.T.W: In order to show these files, I placed them (for the time being) on my website. I hope you don't mind Jody :unsure:

    Recorded Tune Link Page.

    in Concertina Videos & Music

    Posted

    So.. who's next ;) :)

     

    Would that be me? I just recorded an Em Hambo that came to me from the muse last night.

     

    But how do I submit it to you? The recording is sitting on my mac desktop as an aif file. When I tried attaching it, the Add Reply button became grayed out. Does it have to be an Mp3? How do I convert it? I could not figure out how to get itunes to do that. Any suggestions?

     

    Bravo on your link page. Very enjoyable to hear what everyone is up to.

     

    Jody

    Thanks for your kind words :) .

    MP3 is the most common sound file format world wide, so it gives the highest chance that C.Netters will hear the sound file.

    I did a Google search on "AIF MP3" and saw that there converters on the internet.

    As far as I know MP3 files are allowed to upload to the Forum. The normal procedure is however that an MP3 file is uploaded top the players own website after which I link to the file.

    How Do I Use Audacity Recording Software

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    How do I hear an already recorded portion of an track while recording another one.Every time I try to record i cant hear the beat in my headphones and I get off beat.

    - be sure that you have plugged your ear phones in the right way

    - you general output control should be at a sufficient level

    - your track should not be muted

    - individual track volume control should be at sufficient level

    (see attachment)

     

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    A Concertina Without Bellows!

    in Instrument Construction & Repair

    Posted

    In the thread "looking for a tutor" in the Teaching & Learning forum, Howard Mitchell wrote:

     

    A great suggestion. More details of the "Derby Heritage Traditional Music Club" can be found at http://www.dhtmc.co.uk/

     

    Curious as ever I clicked the link and surfed around to find this picture:

     

    bwdf4300.jpeg

     

    I had a close look and could not believe my eyes when I saw the concertina on the lower-left side :blink:

    Does "this thing" make sound?

    According to the caption these musicians are Bill Whaley and Dave Fletcher.

    What To Choose Between C/g And G/d When Playing Irish Folk

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Hello everyone, anyone and someone!

     

    I'm studying akkordeonmaking in Germany and shortly we are supposed to build a Consertina. It will be an Anglo with 20 buttons (unfortunately no room for discussion here..). MY QUESTION is this: With only a 20 button Anglo, should i make a C/G or a G/D ? I play irish folk musik, normaly on mandolin, but guitar and fiddle also does the job. In this case i favor the D and G tuning, but I hear som many people say that C/G Anglo is very common among irish folk players. Since i most likely will use this instrument in a session, I would like to think that G/D is the wiser choise since Reels and Jigs are not that common in the key of C..

    Does anyone have experience or a meaning about this? :blink:

     

     

    Replies before the month of March 06 would be HIGHLY appreciated!!

     

    Thanx :)

    Harald

     

    Welcome to this forum. When speaking of 20 b, I suggest you make a G/D. If it was to be a 30b, I prefer the C/G. Where in Germany can we admire your self-made concertina??

    Having Fun With Base Runs

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Henk van Aalten

    What a great page it is. I must have a listen to all those recordings.

    Al

    Al

    It looks like "preaching for your own parish" (as they say in The Netherlands), but I agree with you.

    Up till recently I mainly visited the page to enter new tunes and of course I listened to every new entry. A few days ago however I took time to browse through the page and just listen. It is great to hear all those tunes played by C.Netters and there are real gems on this page :)

     

    I seem to be very stupid because I cannot find it.

    As Mark said, just look at my signature.

     

    B.T.W.: There are so many things that I cannot find (just ask my wife!), but I do'nt think that I am stupid (for that reason) :lol:

    Happy New Year To All

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    ... enjoy your wickedly good pumpkin pie which I admit I've had a wee slice for my breakfast this morning. I've tried hiding it but its volume keeps decreasing as if by magic <_< .

     

    Hmm :huh: ... must be a pumpkin with a very high vapor pressure... evaporates while you're looking at it.

    Better eat it quick :lol:

    Scales And Keys

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted

    Henk, I think the animation you developed to practice scales is really useful. However, I am not familiar with the notation you use in Part 2. What do the suffixes mean in these examples: Cis, Bes, Es? I could not find any reference to them on the internet or in the few music books I have.

    Cary

     

    I'm not sure what you mean with the suffixes. Maybe it's a language difference (?) Anyway Cis maj is the the major scale starting with C# (C sharp). In the same way Bes is B flat (Bb) and Es is E flat (Eb).

    I hope that I've answered your question. When not, let me know.

     

    Henk

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