Henk van Aalten
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Don't know if you can add custom emotes but I thought there was not concertina emote. So I made one.
feel free to use it.
Now, here's a man who knows his pixels
/Henrik
Henrik,
I have the impression that LDT is not a man! I remember you having the same trouble with Ennistraveller (???)
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As the next Arran Concertina Event is approaching, I thought it's about time to "dig up" this old post and put it back on top of the list
. It looks like it's going to be another special event this year! I'm really looking forward to cross the water to this charming island of Arran and enjoy everything that makes the Arran Concertina Event so special. You can find more information at the ACE website and of course the recent post of Samantha Payne.
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With the greatest sadness I have to let you know Kitty Hayes unexpectedly passed away early this morning at home in Shanaway, Miltown Malbay
more later
It's very sad to hear this. She gave me (and maybe many others) a lot of pleasure by playing together with you Peter!
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Just to inform you that the Recorded Tunes Link Page has been updated. Will try to solve the problem with the broken links.
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Really enjoyed this
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Often "across the row" works out a lot better than cross fingering but not exclusively.
Please explain, or do you mean "along the row" works better than cross fingering
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What I would really enjoy would be a class for Anglo Concertina as such, paying attention to harmonisation, accompaniment, different keys, different styles, different rhythms, melodic phrasing. Playing melodies over an accompaniment, accompanying solo instruments or singers (including oneself), playing fully harmonised pieces - does anyone know of concertina schools or workshops that offer that?
Hi John
You are not very modest in your wishes but... When you hurry and don't mind a different language zone, you could go quickly to the Netherlands (Nijmegen) to join the "trek er es uut" event. I know Johan Verbeek gives a concertina workshop and he might fulfil some of your wishes. His style is very original and is directed to harmonies, chords etc. You can hear his playing on the RTLP. I also heard his playing when he visited me to try my new Wakker. At that time he did quite amazing things with the Anglo (base lines, chords and harmonies).
More information about this famous (at least in The Netherlands) "Trek er es Uut" event can be found here (in Dutch
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Henk, I would have given you credit if I'd realized I was repeating you.
But it's clear that we agree (on that point), and it is worth repeating.
Jim,
Of course I know you would. It's just to show that the same thought can pop up in different minds at about (more or less) the same moment. This happened to me so often during my research work
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As "boring" is not an objective property of music, you can only speak of people that can get bored in a certain degree.... because "boring" is not a quality of a music or of some other subject or object, but a quality of a personal response to something.Instead, I would say "There Is No Boring Music
just bored listeners...."
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Henk,
Thanks for the great photos...looks like a wonderful weekend...I would love to have been there!
So...what sorts of tunes were they playing on the German concertinas?
Cheers,
Dan
Dan
As I was not in the workshop for the "German" concertina, I have only a faint idea about what they were doing. What I heard was some traditional German tunes and song. For more details try to contact Jurgen Leo. He was using this concertina mainly to accompany his singing. He can really make a show of it! C.Netter Nils Meyn might give more details about him.
What was called in Bielefeld a "German Concertina" is known to me as a simple 20 button Anglo (made in Germany or to be more specific in Klingental).
Henk
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One good reason to keep this item on top of the listing is the announcement of a collection of photos that can be seen at this location (URL).
See you in Bielefeld next year?
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For me the weekend in Bielefeld was a great event. Nils' description below seemed to be very accurate. All I can add is that Juliette Daum was present as well.
The performances of the "teachers" on Saturday night was impressive. Jürgen, Juliette, Ernestine Healy and Rainer Süßmilch showed their high level of playing and performing. As an Anglo player I was charmed by Ernestine's very subtile version of "Boys of Bluehill". On top of that Rainer's as well as Nils' group of pupils performed a tune that they learned during the day!
About teaching, I can only speak about Ernestine. She really sees (and hears) everything and lets you work hard, and (which is more important) I learned a lot and have to work out much more. I also learned a lot from colleague-pupils, could play some really nice Suttner concertinas and had a talk with Jürgen Suttner himself about concertinas in general and more specific my Wakker A1.
Finally the atmosphere (people, surrounding, wheather) was perfect. If I can, I will be back next year!
Some more informations:This weekend is running for the 17th time organised by Mario Kliemann. There is always a first class irish anglo teacher, this year it is Ernestine Healy. She runs two courses, beginners and advanced. Usually there are about 15 anglo players.
English concertina is taught by Rainer Süßmilch. Rainer is an actor and one of the few professional players. He uses the concertina on the stages of main theaters in Zürich, Wien, Hamburg and now Frankfurt to perform live for plays. Much of the music is composed by himself. He sings and plays trumpet as well. Most years there are 10 to 12 english concertina players.
Jürgen Leo has been touring with the well known group "Liederjan" . He plays two row concertina and bandonion. His approach to the two row is surprising, because he has technics to play almost anything on it. (And I think thats what he will be teaching.)
This class is allways small, about five players.
I try to give the english beginners what they need (which might differ a lot from player to player). I use slower tunes (not irish) from England and France and will introduce to use harmonies and bass-line to support the rythm (for advanced beginners).
All in all there are about 35 players from all over Germany. We are glad if international guests find there way to the weekend
a few managed to come over the years.
The location is a farm (yes, you can milk a cow if you like), plain but nice.
Nils
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Our very own David Corner is a fair exponent of Scottish tunes on concertina too - I don't know if there are recordings available?
You could ask him ?
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Looking through the "Recorded Links Tune Page" looks like most are links to other sites. I don't believe they're all hosted there.
Thanks
Leo
Leo
You can check the RTLP and please believe what you see. Most of the files shown in the RTLP are hosted on websites of the "player". It's the charm of internet (linking to..). To give you an idea, have a look at this special page. All links in the "listen to" column that are shown in bold and green are hosted by me (on my website). The main reason for hosting on my site is the fact that the player had not the faintest idea how to upload the soundfile(s) to a website in order to give them an URL.
Henk
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Many analytical minds here. I'm way to simple to understand what most of you are talking about. I find no music boring. Some genres move my soul more that others, some make me want to dance. I attempt to play Irish Anglo becasue it's fun and the instrument feels good in my hands. It's also fun to watch egos puff up like a toad on this forum. You all amaze me.
I say:
AMEN!
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Rob,
In general I can confirm (from own experience) what has been said already about the difference between Irish and Scottish sessions: more variation and more fiddle-centered.
I've heard plenty of names of Irish musicians (c.net and Anglo International) and I enjoy their work; what might be some names of Scottish musicians out there that I could hear playing some of the materials mentioned above? (or does that signify?)Rob
On YouTube there is this playing by Graham Irvine where the difference between Scottish and Irish is (imho) nicely demonstrated in one set of tunes: a march, a strathspey, a reel. The first one (March) sounds to me not specific Irish or Scottish. The Strathspey sounds 100% Scottish (with the specific short-long long-short note sequence). The reel has a "Scottish Flavor" but could be Irish.
BTW: during my search on YouTube if found some very impressive Scottish fiddling.
To learn more just listen, listen and listen.
Enjoy!
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As "boring" is not an objective property of music, you can only speak of people that can get bored in a certain degree. I myself am (or get) almost never bored.
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I don't normally get worked up about threads on this forum. however....
If Irish music on concertina is considered boring because it does not use hormonics enough, frankly I think the argument is weak......
This is the right answer in this time of the year (in the northern hemisphere). Temperature is rising, everything is growing, hormons are flowing...etc. etc.
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Returning to the subject of tablature.. In this post I used a tablature that is more or less copied from the tablature that is used for the harmonica (melodeon / box) in the Netherlands.
Up till now it has been very helpfull for those beginners that can not read the dots. Together with the tablature a sound sample must be available.
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IMO the concertina player is not playing a roll at all. More in general she is fiddling around in this tune
To be more serious, I am trying to learn this tune myself at the moment. Later in the day (when people are not still asleep over here) I will try to describe what I am doing.
BTW: I assume that you play a C/G Anglo
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Had to dig deep before finding this thread...
Anyway... after more than 1 year of neglecting the RTLP, I had a look and did some maintenance. Broken links are indicated and I will try to find out why the links are broken and what kind of repair actions are possible.
The main reasons for having a look at the page was the request of Marien. He has uploaded two great tunes to the internet. Both are very different from the "normal" repertoire and are played on his new Wakker F/C Anglo.
My apologies to all those of you who I forgot. If you still have tunes somewhere on the web, let me know and I will place them on the RTLP.
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Hello Roy
Welcome to this concertina community. You can find info about the Arran Concertina Event in this post.
I will try to be there this year so maybe I'll see you there!
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However, I would really like to go the other way - down to a Bb/F. Has anyone else tried his, or have any advice for me? It seems to me that if this effect could be exploited, a multi-key concertina could become a reality.
Gerry
Going down is quite simple: just put your instrument in a plastic bag with two holes to put your hands through. Put your instrument in the bag and place your hands inside the back. Be sure that your system is quite air-tight (use some tapes to connect the bag to your hands/wrists).
Now comes the important step: fill the bag with a gas that has a higher density than air ( CO2, noble gasses like krypton, xenon or even radon). Now play your tina and you will hear a remarkable lowering of the pitch. To calculate the new value of your pitch, you can use a simple formula (density gas)/(density air) * pitch (in air) = pitch (in gas). In this way (using Radon) you can even lower the pitch almost one octave!!
So with the right air/gas mixture you can easily make a Bb/F concertina from your C/G. The other way around is also possible. In this respect Helium is often used to raise your voice in a Donald Duck like fashion. It will (as could be expected) also raise the pitch of your concertina.
Good luck with the experiments!
Emotes
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Hi Chas!
A long time ago they were called emoticons which is a contraction of emotion and icons. In other words icons that (try to) express emotions. However nowadays more and more of these small icons are no longer expressing emotions
. Maybe that's why they are now called "emotes" 
??