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    Help Me, Please?!?!?

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted

    Can any of you weigh in on the benefits of Anglo over English?
    I will (maybe) try to answer your question. However, I would first like to know from you what your motivation is/was to buy an Anglo instead of an English.

     

    The Anglo in the photo has the keys all nicely lined up in rows, where mine are all over the place.

    Looking at this quote I suspect a certain bias towards the Anglo concertina.

     

    Trying to start a fight, are you?

    So please explain your bias, before our heavy weight boxer starts the fight :lol:

    Beginners

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Henk, since you've changed your avatar yet again, that statement takes on a completely different meaning!

    (Now if I could only figure out what it is. :unsure: )

    Oeps!! I did not realize the possible consequences. Just thought that all the easter-rabbits (or do you call them bunnies?) at the bottom gave me reasons enough to change my Avatar.

    Am I Teaching Myself Bad Habits?

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted · Edited by Henk van Aalten

    Keith

     

    There will come (I hope) answers from colleagues with more experience, but for me it is a good exercise to stop the note before reversing the bellows direction. It helps me in more exact timing.

    However when I play fast, I very often leave the finger on the button and just reverse the bellows direction.

    An example is the triplets that you hear in a hornpipe that I posted: The boys from bluehill. There it works very fine for me.

     

    have fun!

     

    Henk

    The Sheffield Horhpipe

    in Tunes /Songs

    Posted

    Just happened to find this thread, now.  Fun!  I'll practice playing that on my concertina -- have printed it out -- and then I'll try playing along with your recording!

    It's nice that you have found this tune and have fun with it. Keep us informed on your progression!

     

    BTW: in case you missed it, there are three more (not too difficult) tunes in this forum:

    1. Af Shabbes in Vilna, including an entry in the Tune-o-Tron.

    2. Lord Inchiquin (O' Carolan)

    3. Sheebeg An Sheemore (O' Carolan)

     

    Have fun :D

     

    Henk

    My Little Marcus

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Does anyone here have experience with the beast?

    I can completely confirm the remarks of Doug. His story is almost the same as my story. The only difference is that I play it almost daily for less than an hour.

     

    I am very positive about this solid machine and I am convinced that it is easily comparable with the anglo's that are in the same price-class. I am sure that it will take years for me before I am at the limits of the instrument (if ever).

     

    On top of that the Marcus looks great and has a very nice fretwork (see photo)

     

    Have fun with it and let us know if you continue with your Marcus.

     

    Henk

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    Playing The More Difficult Scales

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    I know it is completely off topic, but being a "Chatty Contertinist", I assume that it is appropriate for a "chatty" person to go off topic on occasions. Therefor I would like to comment on the next quote.

    Did you know that the Chinese -- especially adults -- find English difficult to learn?  :o

    It is not only the Chise adults that have problems with the English language. When you use the criterium "pronounce it as you read it" it is a terrible language.

    Example: the ea pronunciation in heart, heard, hear, caveat. ;)

    Was it George Bernard Shaw who realised this and wrote down the word ghoti? He asked people who saw the word, how to pronounce it. After some efforts, which did not satisfy him, he unveiled the pronunciation:

    the gh from enough

    the o from women

    the ti from nation

    So you should pronounce the word ghoti as "fish" :lol: !!

     

    To come back to concertina's: I see some analogy between the rules for pronunciation of English and the keyboard layout of an Anglo. ;)

     

    Henk

    P.S. have a look at this great map!

    Greetings And Thank You

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    If I could find a smilie for the "kid at christmas" way I'm feeling, I'd add a dozen of them
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    Congratulations Sourdoh with your concertina!!

     

    After way too long of thinking and wishing, I finally bought a concertina from the Button Box. It arrived today, so I've graduated from dreamer to whatever the next stage should be called.

    I hope you keep dreaming! I find it the nicest part of the buying proces (and not expensive!).

     

    So once again, congratulations, keep dreaming and welcome to this community. :D

     

    Henk

    Songs About Concertinas

    in Tunes /Songs

    Posted

    Lyrics, MIDItest and ABC too. Oh, my!

    You can say that again Kurt! And o what a wonderful lines:

     

    Old Erin's harp may sweeter be, the Scottish pipes blow keener;

    But sing an old bush song for me to the good old concertina.

     

    Thanks for this link!

    BTW: I hear a quite different tune, when I see the words. Maybe I can work it out.

     

    Henk

    Recordings Up On My Site

    in Tunes /Songs

    Posted

    I've just added three more songs: "Love Will Tear Us Apart", another Smiths song, and "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" by Soft Cell. The latter two are a bit crackly - I'll see if I can sort that out tomorrow.

    Stuart,

    Again three "eye-openers" fo me! I have put them on the links page and it inspires me to have a look at pop-songs from my time. How about "I can't get no satisfaction"??? Maybe I could manage playing after some time... but my voice :(

     

    Keep on recording!

    Henk

    Af Shabbes In Vilna

    in Tunes /Songs

    Posted

    I plan to come to Germany from the 22th of March untilabout the 5th of April.Would like to meet you at least one evening and play together....

    .....And would like to record on MD the tunes you have recently published here. And to play a tune, where in order to achieve the speed, I had aslo to learn to play using all three rows. Tah we can compete who plays it quicker, and drink a beer.

    Will it be possible ?

    Joachim

    Joachim,

    You are of course welcome! We can have our private squeeze in, but anyone who reads this is also welcome :) .

    Henk

    Recorded Tune Link Page.

    in Concertina Videos & Music

    Posted

    My only worry is that if we let some of the music roll away, some lovely possible archive or research material could be lost I feel that we must tread carefully in this direction.

    Al

    I agree with you Al!

    Up till now a lot of comments on this subject are posted in this forum. Maybe it is time to set-up a poll, based on those comments?

     

    Anyway, I continue for the time being and updated my page. The simple reason is that:

    - it is fun to collect and hear the tunes

    - the page inspired at least one of the players in the list to pick up his concertina, plug in the microphone and play some more :)

     

    Henk

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