Henk van Aalten
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Here is link to my concertina page which contains a recording of the tune An Paistin Fionn played by "The Roaring Hamsters" (Karen Huckle on Celtic Harp and myself on 30 button C/G Anglo Concertina).
Morgana,
This was the biggest surprise after my return from Scotland, where I did not have the time to take a good look at the forum *).
I like the sound of the concertina - harp combination and especially the sound of your concertina (I assume it is your Norman Anglo G/C?).
Nice one Morgana, funnily enough that was the tune I first picked to learn off her cd.Sharron, me too, and I know others who did the same.Well, I am "one of the others". In fact this tune is the first one in D that I mastered to play on my G/C Anglo. As for the second (fast) part of the song: I like Mary's playing, but the "pumping piano" spoils it.
To conclude: I (we?) would like to hear more from you Morgana!
Henk
*) The reason for my stay in Schotland was a family visit to admire (together with my wife) our third grandchild: a little wonderfull girl, named Eilidh (pronounce like Ceilidh without the C)
. I learned her to listen to the concertina!
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Alan
This is great in many ways!
- This is what I had in mind in a previous discussion about exchanging tunes (initiated by Joachim Delp).
- It's very nice playing and I (or the most of us?) can learn a lot from your playing.
- It sets an example for all of us to place our tunes on the internet, so we can hear, learn and ask questions about the tunes.
So friends, let's play and record and upload our tunes! Do not bother too much about your level. You can learn from (some of) us and/or we can from you. It's a win-win situation and it's fun too!
Thanks again Alan!
Henk
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After I press the key, it's as if some extra air needs to go through it to get it going,
Alex
I had a similar problem that developed in my Marcus C/G but it was one of the higher notes (do not exactly remember which one). At the point that this became annoying, I was so lucky at that moment to be in Australia. During a visit to Richard Evans (Australian concertina-maker), I told him about it, and he had a look a fixed it in a few minutes. As far as I remember, the space between the reed and reed-shoe, had become to big (wide), so there was too much air leaking before the reed started vibrating.
I guess that Richard simply repositioned the reed and the problem was fixed.
I hope he is reading this, because he can give a much better answer and I was at that moment too much overwhelmed by all kinds of impressions (the atmosphere, the great place, all those instruments, the nice people, etc.)
Hope this helps,
Henk
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It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes.
So here is the next one, titled BAGDAD! This slip jig can be found in the Tune-O-Tron
Who's next ??
Henk
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So I wondered, how many tunes are there where the ABC of the first several notes is the name?
None that I know of, so I wrote one -- titled "Cabbage" -- and I put it in the Tune-O-Tron. It seems like there's a real opportunity here to create a whole new genre of tunes.
So what's next? "Aged cabbage"?
Henk
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Hi Clive
I can only help you with your last remark:
All I seem to be able to do is to quote one posting, and its always at the top of reply.After selecting and editting the part of the mail you want to quote, you first type a dummy word in the main text window and press the "preview post" button.
After that you can type text (insert text) before the quoted section and continue below the quoted section.
Do'nt forget to remove the dummy!
I hope it is clear to you
Henk
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When I changed from my previous 20 button Hohner G/C to my new Marcus 30 button G/C, I experienced the same problem. It took several weeks to manage and the reward in better sound-quality and playing speed was more than enough to compensate for the short period to get used to the much smaller sized buttons.
So my advice is not to worry about button-size, but enjoy the better sound!
Henk
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Last weekend I also bought a program called IntelliScore which takes takes an MP3 and converts it into a Midi file. I can then open that midi in my music notation software as sheet/printed music.
Morgana,
This sounds very interesting! Can you also tell us the name of your music notation software?
Thanks
Henk
(P.S. hoping to hear a tune from you soon!)
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Howard
Thanks for your tunes. As I could only locate the Winster morris reel, I can only comment on that one. To start with, it sounds very good to me (playing as well as quality of the sound file).
I have some additional questions: Can you give me more details on the key you played and what type/brand of concertina you used? Is there any musical notation of the tune available?
Thanks in advance
Henk
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To illustrate the idea, I made a simple page on the diskspace that my internet provider reserved for me (without any extra costs). You can find it at: http://home.planet.nl/~aalte099/
I invite you to do the same and enter your tune(s) as a new topic in this forum. In case of any questions please let me know in this forum or directly to me.
Henk
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I had the same problem this morning.
Henk
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Very nice arrangement, and a good quality recording too
Thanks Morgana for your reaction.
The arrangement was inspired by the playing of this tune by the guitarplayer Dave Evans. It's in the book "Anthology of O'Carolan Music (including a great CD!) by Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn, published by Mel Bay Publications (ISBN 0-7866-3474-X). This is really a great book! I received it as a preaent from Joachim Delp and I'm still very thankfull for this musical treasure.
Now, to make this forum work, I invite you to make a recording of your playing and place a link in this forum. I am (maybe we all are) curious to hear playing.
When you need technical assistance you can contact me directly.
Henk
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Out of interest; is this the same tune as 'Hulabolero all the way'?, or are they just similar, or have i got it completely wrong?
Clive.
Clive,
As I am not a native English speaker I'm not familiar with the word 'Hulabolero'. I checked Websters and found nothing. I did find the seperate words:
Hula: a Polynesian dance marked by undulating movementsof the hips, arms and hands and often accompanied by rhythmic drumbeats and chants.
I did not link to a video file but it was only a sound file
Bolero: a Spanish dance in triple meter.
I did not realize that I could play in triple meter
Even Google did not give any hit on the word 'Hulabolero'
So please be more precise in your comment, as I would like to learn from the comments.
Henk
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Hi,
Here is the link to Sheebeg an Sheemore (1.6 Mb MP3), the famous O'Carolan composition.
It is played in C by my brother (on guitar) and me on a 30 button G/C concertina. This one is normally payed in D, but at this moment I have not the level to play it smoothly in D on the G/C concertina.
As there are no accidentals involved, this tune is very well suited for a 20 button G/C concertina.
Questions and comments are very welcome!
Henk
(edited because of a changed link to the tune)
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Dear Friends
This is a link to Boys from Bluehill (763 Kb, MP3) as played by me on my "Marcus" Anglo concertina (20030222).
It is one of my favorite hornpipes. I know it should be played in D as can be found here in the Tunes Database. However (with my harmonica background) I play it in C and mainly on the C row. I have seen that the melody of my version deviates from the Tunes Database version. The push-pull sequence of this melody fits very well with the tune.
Note that this tune can also easily be played on a 20 button C/G concertina.
please comments
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Dear Concertina friends,
I assume that this forum is meant to exchange tunes/songs in order to learn from each other as was suggsted by Joachim Delp in the General Concertina Discussion Forum under the topic Interchanging, Teaching, Learning Favourite Tunes and Stephen Mills in the topic Learning tunes.
To get this thing started I suggest to use the diskspace the we (as combined Concertina players) have on the internet. Everyone of us has an internet provider and most providers offer diskspace to place your own website. This space can be (partly) used by YOU to place soundfiles of tunes that YOU play.
In this way YOUcan get usefull comments of those that are at a higher level of playing and at the same time YOU can help those that are at a lower level by answering their questions. For each of us this is a win-win situation and could be great fun.
For the time being I suggest:
1. to start a new topic for each tune that is entered by one of you.
2. to use the MP3 format for te sound files (most common format, and it takes not much space)
So let's start and create together a "Virtual Concertina Disk" that after some time may host a lot of tunes played by this Concertina Community and let's start to learn from each other.
Finally: This only works when YOU participate! I case of any (technical) questions I am willing to help you as much as I can.
Thanks for your cooperation!
Henk van Aalten
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Dear friends,
When I visited Custy's Music shop in Ennis (Ireland) in July 2002 my (not to active) search for a 30 button Anglo ended after twenty years.
During the hours I spent in the shop in order to make my choice from the selection of Anglo's, I noticed people disappearing behind a curtain at the end of the shop. Very soon after that I could hear someone playing on a fiddle, banjo, etc.
While surfing on the internet a few days ago, I came across the web site of Custy's Music and I was happily surprised to find a special session-page
I found there a treasure of video's (including concertina playing). Most of them have been recorded in the shop of Custy's (probably behind the curtain). Some of the musician do not use their own instruments, but apperently just took one from the shops, as the price-tags are visible!
Only a few are recorded outside the shop, from which the recordings of Gerdie Commane and Mary McNamara are really my favorites. The combination of harmonica and concertina as shown by Mick Kinsella is very inspiring. It drove me directly to my attic to find an old harmonica in G and the device to enable hands-free harmonica playing.
Most of the video's are more direct accessible via: http://www.custysvideo.com/video/ (I guess this is an unofficial back-door to the web site).
Have fun and get inspired!
Henk
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I like the idea of this "Tunes Round Robin" and the "combined Concertina Virtual Disk" ..... But .... is this to be only for anglos?
Richard
I cannot see why it should be exclusively for Anglo's. Let's just start and see what happens!!
Henk
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Jim
Thanks for your positive comment..
It deviates significantly in a few places from what I've been playing for more than 30 years and have seen in books more than 100 years old, so that I would think of it as a variant, if not a separate tune. But it's also quite lovely, so please don't change it. I think I'll learn it, and maybe play it in a medley with my usual version.Normally I pick up a tune by ear or (very slowly) from the notes and after that I do not listen anymore to the original or have a look at the notes.
When I check several years later, I discover that the balance in my head between memory and phantasy is very much in favor of phantasy.
B.T.W.:
1. you make me curious about how it sounds when you play it.
2. what is your opinion about the initiative of Joachim Delp (who started this thread) and my suggestion of this "Combined Concertina Virtual Disk" in combination with a new forum?
Henk
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Steven
I have just entered a message in the "Interchanging, Teaching, Learning Favourite Tunes" topic that also is of interest for this topic.
Henk
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Alex
I would like to join your and Joachim's idea. I think it's a good idea to learn from colleagues that are a level higher.
The technical problem of disk-space could be solved by joining the free disk spaces that are available to us as concertina players. A lot of internet providers offer free diskspace to place your own website (in my case 50 Mb). We could upload the tunes that we would like to share to our own "free space". I guess in this way the "Combined Concertina Virtual Disk" will be big enough to store hundreds of tunes in MP3 format!!
The next step is opening a new forum here at concertina.net and placing a new topic for each tune with description of the tune as well as a link to the tune. By replying in the usual way comments and question will be stored in the original topic.
If there was already a "Tunes Interchange" forum (can this be organized Paul S.??), I could place the next message in a topic called: "Boys from Bluehill".
Dear FriendsThis is a link to Boys from Bluehill (763 Kb, MP3) as played by me on my "Marcus" Anglo concertina (20030222).
It is one of my favorite hornpipes. I know it should be played in D as can be found here in the Tunes Database. However (with my harmonica background) I play it in C and mainly on the C row. I have seen that the melody of my version deviates from the Tunes Database version. The push-pull sequence of this melody fits very well with the tune.
please comments
and questions I hope you all will pull and push a lot in 2004 and I certainly hope that the distance that you pull will not exceed the distance that you push!!
Henk
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Hi friends,
A little bit late, but it still is Christmas! So my best wishes to you and the very best for 2004.
I have attached a tune "Christmas day in the morinig" and yes I played it yesterday morning, but without the "other attributes".
Henk
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Even if Goran uses the QUOTE option correctly, this discussion with Jim is more a battle between opinions (ego's) and is not interesting for me.
So please stop this and come back to the topic.
To give new input:
Please explain me (both of you) in less than 100 words why concertina buttons are so thin compared with bandoneon buttons.
Henk
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Since Louis Lachenal was (I believe) a Belgian...
Chris
When Louis Lachenal really was a Belgian, it is very well possible that his name was written like La Chenal, which can be translated as "the channel".
The observation of the "other" Chris that there is an entry in the London phonebook "W.S. La Chenal (020) ********" is interesting in this respect.
Chenal should be pronounced more or less like this:
The Che part like "shut" (without the t).
The a in nal should be pronounced as the a in after.
Henk
Lachenl 20 Button G/d For Sale
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Dave
Now you have two persons that would like to hear your answer!
Henk