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Concertina Spotting: Bonanza
Frederick Wahl replied to JimR's topic in General Concertina Discussion
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They played Sisters Oregon tonight.
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Imar is currently on tour. All very fine musicians, but concertina player Mohsen Amini is truly amazing: Imar Tour Dates A short audio clip from their show in Corvallis Oregon on Mar. 16th 2019:
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An interesting article about the famous escape from Alcatraz in 1962. Frank Morris would play an accordion to mask the noise as John and Clarence Anglin worked at digging out a ventilation duct. Morris apparently had a concertina as well: "On the night of June 11, 1962, they crawled through the hole in their cell wall and then up a network of piles to the prison roof. They then slide down a smokestack and left the island on a raft made of more than 50 raincoats and inflated with a small concertina, which was used as an improvised bellows." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/24/mysterious-letter-reopens-case-whether-alcatraz-escapees-survived/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1lvB4H1Cg
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http://tradconnect.com/profiles/blogs/debut-video-from-atlas-featuring-their-new-affinity-album
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My Apologies To Free Reed Players Everywhere.
Frederick Wahl replied to Frederick Wahl's topic in Concertina Videos & Music
Russia Today's facebook page just posted it - guess it's with the big leagues now. -
An interesting series of podcasts are being produced by Seattle singer Colleen Raney and flutist Hanz Araki - focusing on Irish, Scottish and English songs and tunes. The first highlights artists that influenced their careers - the second on 'crossover' songs that borrow from Irish/Scottish/English traditional roots. Some interesting discussion between songs. https://soundcloud.com/littlesearecords
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that's what I meant to say, but I was being brief - great explaination!
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The only complete 3-note chord would be D# diminished. If you want to consider the possible 4-note chords (with one note missing), your choices are: B7th (no root) Cdim7th (no root) D#dim7th (no 3rd) F#min6th (no 5th) F#dim7th (no 5th)
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Concertina Alba From Wikipedia: The alba ("sunrise") is a subgenre of Occitan lyric poetry. It describes the longing of lovers who, having passed a night together, must separate for fear of being discovered by their respective spouses.
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evrey movie or tv show with a concertina
Frederick Wahl replied to ido's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Just found this one, don't think this one has been mentioned: "Until They Sail" 1957 with Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, and Piper Laurie (playing the concertina). Great score by David Raksin to boot! -
Quantum Mechanics meets the Concertina
Frederick Wahl replied to Frederick Wahl's topic in General Concertina Discussion
I would say the Anglo-Heisenberg principle applies - that it's impossible to know precisely which note is being played AND the direction of the bellows simultaneously to arbitrarily high precision. -
evrey movie or tv show with a concertina
Frederick Wahl replied to ido's topic in General Concertina Discussion
I can add one nobody has probably mentioned before: "Москва слезам не верит", or "Moscow does not Believe in Tears" - in the middle is a short section where the main character is watching a television displaying a band, one member of which is playing a concertina. It's a classic Russian movie and can be found here. Edit: my appologies - I see it's already included in the first list. -
Modal Scales good information
Frederick Wahl replied to michael sam wild's topic in Teaching and Learning
[ Thanks for posting Steve, check the revised table - I corrected a couple of mistakes. FW -
Modal Scales good information
Frederick Wahl replied to michael sam wild's topic in Teaching and Learning
If A = 440, then the rest of the octave is: Bb = 466.16376152 x 1.7889 = 936.0439 / 2 = 468.0220 B_ = 493.88330126 x 1.8692 = 978.0610 / 2 = 489.0305 C_ = 523.25113060 x 1.0000 = 523.2511 C# = 554.36526195 x 1.0449 = 546.7451 D_ = 587.32953583 x 1.1180 = 584.9948 Eb = 622.25396744 x 1.1963 = 625.9653 E_ = 659.25511383 x 1.2500 = 654.0639 F_ = 698.45646287 x 1.3375 = 699.8484 F# = 739.98884542 x 1.3975 = 731.2434 G_ = 783.99087196 x 1.4953 = 782.4174 G# = 830.60939516 x 1.6000 = 837.2018 A_ = 880.00000000 x 1.6719 = 874.8236 Divide or multiply by 2.0000 to get the appropriate octave. Mean Tone ratios taken from "The Physics of Sound" by Richard E. Berg/David G. Stork. Edit: because the original table starts with A_ and the ratios begin with C_, Bb and B_ are divided by two. Correction: the ratios are in relation to C_ (523.25113060), not each particular note. So, C# = 523.25113060 x 1.0449 not 554.36526195 x 1.0449 FW -
Latest Wim Wakker creation #10112
Frederick Wahl replied to Frederick Wahl's topic in General Concertina Discussion
All my life! But only 3 years of that was on the list. Hope to have a sound file someday soon. -
Latest Wim Wakker creation #10112
Frederick Wahl replied to Frederick Wahl's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Sorry here's the left side. This has Wheatstone layout with "Irish" (2mm) button height. -
Just though everyone would enjoy these pictures of Wim Wakker's latest creation. Walnut with ebony and maple trip with gold inserts and keys. It's his W-6 model tuned to G/D with 40 keys. It sounds as georgous as it looks - although I'm still just a novice.
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The Anglo-German Concertina: A Social History
Frederick Wahl replied to Dan Worrall's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Just ordered my copies today. Frederick -
Anyone in the San Fancisco Bay area
Frederick Wahl replied to fidjit's topic in General Concertina Discussion
You can check with the guy here - I remember when I bought my Rochelle, he mentioned some live shanty music being played every Thu or Fri night somewhere in Jack London Square.