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Mr Reeves. Good to hear from you! The system is least of all for playing in F, but more to reconcile an anglo system with the mind of a fiddler. Obviously none of it is necessary, I've played a standard 30 button for 10 years. Typically I think of the middle row more in terms of a cross row D scale than a C scale. Below that is a corresponding A, like on a fiddle and I tought it would be cool to have a corresponding G above it like on a fiddle. You'd literally be able to play double stops on the concertina, in the same places as a fiddle. The reverse G/A is a big compromise. As you can see, below the G/D/A puls on the left hand there are changes as well. The low E/F is moved to the middle row where the high E/F is and a corresponding A/B is put on button one, just for octaves. I never use that low C/G much on button L6. There are also expanded ornament options, especially in Em, and a lot of those pesky low range fiddle tunes would be easier. Most of the regular system stays unchanged. Thanks for your input. Let me know if you see more good/bad.

Hello all I've played irish music on the concertina for 10 years and wondered what you think of this custom 34 button layout. to basically describe it. it's a C/G. the top row is removed and all useful buttons from it are move either into the 4 extras or into the place of other buttons that I don't use. In the place of the top row, I put an F row. The purpose of this is to make the rows better correspond with the strings of a fiddle. I play across the rows, so the way I play D, Em, Am, G and C on the middle row, I could just jump up a row and play in G, Am, Dm, C, and F the same way a fiddler would jump up a string. The C#'s are still in useful positions and I can generally play the way I normally do. There will be some readjusting, but I'll have to do that anyway moving from a 30 to 34 button sean