Don Taylor
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Charlie Chaplin was a much more controversial figure in Britain and was considered to be a draft dodger by the UK (gutter) press during WWI.
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I regularly (morning and evening) do some simple neck stretch exercises that help to relieve neck ache and numbness in my hand. They are called the 'McKenzie' exercises after the New Zealand physiotherapist that developed them many years ago.
There is a book by Robin McKenzie called 'Treat Your Own Neck' which describes the exercises and explains the theory behind them. There are also many web-sites and YouTube videos that cover these exercises.
If you try these exercises then be patient waiting for results. It takes a few days before things start to improve, and, as always with physiotherapy exercises, if it hurts then stop doing it.
Added later: If you wear glasses then are you craning your neck forward to read a computer screen or a music score? If so, then talk to your optometrist about getting some glasses that focus at the right distance for you. I have bifocal glasses but I use a pair of 'computer' glasses to read a computer screen without craning my neck.
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I agree with Sean but, as a buyer, I have had the inverse experience a couple of times.
Something for sale a decent distance away is advertised at a certain price so I phone the seller and agree to see the item. When I get there, the seller ups his price figuring that since I spent a day driving to see his stuff then he can get me to pay more than the original asking price!
I just turn around and leave.
At least Sean did not to have drive 6 hours for a buyer to low-ball him.
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You should get Wim Wakker's duet tutor with your Elise and Roger has already given you a link to Brian Hayden's tutor.
AFAIK, that is all there is for tutors for the Hayden layout.
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Very nice!
Any chance that you could provide a MusicXML file?
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19 minutes ago, David Barnert said:
How about tunes for Pi day (3.14)?
Will the Circle be Unbroken.
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See https://thesession.org/discussions/49075 for some suggestions/opinions.
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3 hours ago, Leah Velleman said:
I have one! It's just USB-A, and now the computers in the house only have USB-C. That's how obsolete I am, is even the shiny new thing I got to deal with obsolete media is obsolete.
There are lot of USB-A to USB-C adapters available, just make sure that you pick the right genders.
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10 minutes ago, Leah Velleman said:
*Well, what you actually do is you find your one weird friend who still owns a computer old enough to have a CD drive, and then you put it in their computer.
You can get an external drive that simply plugs into a USB port, I have one and have found it handy occasionally. They are quite cheap on Amazon.
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Thank you very much for doing this this as I am a long time Stan Rogers fan.
Background. The Dreadnoughts are a Canadian band founded in their love of the songs of Stan Rogers. Stan started out singing mostly traditional maritime songs but then moved on to writing and performing songs about other regions of Canada. Stan had plans for writing songs about all the varied regions of Canada but his career was cut short when he died in a fire aboard an aircraft in 1983. He was ony 33 years old.
Here is the Dreadnoughts version of the song: https://youtu.be/cw9O2xdAmGc?si=PSQlfC-sJhZCrKxG
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On 2/13/2024 at 4:05 PM, gcoover said:
plan to add the 20-button tutor (yes, I know it's already available for free online) as an appendix for those who would like it in print form.
This is a play by ear tutor primarily and David added the transcription later. What do you plan to do about the audio recordings of the tutor?
I have been providing it as a link in my sig (see below) but I am not going to live forever(!) so that is not a permanent solution.
The ICA have recently added the audio recordings to their web-site: https://concertina.org/alan-days-anglo-concertina-tutor/ This appears to be available to non-members so this might be a possibility for you.
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9 hours ago, David Barnert said:
I have only heard the expression “double stopping” in relation to string instruments
I think that Wolf used the term "double stop" a few years ago, he was referring to playing his EC at the time, and it stuck with me as a reasonable description of the style.
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Isle of Beauty as played by the Band of the Irish Guards (first tune):
Somebody in the comments said that they thought it was played too fast!
Looking at the score I see mostly 3rds and 6ths with a 4th near the end. I would have called this style of playing 'double stopping' but maybe I have got the wrong idea about the meaning of double stopping?
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12 hours ago, David Barnert said:
Surely you remember these photos that Łukasz posted in 2021 and 2022
Thank you David, I had forgotten those photos.
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You can change the angle of the handrest on an Elise. The are simply screwed to their ends with two wood screws so, if you can bring yourself to drill a hole in the end, you change the angle. Before you drill a new hole then remove one of the screws and tighten the other one so that the handrest does not swivel easily but is still adjustable. Then put the end back on the concertina and try a few different orientations before drilling a new hole for a permanent position for the handrest. I settled on having the handrest parallel with the buttons on my Elise but I also made some new handrails that were much higher than the rather low ones that come as standard. Simple woodworking if you have the tools.
I have read about Łukasz's 'antler' handrests before but I don't really understand what they look like and why they work.
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Interesting!
My tutor is clearly for the 2nd edition of the Jackie which has publication date of 2008. It looks like there was an earlier edition from 2003 - maybe that was for 1st edition Jackie that you have.
Comparing the two different layouts it looks like Wim removed the D#5 on the LHS and added a C6. Then on the RHS he removed G#5 and Ab4 to add Bb5 and B5. This extends the range up a couple of notes at the expense of not being able to play in E - which would not be a hardship for most folks. On your box I think that you can, subject to having enough range, play in Bb, F, C, G, D, A and E without having to use enharmonic notes on out of position buttons. For most folks playing a Jackie then playing in F, C, G and D would be just fine.
I think that your layout is good for a student instrument. Looking through my Jackie Tutor book I do not immediately see any tunes or exercises that you could not play on your box.
My only suggestion is to stagger the columns of your layout diagrams to better match the button layout - like the 2nd edition layout charts that you linked to in your earlier post: https://www.concertinaconnection.com/jackie layout.htm
Otherwise, I think that you are good to go using your own diagrams.
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Maybe you could post your diagram.
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I have an early Jackie tutor which I am sure is for the 1st edition and the layout in there is the same as your 2nd edition picture. I would be very surprised if Wim changed layouts between the 1st and 2nd editions so I am wondering if you really have a genuine Jackie.
The Chinese factory that made Jackies for Wim also sold their own version of the box and it looks identical apart from the Concertina Connection logo.
You could use a tuning app on a cell phone to tell you what notes are actually played so that you can make up your own chart. If they do not conform to the standard EC positions then you might have to get it fixed.
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David, I think that Joe is referring to Danny's other Youtube videos about RC model aircraft.
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10 hours ago, DaveRo said:
I play the 2-voice version - #5 on that page - on my Peacock (42 buttons). Maybe the Dm version of that is playable, or the left hand can be adapted to fit. (I often have to do that.)
That version looks to be playable in Dm on an Elise without alteration.
I imported it into Musescore and transposed it down to Dm:
The original in the Session is notated with the lower staff as a treble clef so some of the notes are doubled and some are higher than the top staff. It sounds quite strange!
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It looks like this version from the Session is (just) playable on an Elise:
It is in Dm so your D#'s change to C#'s which you have, and the highest note is A5 which you also (just) have.
The nice thing about the Hayden is that when you get one with enough buttons to play in Em then all you have to do is shift everything over one button to the right.
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2 hours ago, wunks said:
Many Quebecois fiddlers and box players use a step dance riff while sitting.
Like the fiddler here in Le Vent du Nord:
Bicycle riding and concertina playing re: Pain
in General Concertina Discussion
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I get numbness in my hands when playing the concertina and when riding my bike.
This is alleviated by avoiding craning or bending my neck as much as possible.
This meant learning not to look at the buttons when playing the concertina and raising the handlebars on my bike as high as possible. I use a handlebar stem extension to further elevate the handlebars.