billybunterr

probably, because they would instinctively reverse bellows at the same points they would on an Anglo. that is another option, always play certain notes in the scales of G or D in a particular direction.

the answer must lie in the bellows, it must be perfectly possible to copy any system of diatonic accordeon and reverse in the same place. The player has a choice of DG, C#D, BC, or CC#, all sound bouncy. is BC the most common, does anyone have a chart of which notes are in and out for the BC accordeon?

The Irish musicians I know who play other genres of music have come to those other genres after a solid grounding within the Irish tradition. Irish music is so demanding that there isn't a lot of room left in one mortal lifetime to become solidly grounded in another tradition. You can be a dilettante in many genres but only an adept in one. Zoey Conway playing the Contradiction reel, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_yeTX92rM, and here she plays in the style of Stephane Grappeli, she manages to play both well.

After so many discussions about Irish music being played on English Concertina, I would be interested to know how many people are playing Irish music on their Duet Concertinas?

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist, poet and philosopher.

Commiserations.