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Well done sir.
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What have you been doing during Lockdown
maccannic replied to Kelteglow's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Local folk club once a week on Zoom (sometimes using concertina). Local tune session once a week on Zoom (mostly using concertina). Wife and I have been having a go at Bach's 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring' on two concertinas - she playing the 9/8 running figure on English, me playing all the rest (or a version of it) on duet. -
advice please - ease of transition from piano - which concertina?
maccannic replied to Tori's topic in Teaching and Learning
If you can touch type, then you must be used to the random arrangement of the letters of the alphabet. So the random arrangement of the notes should rapidly become intuitive (it did in my case). -
What is your Concertina highlight
maccannic replied to Alan Day's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Not having had a 'career' as such, there haven't been many highlights. But from a purely vanity point of view it has to be receiving compliments on your playing from somebody whose opinion you value. On different occasions, these have included Alastair Anderson, Colin Dipper and Rod Stradling. One obvious lowlight was submitting some recordings for possible inclusion in 'Duet International' to be told, very politely, that they weren't good enough (no hard feelings, Alan; I wasn't under any illusions in that regard). But even then, I put a couple of the same sound files up on thi -
Help on playing chords on the English concertina
maccannic replied to StephenTx's topic in Teaching and Learning
The answer's 'yes'. Yes, you could play one chord and hold it. Yes, you could play one chord and let go. Yes, you could play a chord every time there's a beat, or every time there's a note, or on some beats or notes but not others. The important thing is to listen to what yoy play, and play what sounds best to you. If someone suggests something different, try that too. The main difficulty you will find with the English is that both hands are involved with playing the tune, so it's not always easy to play exactly what chord you want, although that comes with practice -
People who play multiple systems
maccannic replied to Sean M's topic in General Concertina Discussion
I am in awe of anybody who can play to a decent standard on different types of concertina (Keith Kendrick is a good example). As for me, I play 80-bass piano accordian and Maccann duet concertina, and even on those two rather different boxes I occasionally get confused, playing completely the wrong note or chord or trying to play something which isn't there. -
But some of the tracks were included on CD on 'Anglo International'.
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Looking for information - Lachenal New Model Crane on eBay
maccannic replied to Don Taylor's topic in Buy & Sell
I'm guessing the seller is c-netter 'Sprunghub', who comes from that part of the world, and is an honourable person to deal with. -
2007 field recording Anglo, pipes and fiddle
maccannic replied to Jody Kruskal's topic in General Concertina Discussion
I must be doing something wrong. They 'play', but all I get is silence. Edited to add: Ignore that. My computer had gone into mute mode, don't know why. And great music by the way! -
Loved it! I was particularly struck by the mellow tone, almost clarinet-like.
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Hopefully Kettle Bridge Concertinas are still going strong.
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Brilliant. That's what I call multi-tasking!
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Then of course there is my avatar (though I'm not the first to have put that picture up on this site).