Susanne
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Any concertina that is easy to learn to play, that sounds good, that plays as many keys as possible, and is easy to play chords on. If Santa brings it, it's good that the concertina looks fancy too..
A Michael Kelly Amber or Walnut colored F-style mandolin (or any blonde mandolin that sounds good).
A gift from heaven so that I suddenly can play the fiddle like Kevin Burke.
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Just let me know when you have the recordings up! I'm getting really curious about that instrument.
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You seem to have concertina-fever already even before playing..
I do!! I've played some button accordion and I love it, but I like the sweeter sound of the concertina and the size, so that's what I want. I primarily want an anglo, because I like the sound of that more than other concertinas, and can be played in more keys. But I may change my mind after trying other types of concertinas. I'll try to visit Jim Lucas (seems closer than Stockholm) and try some before buying. Does Morgana and Jackie concertinas have a website I can check out?
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I wonder what you would suggest someone who can't pay a fortune for a beginner instrument. I want to buy a concertina but don't want to pay a lot. What would you suggest? I read that Stagis are not well made, and all other concertinas I've read about cost like 20000 SEK and up. I didn't even pay that for my mandolin upgrade this summer (and I've played mandolin for 9 years) and I don't want to spend lots on my first concertina. I can upgrade later, right now I want one that I can learn on. Really, I have very little money but I can't wait to get started..I've browsed around on the internet and it seems quite depressing finding a cheap concertina... Is it impossible? Is the concertina a rich man's instrument? Or are there cheap but ok beginner instruments out there?
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Richard Burgess (concertina and guitar), an Englishman living in Norway and speaking perfect Norwegian. He was a wonderful concertina and guitar player, singer and songwriter.
Anders Ådin, hurdy-gurdy and guitar player from Sweden but living in Norway.
Patrik Wingård, Swede living in Sweden. Played clarinet and low whistle.
The band is called Burgess, Ådin & Wingård. Don't miss them if you get a chance to see them!!!!!!!!!! Hey Jim, since you live in Denmark you should be able to get to Göteborg easily. There's a trad music cafe there, every Friday night from 7 pm til midnight. There's usually some workshops at 7, then a concert at 8.30 and after the concert they play for dance. Mostly Swedish music and always Swedish dances (sometimes they have Irish set dance workshops) but sometimes they have like yesterday, British-like music or even Scottish or Irish. It's a nice place to go anyhow.
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After some listening on that c-net-page, I realize I like best the sound of an anglo. I really have to get somewhere to try one! Can you play chords on an anglo concertina? What is the difference between an anglo and an English concertina?
I was at a concert last night with a flute player, a concertina player and a hurdy-gurdy player. It was the best I've heard in a long time. They played English, Norwegian and some Shetland music. I'm not sure but I think he played an English concertina. It also was the first time I actually liked the sound of a hurdy-gurdy. He was a great player, he could make some beauty come out of a hurdy-gurdy!
Welcome, hope you are enjoying the site. Best wishes on your upcoming wedding and hoping you get going on concertina soon.
Thanks Helen
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Thanks for the link. What a wonderful page! I've missed concertina music and was about to ask about it, here I have lots of good music to listen to.
It looks like Karlssons musik have mostly Stagi concertinas. They should be Italian, but I'm not sure.
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Wow, there were so many nice replies here and so much questions!!!
Ok. Chris, I'll send you a pm.
Henrik, you'd better call me ennis girl but in any case I'm a bit north of Göteborg.
I'll certainly try to come to that concertina event in April!!!!!!! And Jim, I don't live in Skåne but I'd love to come and visit you and try your instruments anyway!
With "here" I mean at concertina.net...That shop I was talking about is Karlssons musik in Fjärås, close to Kungsbacka in the south-west of Sweden. I don't know how their concertinas are like, their anglos cost between 4000-6000 SEK and above. I don't know how much I can spend or if I want to spend lots on my first concertina, but certainly I want one that is playable.
Do you think I can tell what concertina is the best for me to get (anglo, English etc) when I don't even know how to play it? I want that 30 button anglo in c/g because someone who knows more about them than I do told me that it's the best kind of concertina to play Irish music. I'd love to learn Swedish trad on the concertina too. I've just recently started to play Swedish trad music on the fiddle and I am really falling in love with it.
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Hi everyone!
I'm a Swedish mandolin and fiddle player, I'm planning to start learning to play the concertina. I'm going to play Irish music, and if possible also Swedish trad. I've heard elsewhere that I should get an anglo concertina tuned c/g. After some research I actually found out there's a shop not too far away from me where they sell accordions and concertinas so I'm going there later to check on their concertinas. But I'm also planning my own wedding so the concertina will have to wait for a while until I have the money.
Meanwhile I have a button accordion to play on, I guess I can at least have some skills there that are good for playing the concertina.
Are there any more beginners or almost beginners here? What is good to know about concertina playing for a pure newbie? I've played a little (very little) button accordion, but most is new to me about this kind of instruments.
I Have A Concertina!
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My boyfriend went to a music shop last Friday when he was off work, while on his way to a luthier shop. He asked if they had any concertinas or if they knew how to find a used concertina. Then, the shop owner pulled out a leather box from somewhere, swept of the dust, and showed an old English 56 button concertina from who-knows-when. Another customer had left it there years ago to be sold, but he hadn't sold it yet and didn't really know if he really wanted to sell it. He would find out the price and what kind of concertina it was etc, and then call back.
Yesterday, when I was in Göteborg to look for other things and just relax, I went in there to look at it and ask for the price. I thought it would cost something like 3000-4000 SEK since it was quite a nice one. But, he told me it cost 800 SEK!! It looks quite old but I'm not sure, and there's no maker's name on it at all. It seems to be an English, one button is missing but it's a button I'll never use anyway, one of those really high ones. So, I bought it, and have since then tried to find some logic in the placement of the buttons. I did after some searching, find a chart for 56 button concertinas, and found there actually was some kind of logic even if it doesn't make it very easy to play..........I also found a tutor book in pdf format on the same website. So now I get going!!!! And after just 24 hours as a concertina owner, I love it. What a wonderful instrument!!!!!
If you have any advice on how to make the learning as easy as possible, you are very welcome to contact me.