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In the September (fall) issue of Concertina World Magazine is a supplemental issue by Eric Matusewitch on the history of the Matusewitch Family and their musical prowess on the English Concertina and Piano Accordion. Great stuff and Eric has outdone himself on anecdotal history of his family and the music they played. A great look into a most influential musical family of the 20th century. Not to be missed. rss

Randy Stein on the English Concertina European and American Standards The Caboose Cafe Friday September 25th 6:30-8:30 2419 Mt Vernon Ave (in Del Ray) Alexandria, VA

If you click the links below the titles you will be able to view these videos on You Tube. Scroll to the bottom to see the latest. The first few are general videos and then you will see the lessons which you can view in numerical order. In general, the videos lessons will gradually introduce more technique/theory over time. All lesson videos have a short summary of their contents under the title. All tab sheets and documents can be downloaded from my website www.daddylongles.com - Go to "Concertina Music". Please be aware that I use my own tablature for these lessons with some standard musical notation here and there. There is a special video which explains this tablature. I will add to the list as I record more videos in the future and hope very much they may be of use to any beginners on this instrument. General Videos:- A Short Video To Introduce Myself https://youtu.be/YPg80a4SvNM An Introduction To The English Concertina https://youtu.be/iG8-3dsSWkc Understanding The Layout And Learning The Notes On The English Concertina https://youtu.be/aor69M4oEf0 My English Concertina Tablature Explained https://youtu.be/VwSVDqsz02k ​The Jackie 30 Button English Concertina Versus a 48 or 56 Button Model https://youtu.be/IhvrtWpby8g The Jackie 30 Button English Concertina Compared With a Lachenal 48 Button Model https://youtu.be/iVPD6zP5Wro Looking Inside A Lachenal Vintage Concertina https://youtu.be/KZEKtMEWGMI The Lachenal Concertina Slide Show https://youtu.be/TbgAHsr5LHY Opening Up An English Concertina To Try To Fix A Fault https://youtu.be/artO0jTQDvY Looking Inside A Jackie Concertina https://youtu.be/kQ6ivydMAiQ Marcus English Treble Concertina - First Impressions https://youtu.be/2nGCWZUY2wE Lesson Videos (Perfect for a beginner - filmed with three cameras in HD):- Video Lesson 1 - Morning Has Broken Key of C major. All notes on rows 2 and 3. How to hold the instrument. The position of Middle C and D in relation to the thumb straps. Simple harmony - two buttons played together. Advice on practice and fingernails. https://youtu.be/WZ2LaPOOiDU Video Lesson 2 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Key of C major. https://youtu.be/2VDVFSsWKvY Video Lesson 3 - On Top Of Old Smoky Key of D major. F# played for the first time. Expression with bellows. https://youtu.be/8iyyLtxXQLw Video Lesson 4 - The Day Thou Gavest Lord Has Ended ​Key of G major. All notes in the scale of G major used. Muscle memory. Tone through confidence! First ornament (a mordent). 3-note chord on the end of the piece. https://youtu.be/afvyAA30DKA Video Lesson 5 - In The Bleak Midwinter Key of C major. Two-note chords. Another mordent. Dotted notes. Staccato notes. https://youtu.be/q7VuoGXYo18 Video Lesson 6 - He Who Would Valiant Be Key of C major. Dotted notes. All notes in the scale of C major played in this tune. https://youtu.be/S0W9vxQrnJM Video Lesson 7 - What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor? In the D Dorian mode - (D minor). https://youtu.be/fMaRBGiRg4I Video Lesson 8 - Skye Boat Song Key of C major. Lots of low notes!! https://youtu.be/pr7DDagGaf0 Video Lesson 9 - Be Still Key of D major. F# and C# played. All 8 notes in the scale of D major played in this tune. Tasteful ending!! https://youtu.be/cw3UE5tm1Ok Video Lesson 10 - Danny Boy Key of C major. 12 notes used - the most so far! Grace notes added. Expression. Rubato. https://youtu.be/SgHp96YBlS4 Video Lesson 11 - Home On The Range Key of D major. Ornaments - mordent and grace notes. 1st finger used on row 1 accidentals for the first time (C#). 4-note chord on the end. https://youtu.be/jtW-zXwnTuo Video Lesson 12 - Shepherd's Hey Played in four keys G major, C major, D minor and A minor - all using the same pattern of buttons. 1,3,8 chord played on the end. https://youtu.be/aS_wrS8g7bI Video Lesson 13 - Oh My Darling Clementine Key of D major. Low C# used so you need to play it with finger 1 on that top row. Interesting ending - an A major chord broken up and with appropriate fingering. https://youtu.be/4nQs5o0LvqU Video Lesson 14 - Away In A Manger Key of E major. Four sharps!! F# C# G# and D#. Changing the fingering to suit the tune https://youtu.be/5mAxiZN1dSk Video Lesson 15 - Cattle Call (Theme To The Woodentops) Key of G major. Playing the tune in harmony. 6/8 time. Reversing the bellows on identical phrases to get a different tone. https://youtu.be/COOIJaSPrJg Video Lesson 16 - The Aldbury May Song Key of D major. Reading the dots (musical notation) for the first time! https://youtu.be/7Otxq4pUChQ Video Lesson 17 - The Grenadier And The Lady In A Aeolian mode (A minor) Tab and sheet music - more advanced timings to learn on the sheet music https://youtu.be/_jgV3NYHu5g Video Lesson 18 - Speed The Plough In G major Tab and sheet music. Playing quavers smoothly. https://youtu.be/ObHGH7ZNfsI Video Lesson 19 - Silent Night Playing in A major for the first time. 6/8 time signature. Left hand change of position for the fingering to make it comfortable to play the G# and C#. https://youtu.be/vd33vmRqk-g Video Lesson 20 - Drink To Me Only In G major. Played and explained as single notes and also in harmony. https://youtu.be/AXUufZhkRec Video Lesson 21 - Happy Birthday In G major. This is a good key for all to sing in. https://youtu.be/eRLAayXeBbc Video Lesson 22 - Amazing Grace In G major. Played in single notes with ornaments and then with a drone. This is the first time I have featured a drone - a low G played all the way through to give us a sort of bagpipes effect. https://youtu.be/JHRPlQDAO2s Video Lesson 23 - The Irish Washerwoman In G major. Playing the same button with different fingers on this Irish tune. https://youtu.be/JgQ1pAxJvjo Video Lesson 24 - Where Is Love? (Oliver!) In C major. Lovely tune with quite a lot of accidentals https://youtu.be/QiP3ZgVrQMw Video Lesson 25 - The Red Haired Boy Not in its usual key of A but in G here. I play it with a hornpipe feel - again, this is unusual ​but I think it works well. https://youtu.be/Oi5RTJdeTmg Video Lesson 26 - Sankta Lucia A lovely old Swedish Christmas song in G. Features a C# accidental. https://youtu.be/Q2hY8TJNrbQ Video Lesson 27 - William Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe A lovely tune in E minor. My wife dances to this in her Morris side. https://youtu.be/5T16nlsb6fA Video Lesson 28 - Bobby Shafto In G major. Two versions of the tune and some ornaments in the B part. https://youtu.be/ZGA64xajQYI Video Lesson 29 - Captain Maguire In D major. Quite a brisk and cheerful tune to warm your fingers up! https://youtu.be/i41Ui98E33w Video Lesson 30 - Yankee Doodle In D major. Very well known tune. https://youtu.be/z65oX_vIhwo Video Lesson 31 - Jon's Polka In D major. In this lesson emphasis is placed on changing bellows direction at the correct moment. https://youtu.be/H9R9Qgi82Xg Video Lesson 32 - Gaudete In G aeolian. In four parts. Again the emphasis is on correct bellows technique. You can hear all four parts together at the start of the video. https://youtu.be/ahAvKfXR3yo

Randy Stein Solo English Concertina Caboose Cafe Thursday June 18th 6:30 - 8:30 PM 2419 Mt Vernon Avenue Alexandria, VA I have some new tunes and some reworked arrangements I am looking forward to playing. rss

Please see ebay listing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Concertina-Connection-Jack-Baritone-English-Concertina-/281700883727?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4196ae5d0f A surprisingly good Jack Baritone English Concertina, with a nice tone. All original apart from one thumb strap bolt, which has been replaced. This is great if you're thinking of trying a baritone but don't want to commit to the high prices you have to pay to buy a good Wheatstone (£2,000 plus). Bellows etc all in a good condition and all reeds sound. You are welcome to come and try if you live locally (Bearsden, Scotland). Will sell for £100 if not through ebay.

https://soundcloud.com/user827948939/ive-only-got-eyes-for-you Great 1934 tune by Harry Warren and Al Dubin.

Now sold. Thanks.

Randy Stein Music for Solo English Concertina Caboose Cafe Thursday March 19th 7:00-8:30 2419 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA

This was one of the first songs I arranged with the help of Boris Matueswitch. I hadn't played it in years and decided to rework it. If Boris was alive today I know we would argue about my choices.Boy do I miss those days. here it is with a blooper and all. https://soundcloud.com/user827948939/days-of-wine-and-roses-by

I sell a Marcus English Concertina 37 Key. It was built in 2008 by Marcus , Newport Wales. Serial number 494. The Concertina is complete with case and it is in excellent condition. Price 1350 GBP or 1800 Euro. The concertina is located in Genoa - Italy. You hear its sound here: http://youtu.be/jOf8qtwlqwE http://youtu.be/E9p7CfmrUnQ http://youtu.be/aNeNJcOTSzo http://youtu.be/wJUcLNTXm2k http://youtu.be/wJUcLNTXm2k Please contact me on e-mail sirio.restani@gmail.com for pictures

I was cleaning out some of my files and found one of the first arrangements I did on my own with the help of Boris Matueswich. The tune is called The Days of Wine and Roses by Henry Mancini. It was, at the time, quite a challange with modulating major to minor chording and such: D7witha 5m - D9 or decending chords Am-Dm - Dm7-Bm7-Bflat9, etc So I found the sheet music and am reworking working the tune. Hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have it in my fingers enough to do a demo. Reworking is a lot of fun and offers a way to keep my repertoire fresh. rss

The Squeezers playing the Morris tune "Step Back" at the 2015 FSGW Mini-Fest . Jim Besser - Anglo Concertina Gus Voorhees - Melodeon Randy Stein - English Concertina Cyndy Elliot - Bass http://youtu.be/uJS2GE9Y2cI

JIM BESSER & RANDY STEIN PLAY SOME TANGOS, HORNPIPES, MAZUKAS, POLKAS, JAZZ, AND WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN THINK OF GROUNDED COFFEE HOUSE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH 11:00 AM— 1:00 PM 6919 TELEGRAPH ROAD ALEXANDRIA, VA

Randy Stein Music for Solo English Concertina Caboose Cafe Thursday February 12th 7:00 - 8:30 PM 2419 Mt Vernon Avenue Alexandria, VA

the Squeezers Upcoming Performances: FSGW Mid Winter Folk Music Festival Saturday February 7th All Day We perform at 5:00 PM Takoma Park Middle School, Takoma Park, MD Event Info: http://fsgw.org/myorgnet/public.php GROUNDED COFFEE HOUSE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH 11:00 AM— 1:00 PM 6919 TELEGRAPH ROAD ALEXANDRIA, VA

Randy Stein English Concertina FIRST NIGHT AT THE CABOOSE CAFE The Caboose Cafe Wednesday December 31st 6:30-8:30 2419 Mt Vernon Ave (in Del Ray) Alexandria, VA https://www.facebook.com/groups/concertinaguy/

DC Jewish Folk Arts Festival Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 – 4:00 p.m. Ein Lanu Z’man will be playing at the Klezcafe of the DC Jewish Folk Arts Festival at 4:00 p.m. Universities of Shady Grove Conference Center – 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD (off Rt. 28) For more information and tickets to the festival (which will be celebrated from 12-6 p.m.), visit the JFAF website here.

Written in 1933 by Dino Olivieri (music) and Nino Rastelli (lyrics). Arranged for solo English Concertina. rss J'attendrai_Randy_Stein.mp3

Appearing at St Elmo’s Coffee Pub THE SQUEEZERS Jim Besser - Anglo Concertina Gus Voorhees - Melodeon Randy Stein - English Concertina Wednesday December 10, 2014 8:00 — 10:00 PM St Elmo’s Coffee Pub 2300 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA (in the heart of Del Ray) https://www.facebook.com/DCsqueezers

Randy Stein English Concertina Musique du Café Society An evening of European & American Standards arranged for solo English Concertina. The Caboose Cafe Thursday November 13th 7:00-8:30 2419 Mt Vernon Ave (in Del Ray) Alexandria, VA https://www.facebook.com/groups/concertinaguy/

RANDY STEIN MUSIC FOR SOLO ENGLISH CONCERTINA CABOOSE CAFE THURSDAY OCTOBER 16TH 2419 MT VERNON AVE (DEL RAY) ALEXANDRIA, VA

So I played around with this and did an arrangement as a challange to myself. Performed it at NESI this year and just recorded it on soundcloud. Its a bit different for the EC but I love playing it. never play it the same way twice. https://soundcloud.com/user827948939/round-midnight-by-thelonius rss

RANDY STEIN MUSIC FOR SOLO ENGLISH CONCERTINA CABOOSE CAFE THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 2419 MT VERNON AVE (DEL RAY) ALEXANDRIA, VA And then again... GROUNDED COFFEE HOUSE SUNDAY, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21ST 11;00 AM— 1:00 PM 6919 TELEGRAPH ROAD ALEXANDRIA, VA https://www.facebook.../concertinaguy/

I made a chart for myself, partly as a side-trip of something else I'm working on. While it isn't particularly spectacular and some of my digital photo editing, color matching, etc., was a challenge, I do kind of like this. So, I'll post it here. It's also posted in my blog, so if one doesn't work out, the other will. Besides here at in my blog, this is also found at box.com/concertinachartrootswendy I don't like to rely on charts or printed music, but if I have something visual, it will make a space in my mind and I think it does help me to a degree.

https://soundcloud.com/randy-stein-1/cant-help-falling-in-lovemp3mp3 "Can't Help Falling in Love" is a pop song originally recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company. It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss.[2] The melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour"[3] (1784), a popular romance by Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816). It was featured in Elvis Presley's 1961 film, Blue Hawaii. Arranged for Solo English Concertina by Boris Matusewitch. There is one small bloop where my cell phone started to ring and distracted me. bummer. rss