gavdav Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) This is pulling together some other things from other threads. I am currently getting my head round this concertina - I love it, but i am sure there is an internal logic that I'm only seeing part of, being less musically minded than the average person (when it comes to dots and theory). It is a G/D with a lot of extra buttons. What I have found is that playing in A major and B minor are as easy as playing in G and D and in Bm especially all those extra drones add a lot. Can anyone see any other convenient scales? I have corrected the layout I posted earlier and this one should be correct (if odd). I tend to play by shape and pattern in the "English" anglo style. Any input much appreciated. Edited January 24, 2010 by gavdav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) hi Gav, it looks a beast. i'd love to transpose that to C/G to help with my current obsession! I can't blow that sketch up. As an old technophobe what do I have to do? Edited January 23, 2010 by michael sam wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 If I'm looking at the post I just have to click it, but you could try right clicking and saving the linked file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Ta muchly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 If I'm looking at the post I just have to click it, but you could try right clicking and saving the linked file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 No prob - I thought I'd got C working nicely in both hands, but the directions are making it a little trickier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_freereeder Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 My goodness, Gav. What a lot of buttons! I shall look forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime! My first thought is that Em should be pretty easy. The basic triad E G B is there on the D-row and the scale would follow the same pull-push pattern as Am on the G-row. Then, you say you are already getting to grips with C major once you've got the bellows directions learnt. Similarly, F major and it's relative D minor ought to be possible, but I'd sooner play in those keys on the C/G anglo. Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 If I'm looking at the post I just have to click it, but you could try right clicking and saving the linked file. I can't get that to work, either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelteglow Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi Gav I have saved it then tried to enlarge it but it becomes unreadable .Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 sorry guys - file was much too large so I have deleted and re attached. please see if it worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 sorry guys - file was much too large so I have deleted and re attached. please see if it worked! Got bored, after waiting five minutes for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Got bored, after waiting five minutes for the link. Sorry guys - maybe someone more technically minded can explain it. It takes about eight seconds to come up on my connection but all the image links on the site seem slower today than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_freereeder Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 sorry guys - file was much too large so I have deleted and re attached. please see if it worked! Works fine for me; opens in a couple of seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david fabre Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I'm puzzled, especially by the collection of "drones" at the bottom. Could you precise in which octave are these notes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 I'm puzzled, especially by the collection of "drones" at the bottom. Could you precise in which octave are these notes ? Left hand is the octave below the standard bass notes, right hand is the octave of the D row treble notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david fabre Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Left hand is the octave below the standard bass notes, I assume that the A is just one step above the bottom G ; to me this makes sense to have it in both directions. On a C/G this would be a low D and this is the note I miss the most. On the other hand, I'm questionning the interest of the next ones : B and C (equivalent to E and F on C/G) are already present, in a single direction, but in my playing I have never wished to have them reversed. Bb is a new note but is it helpful in both directions ? To me having all these notes in both directions is in some way a waste, considering that other low notes (G# and C#) are missing and could have been added (in a single direction) right hand is the octave of the D row treble notes. To me this is even more puzzling : most of these notes are already present, some already in two locations. There may have been one but I can't see the logic for this. Edited January 25, 2010 by david fabre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavdav Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 As far as I can see most of the notes facilitate chording and single direction runs - a very different style of playing to normal on an anglo (for me!) and I guess designed to open up more duet-like possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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