Dirge Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks for the compliments on this and the Debussy, everyone. I don't play either of them at the moment! The Debussy only because I have a new favourite instrument and it has a different keyboard. I used to use my thumb on the held low C on the Rh and the new keyboard has some lower notes in the way. I need to re-learn it a bit and get it back into practice, that's all because I have no doubts about this one; it was made for the concertina to my mind. As an experiment it's a complete success. The Bach, on the other hand, I am still as uncertain about as I was when I did the original post. I think perhaps it's just a bit of a curate's egg; some parts sound great, but sometimes those building chords get just too much. I've been 'off' it lately and it needs a bit of practice too. I've experimented with cutting the long notes short in the past but never with any results I liked. I must have another look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Thanks for the compliments on this and the Debussy, everyone. I don't play either of them at the moment! The Debussy only because I have a new favourite instrument and it has a different keyboard. I used to use my thumb on the held low C on the Rh and the new keyboard has some lower notes in the way. I need to re-learn it a bit and get it back into practice, that's all because I have no doubts about this one; it was made for the concertina to my mind. As an experiment it's a complete success. So, that is what you get for cheating..... using your thumb ... what ever next ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Thanks for the compliments on this and the Debussy, everyone. I don't play either of them at the moment! The Debussy only because I have a new favourite instrument and it has a different keyboard. I used to use my thumb on the held low C on the Rh and the new keyboard has some lower notes in the way. I need to re-learn it a bit and get it back into practice, that's all because I have no doubts about this one; it was made for the concertina to my mind. As an experiment it's a complete success. So, that is what you get for cheating..... using your thumb ... what ever next ? Thumbs are very badly designed. You can only use them on a couple of notes in the bottom corner of the keyboard; they won't arch over the outer notes to get to any inner ones, at least mine won't, but it is a useful extra trick and, particularly, sometimes saves you dragging your hand a long way off centre to reach middle C and its sharp on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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