My Favorite Button On The Anglo – Top Floor Second

[Tina]

... Door.

 

Who else has the a/g in their top row (second button).

 

I guess this one is pretty unrecognized but in fact is a real genius if you play (and think) in rows not just horizontal but vertical and curved and zig zag as well (... take a break from your own rules ).

 

G on pull and A on push gives you a bunch of nice combinations mainly with D.

You get a greater variety and possibilities of ('squeezable') bellow changes that are beneficial for the flux, and sound.

You can use it both on the left and right side and together, too (to emphasize with the octave).

 

For example. Try on the left hand side

- F# (pull)

- G (button change on pull) (>top row)

– A (stay and push) (>top row)

– G (stay and pull) (>top row)

– F# (pull)

… it relieves the little finger a lot, too.

(and just for the Fun of it try it with F instead of F#)

 

Now try on the right hand side

- F# (pull)

- G (stay and push)

- A (button change on push) (>top row)

- G (stay and pull) (>top row)

or

- G (button change on push)

 

Variation

- F# (pull)

- G (button change on pull) (>top row)

- A (stay and push) (>top row)

 

- and so on and back and forth ...

 

You too have the E-A fourth, both pushed with the flat middle finger in A-key sequences.

 

And what about playing a tune without changing bellows at all, just to establish the new button and patterns coming along. A variation of it is to change bellows with each note.

 

Let us know if you like it ! And you all have a nice day

 

(And after a million or two times editing I hope this makes sense)

Edited October 18, 2004 by Tina

[Ken_Coles]

The press A/Pull G, especially on the left, is a key button for some Morris styles I've been shown, by Tom Kruskal and by Jody Kruskal. Bertram Levy also alludes to this in his book. Having this button on both sides is one of the things I like about the Lachenal layout (I have other reasons for liking the Jeffries layout also. The A/G is still there on the right side, but on two different buttons). I do use the left side A/G a lot for harmonies and chords in song.