Anyone Playing Or Teaching On The California Central Coast?

[Ian Martyn]

Is anyone here living in the central coast of California? If so, I'd be interested in getting together to get some lessons. I'm playing Irish music on an Anglo.

[maki]

Lots of teachers doing Skype lesson, if none can be found locally.

Do you already know about the great tuition at OAIM?

http://www.oaim.ie/us

I learned my first half dozen concertina tunes there.

The beginning lessons are just wonderful.

 

A couple of favorite traditional ITM tutors (book & cd), in order of preference.

 

The Concertina Diaries

http://www.irishtunebook.com/the-concertina-diaries.php

 

Irish Concertina: A Tutor for the Anglo Concertina in the Irish Style

http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Concertina-Mick-Bramich/dp/189951225X

 

Have you gotten your first concertina now? Do tell...

Edited October 19, 2014 by maki

[Ian Martyn]

I've got a great Lachenal 20-button anglo, but it doesn't work for playing most Irish tunes. I've had a lot of fun playing Morris tunes, though, so that's worked out well. The anglo with more buttons will allow me to play the Irish tunes. I've definitely been checking out OAIM. I'll check out the books and see what's up. Thanks for the info!

[maki]

I've got a great Lachenal 20-button anglo, but it doesn't work for playing most Irish tunes. I've had a lot of fun playing Morris tunes, though, so that's worked out well. The anglo with more buttons will allow me to play the Irish tunes. I've definitely been checking out OAIM. I'll check out the books and see what's up. Thanks for the info!

Lots of great Irish tunes in g major.

TheSession.com lists 400 pages of g major tunes;

http://thesession.org/tunes/search?type=&mode=Gmajor&q=