Recent Concertina Video On Youtube

[Bruce McCaskey]

Perhaps I should have saved the best for last but I decided to start off with it. No disrespect intended to the others, but Chris Droney is an icon.

 

Chris Droney, Gradam Saoil winner 2014.

http://youtu.be/55zVRv9Bpes

 

Jacques Delaguerre on Duet. This is a little long but it includes an explanation of the instrument.

 

U3A Session - Sea Shanties.

 

U3A Session - Welsh tune medley on concertina. No live video but some nice music.

 

Concertina and Ukulele.

 

The Rights of Man on a Rochelle Anglo. A nice rendition by a fairly new player.

http://youtu.be/ksPzwc86wSQ

 

I've no idea why this video was made - five seconds addressing the unasked question; How to pronounce "concertina."

http://youtu.be/D_NiqYeLuRw

 

This last item is included only as a curiosity:

It's not a concertina, at least not a type I'm familiar with, but the small size and considerable bellows extension is what caught my interest http://youtu.be/SEaQq3HlAT8. There are other examples of this sort of instrument on YouTube, and you can better see the details of one here http://youtu.be/JpPXuexjZR4. Looks like eight buttons on the right and four on the left.

 

(Edited to correct last URL)

Edited May 21, 2015 by Bruce McCaskey

[Wolf Molkentin]

Bruce, regarding your last paragraph I can only follow the first link, but I would say it's a small melodeon...

 

Best wishes - Wolf

 

edit: and the fairly new player is fairly good IMO...

Edited May 21, 2015 by blue eyed sailor

[Lofty]

Bruce, regarding your last paragraph I can only follow the first link, but I would say it's a small melodeon...

 

Best wishes - Wolf

 

edit: and the fairly new player is fairly good IMO...

There is an extra "." at the end of the second URL: it should be

 

Steve

[JimLucas]

This last item is included only as a curiosity:

It's not a concertina, at least not a type I'm familiar with, but the small size and considerable bellows extension is what caught my interest http://youtu.be/SEaQq3HlAT8. There are other examples of this sort of instrument on YouTube, and you can better see the details of one here http://youtu.be/JpPXuexjZR4. Looks like eight buttons on the right and four on the left.

 

Clearly a member of the melodeon family. Something that's traditional -- or becoming popular -- in Portugal?

 

The reason for the extra-long bellows should be obvious: With such a small 2-dimensional cross-section, the only way to get (and therefore move) a decent volume of air is to extend the bellows in the one remaining dimension.

[Geoff Wooff]

Not all the 'Portugese' concertinas are that small.... they often come up when one searches 'concertina' at on-line clasified Ad sites here in France and many look to be the same size as your average Melodeon.

[JimLucas]

Not all the 'Portugese' concertinas are that small.... they often come up when one searches 'concertina' at on-line clasified Ad sites here in France and many look to be the same size as your average Melodeon.

 

I know that. I was just wondering whether they're showing up on YouTube because they're considered unusual, or perhaps simply because there are lots of them. Anybody here know?

[Bruce McCaskey]

OK, I corrected the URL as advised, thanks. I make a point to test these before posting but I suppose I managed to invalidate that link with my final editing. My iPad spell-check is pretty aggressive about coming up with alternate, unintended words these days and I often have to do some last second editing because I discover my intended phrasing and structure has been altered in unexpected ways.

 

Regarding the topic, It makes sense that the need for air volume dictates a lengthy bellows extension because of that small body. Even at that, it appears that the reeds use the available volume very quickly. I've seen a few broad quick sweeping off-angle closing moves in the YouTube videos where I'd half expect the bellows to collapse in a destructive way but they seem sturdy and accepting of the treatment.

 

I don't know that the instrument would be useful for anything I might be inclined to play, but I find these little instruments to be quite a novelty.

[linrose]

That last one looks like a real bellows control challenge!