Sir_locust Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I have an anglo concertina of 20 keys, and i wonder what kind of tunes i can play whit it, and what can i do for an easy start. I ask most for generes and so, i could say i like Irish tunes, but i actually can´t tell the diference, thats why i wanna know first what generes are available and what are they diferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyM Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'm guessing that your concertina is in the keys C/G? and as a 20 button theres still LOTS of tunes avaialble to you before you start to need the extra notes available on a 30 button. Lots of the Irish stuff in the key of G, some in the key of D. Lots and lots of English trad tunes. Just off the top of my head: Egan's Polka, O'Keefe's Slide. Rakes of Mallow. Speed the plough. Soldiers joy.... The music for all these is readily available on the interweb Thinking about it, I've only been playing a year and i have a 30 button but, at the moment. i very rarely venture into that top row :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachenal74693 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) I have an anglo concertina of 20 keys, and i wonder what kind of tunes i can play whit it... I am about 18 months into learning the concertina. This is what I do/am doing. Check out sources of tunes in ABC notation and run them through an ABC editor such as EasyABC, and listen to the midi generated output. The tunes you like, you learn... I have 20, 26 and 30 button instruments and speaking personally, I have chosen to regard the fact that some instruments have only 20 buttons as a challenge rather than a restriction. If you need an accidental which you haven't got you can 'fake it' as often as not. Don't get sucked in by the 'genre' thing, if you like it, play it. I play all sorts of stuff (badly, I'm afraid, but I'm getting better). Additionally, I add a (fairly elementary) tab system to my scores and carry them, and the equivalent sound files around on my tablet. A few sources of oodles of tunes in ABC format: Lester's Tune A Day Paul Hardy's Session Tunebooks Playford's Dancing Master Chris Partingtons Links Page etc... Search for these with Google and the links should pop up... These pages give you access to hundreds of tunes in ABC format in loads of different keys (you can transpose in EasyABC if you wish). Good luck - I hope you have as much fun as me... Roger Edited April 2, 2016 by lachenal74693 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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