Baby Elephant Walk Music

[darticus]

WOW! I think this is great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVOOmmQA5Q

Watch it! Anyone have the music for concertina? Is it a 20 or 30 button concertina. I would like to play that. Ron

[JimLucas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVOOmmQA5Q

... Anyone have the music for concertina?

Jeff could probably write it out, though I don't know if he's even done that for himself. Reading through the comments on the video, it doesn't appear that he's answered others who asked for the written music.

 

Is it a 20 or 30 button concertina.

No. It's not an anglo.

 

It's a Hayden-system duet. I think it's one by Wim Wakker, but I'm not sure. Definitely not a 34-button Elise, though. A 42-button Peacock?

[darticus]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpVOOmmQA5Q

... Anyone have the music for concertina?

Jeff could probably write it out, though I don't know if he's even done that for himself. Reading through the comments on the video, it doesn't appear that he's answered others who asked for the written music.

 

Is it a 20 or 30 button concertina.

No. It's not an anglo.

 

It's a Hayden-system duet. I think it's one by Wim Wakker, but I'm not sure. Definitely not a 34-button Elise, though. A 42-button Peacock?

 

I guess maybe it can't be done on an anglo? Great number. Does Jeff hang out here? Ron

[ceemonster]

It is an extremely nice 46-button concertina-reeded concertina by Wim Wakker, a Hayden Duet, meaning, a unisonoric system (one note per button same note on both push and pull like an EC), with high notes on the right hand, low notes on the left. You can check them out at www.concertinaconnection.com, and find the Hayden page. The "Baby Elephant" player has several clips with his Hayden, and he and the instrument are pretty sweet. I believe Wim Wakker has quite a waiting list for his Haydens.

 

There are also a very nice accordion-reeded Haydens available of late, a 46-button from Morse concertinas (the "Elise" model) at www.buttonbox.com. And Wim Wakker does one also, the 42-button Wakker Peacock.

As for the jazzy little number in the clip, you can learn the melody by ear and figure out chords for the bass. The melody should be very playable on a duet system, an EC, and even an Anglo, and both EC and Anglo will give you some little bass chord touches even if not quite as conveniently as on duet system.

Edited August 5, 2016 by ceemonster

[ceemonster]

Sorry, the Morse Hayden model is the "Beaumont," not the Elise.

[Don Taylor]

The music is by Henry Mancini, he wrote it for the film Hatari! which came out in 1962:

 

https://youtu.be/oYu7c4Vkmp0

 

You can buy a copy of the sheet music:

 

http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0040097

 

Jeff Lefferts used to hang around here as 'Boney' but he has not shown up for a long time. You could try PMing him or contact him via his website:

 

http://www.jeffleff.com

 

Finally, if you like his Baby Elephant Walk then you will probably like his Chicken Polka:

 

https://youtu.be/bgfBCli0Bik

 

 

[darticus]

Sorry, the Morse Hayden model is the "Beaumont," not the Elise.

This I guess is a Stagi Haydn Duet M 46 am I correct? What is the difference between a elise and a beaumont? Are these all Stagi Concertinas? Is One better than the other but set up the same? Thanks Ron