Old English music, folk songs, and ragtime on Anglo

[Brian Peters]

Hi folks,

 

I've just uploaded a few videos featuring Anglo to my long-moribund Youtube channel, so please drop by if you will.

 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJQx9Wz7Pz3WLelPihYOAA

Brian

[Wolf Molkentin]

Hi Brian, just watched the most recent video, much enjoyed - Robinson‘s tune I used to play myself, but very differently as your take is so impressively taking full advantage of the Anglo, admirably confident and steady too!

 

Best wishes - ? 

[Brian Peters]

Many thanks, Wolf!

[gcoover]

Fantastic arrangements, as always, love that final chord!

 

Gary

[Brian Peters]

Ha!  Well spotted Gary!  A bit of dissonance never hurt anyone.

[David Colpitts]

Thanks, Brian.  I am, as usual, amazed by your ability and your presence.  I can barely sing and play at the same time, but this encourages me to keep at it.

 

Regards,

 

David

[David Barnert]

I always enjoy hearing you play and sing, Brian.

 

One minor quibble: “Abbots Bromley” has only one t. Here’s mine. I’m going to be playing it a lot in the next few weeks as our morris team horn dances its way through three seasonal street fairs in Saratoga Springs, Rhinebeck, and Troy, NY.

[Isel]

Thanks Brian and David!. Delicious tune and fantastic to enjoy both the Anglo and Duet versions

[Brian Peters]

Thanks, David.  Interesting to hear our different interpretations of the harmony - I like your descending bass line.  And you are of course correct about the spelling!

[hjcjones]

12 hours ago, Brian Peters said:

 A bit of dissonance never hurt anyone.

That's my excuse!

[Brian Peters]

I've never heard you play a wrong note, Howard!

[Brian Peters]

David, will you be processing with the dancers at those street fairs?  I found playing for 20 minutes whilst processing with Pinewoods Morris when they danced AB at camp last year pretty hard on the wrist and hand muscles!

[Brian Peters]

David Colpitts, re singing and playing, you just keep on doing it until you can do it!  Good luck!

[David Barnert]

2 hours ago, Brian Peters said:

Interesting to hear our different interpretations of the harmony - I like your descending bass line.

 

Thank you, Brian. So do I, but not everybody does...

 

49 minutes ago, Brian Peters said:

David, will you be processing with the dancers at those street fairs?  I found playing for 20 minutes whilst processing with Pinewoods Morris when they danced AB at camp last year pretty hard on the wrist and hand muscles!

 

Yes, I will. 45-minute sets including the horn dance and various border dances. Outdoors, moving with the horn dance, standing in place for the border. Two or three sets in Saratoga (in the evening), three in Troy, and five or six in Rhinebeck. I’ve been doing it for 30+ years and have not noticed the problems you mention. The only problem is the cold. Fortunately, I have found I can play perfectly adequately wearing glove liners from the local sporting goods store. I have also accompanied the horn dance many times at Pinewoods. No gloves needed there (then).

 

Edited November 24, 2018 by David Barnert

[Brian Peters]

Interesting, David B.  I'd have thought your instrument is heavier than mine, too.  When it comes to playing standing, I would always do that when accompanying songs, but I often sit down to play instrumentals because it gives me more control, at least in certain tunes depending on how much bellows work there is, and sometimes on the fingerings.  However, during a concert set I'd be alternating anglo with other instruments, so I'm not accustomed to playing standing for a long period.  Maybe I'm just not sufficiently used to it.

 

On the other hand, I know plenty of anglo players who can't play standing at all.

[Brian Peters]

I'll remember the tip about the gloves if I ever find myself playing outside in winter, but I've managed to avoid that successfully over the past 40 years!

[David Barnert]

6 minutes ago, Brian Peters said:

When it comes to playing standing, I would always do that when accompanying songs, but I often sit down to play instrumentals because it gives me more control, at least in certain tunes depending on how much bellows work there is, and sometimes on the fingerings.

 

I also prefer to play seated, when possible. Holding the weight of the instrument becomes one less task my hands have to do (it rests on my right knee). But I find I can (and must) play morris tunes standing. I can’t play this standing.

[Brian Peters]

I think we can forgive you for playing that one seated, when you do as good a job as that!  An excellent advertisement for the Hayden duet system - thanks, David I enjoyed that very much.