Timv Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) After Sea of Thieves, the concertina makes another appearance in a video game. This time in a cowboy simulator (set in 1890s), called Red Dead Redemption 2. Does anybody recognize the song? Edited December 3, 2018 by Timv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Barnert Posted December 3, 2018 Interesting. Sounds like a real concertina playing, but no attempt to get the bellows movement or finger action believable. Did you know you can make the video appear in this window simply by typing its URL? See... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timv Posted December 3, 2018 1 hour ago, David Barnert said: Interesting. Sounds like a real concertina playing, but no attempt to get the bellows movement or finger action believable. Did you know you can make the video appear in this window simply by typing its URL? See... Thanks for the tip, I edited the original post now. As for believability, he sometimes makes rapid changes of the bellows, which makes me think that it's an anglo. However, further details were probably left out since nobody expected the players to go into so much detail Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcoover Posted December 4, 2018 Hey Tim, thanks for spotting this! I don't recognize the tune as being from any particular cowboy song, so it's probably something the musical director composed. Like "Sea of Thieves" where Robin Beanland wrote all the music. Now Assassin's Creed, on the other hand, wonderfully included lots of traditional sea shanties. Gary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timv Posted Thursday at 09:17 AM To anyone concerned, I found that this tune was a rendition of "Home, dearie, home", thanks to this other video I recently found Now I need to decide which version I want to learn first. I do need to practice singing while playing the concertina, but it's really hard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcoover Posted Thursday at 08:11 PM Hi Tim, This is in the key of C, and the only chords are C, G, F so it should be easy to pick out even on a 20-button and sing with. Nice variant from the more well-known Clancy Brothers "Home Boys Home". Gary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timv Posted Friday at 07:30 AM Gary, I haven't had a chance to try it out, but the fact that it is in key of C is very good news! I thought the song sounded familiar, but I never did connect it to Home Boys Home. Now that I know the titles are very similar, it's really obvious Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
