From Iceland to Okinawa

[soloduet]

Playing concertina, or any musical instrument, is a nice way to travel in a pandemic time. 

Here is an Icelandic hymn discovered on C.net (thanks Gregor!):

https://youtu.be/m8GniD2WMH0

 

And here is a song from Okinawa "The Voice of the Sea", usually played on the sanshin, a traditional 3 strings lute. On this drawing one can also see the nice concertina bag used by concertina players in Okinawa:

 

Edited February 14, 2021 by soloduet

[TapTheForwardAssist]

I'm really digging this Icelandic tune! It occurs to me that I should be looking more into Icelandic works since I favor drone-heavy instruments.

 

What make of concertina are you playing in the Iceland clip?

[Ken_Coles]

That Icelandic Hymn was recorded by Fiddle Fever about 40 years ago (how time flies) - Jay Unger, Evan Stover, Matt Glaser, et al. with a similar tempo and feel on multiple violins. Very nice on duet concertina!

 

Tap, Didie describes his Morse Beaumont with extra bellows in this thread.

 

Ken

[David Barnert]

5 hours ago, Ken_Coles said:

That Icelandic Hymn was recorded by Fiddle Fever about 40 years ago

Wow. I thought it sounded familiar (more than familiar, I knew where it was headed but I didn’t know why). Thanks, Ken. I have the Fiddle Fever album on vinyl. I know I haven’t heard it in at least 36 years, because it’s been that long since I moved to Albany without my turntable.