David Barnert Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Just read a review of the program, “Only Murders in the Building” now streaming on Hulu and starring Steve Martin and Martin Short. The review, by Doreen St. Felix, appears in the current (September 27) issue of The New Yorker on page 89, and contains this excerpt: Quote A romance ensues between Martin's character and a bassoonist (Amy Ryan), presumably to give Martin, who plays the concertina, a chance to duet with his crush from the window. But he's a damn good musician. We all knew SM played the banjo (and very well, too). Anybody knew he played the concertina? I haven’t seen any of the episodes yet. I tried googling “Steve Martin concertina” and dozens of video links came up, but it seems it's another Steve Martin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 (edited) FWIW, there has been a recent discussion on this on reddit: Steve Martin's Concertina model? : concertina (reddit.com) Edited September 24, 2021 by RAc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emrys Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I've also googled around but cannot find more info! Anyway, I took this photo with my phone while watching the scene over hoping for visual clues.... 🔍👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Well, it’s not a Hayden (the rows aren’t staggered) or an English. It looks new, so unlikely to be a Maccann or Crane. My guess is a 30-button Anglo. If you saw this scene in action, did anything about the bellows work suggest bisonoric vs. unisonoric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 It looks like a Concertina Connection Minstrel to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Ham Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 In a Facebook forum, Lexie Boatright posted that her student Catriona Fee coached Martin how to mime playing and performed the music that is heard. I’ve only seen a short clip of him playing in an advertisement—it wasn’t very convincing (his fingers didn’t move). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick McKinney Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 9:11 PM, Ethan Ham said: In a Facebook forum, Lexie Boatright posted that her student Catriona Fee coached Martin how to mime playing and performed the music that is heard. I’ve only seen a short clip of him playing in an advertisement—it wasn’t very convincing (his fingers didn’t move). I was excited to see him with it, but I agree it didn't look like he was playing it more like ......Lip Sync......or maybe better Finger Sync...lol. Still I was excited to see him playing none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 9:11 PM, Ethan Ham said: In a Facebook forum, Lexie Boatright posted that her student Catriona Fee coached Martin how to mime playing and performed the music that is heard. I’ve only seen a short clip of him playing in an advertisement—it wasn’t very convincing (his fingers didn’t move). I finally saw the episode today. I agree: If somebody is taking credit for teaching SM how to look like he’s playing a concertina, they didn’t do a very good job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh241d Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 in episode 3 of only murders Steve Martin plays the podcast intro (right after opening credits). can anyone send the chords/tabs for that short rif? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeFee Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 12/30/2021 at 5:03 AM, jh241d said: in episode 3 of only murders Steve Martin plays the podcast intro (right after opening credits). can anyone send the chords/tabs for that short rif? I believe it's just alternating between a G minor and D major chord in first inversion, with a few lyrical notes added. |:G Bb+D Bb+D:| then |:F# A+D A+D:| then back to |:G Bb+D Bb+D:| followed by |D Eb D C Bb| to |:F# A+D A+D:| again. Timestamp is 4:49 into episode 3 if you want to play along. Apologies for the terrible notation format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concertina_lass Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 On 12/30/2021 at 5:03 AM, jh241d said: in episode 3 of only murders Steve Martin plays the podcast intro (right after opening credits). can anyone send the chords/tabs for that short rif? (G, D, D)x4 (F#, D, D)x4 (G, D, D)x3 G, D, G, D, (F#, D, D)x3, F#, D, F#, D or G, D, D, G, D, D, G, D, D, G, D, D, F#, D, D, F#, D, D, F#, D, D, F#, D, D, G, D, D, G, D, D, G, D, D, G, D, G, D, F#, D, D, F#, D, D, F#, D, D, F#, D, F#, D I haven’t figured out chords yet so I play another octave for D and G (ex: hold down buttons 2 and 5 on left hand middle row for G) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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