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Tritone finger set up


SmougyG

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So I was looking at Jay's concertina's and I took a moment to really look at the tritone fingering setup. It looks really intuitive. I'm curious if anyone has ever tried it yet? I originally came from but the note locations would constantly confuse me. This looks like with the way my mind works I would be able to really grasp onto the system.

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It follows a pattern of threes and fours

-3 notes on one end of the instrument, followed by 4 on the opposite end, to play up a scale.

-where you start depends on the key you want to play in

-The pattern repeats identically up the octaves.

 

I have tried one, and while I do not intend to abandon the English concertina, I could accommodate this as a second instrument. One difference to the English concertina system is that there are no alternative accidentals. The same button has to cover for G# and Ab, also D# and Eb. With a 3-octave range that saves 6 buttons.

I have one on order, with a slightly extended range, going down to C3. That makes its range the same as an English 48-button tenor.

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