Richard Mellish Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 That chart is mind-boggling, with all those different chords just for A. I have been playing for over 50 years and have never felt the need for very many chords. When I was a child my grandfather showed me a few chords on the piano, which I now recognise as what guitarists call the "three chord trick". Those are essentially what I use on the Anglo, though usually not all the possible notes of a chord at the same time. A one-row melodion has just two chords, one on pull and one on push, and those serve well enough. I'm not saying no-one ever needs some of those chords, but I think I am saying Walk before you run. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 1 hour ago, Richard Mellish said: Walk before you run. Exactly. I don't always want to be stumbling and falling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 (edited) Of course, you can also find out chords quite simply in Anglo by fact that most adjacent buttons will make a 'third' when pressed together; eg. Button 3 left side ( middle C natural).pressed with next button to it will be C and E... Whilst same buttons with bellows moved outward and you now have D and F ..Of course that is incredibly basic explanation but it is also good to find out by pressing buttons together and learning by ear which do and does not sound good.. pressing a few buttons together at one time can make interesting results!🌝You will soon learn which sounds good and which sound horrible!😊 Edited September 12 by SIMON GABRIELOW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 3 hours ago, SIMON GABRIELOW said: which sound horrible! Yes, some of them do sound horrible. Did that by accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Sometimes you can choose a really good discordant sound ( quite deliberately) to give strange atmosphere to a performance; a stormy or dramatic effect maybe. All kinds of things are possible within the hands given practice and experience over time. What you have is really a small reed organ with big capabilities🌝 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 Yea! I got it back today! So Happy I think I need to name it. Have any of you named yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Velleman Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 My first anglo was Turtle, after a friend heard me talking about how confusing it was to learn and remarked that it sounded like I was teaching a turtle to do dog tricks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 23 minutes ago, Leah Velleman said: I was teaching a turtle to do dog tricks That is funny I never would have thought someone would come up with that for a name for a concertina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Ted or Teddy would be nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Why not Connie or Tina? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 5 hours ago, Alan Day said: Ted or Teddy would be nice. I thought about those but decided that just wasn't it for me and mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 2 hours ago, Anglo-Irishman said: Why not Connie or Tina? Too common. I will name it something different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 I am not asking for suggestions of what to name it, I asked if any of you have named yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Schulteis Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Not a name I came up with, and not a concertina that I still own, but my first one was named the Herrington Hercules. You can find the story of how it came by that name here: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra A Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 1 hour ago, Steve Schulteis said: You can find the story of how it came by that name here That is a great story. How is Hercules doing now? Still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I used to have tortoises called George and Rosy ... And later on a Cairn terrior we called Sparky .. and he used to make funny noses like a 'Bag pipe'! Then there was Fred and Betty ( guinea pigs)!. Just thought I would add to the theme.. with its one musical likeness bagpipe Sparky! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 Sparky was the Magic Piano. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Schulteis Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 19 hours ago, Sandra A said: That is a great story. How is Hercules doing now? Still around? No idea about the tortoise. The concertina is with Gen Totani in Japan and makes occasional appearances on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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