A Musical Experiment

[Stephen Chambers]

Ken ... plays dance tunes at full speed on both instruments...

As does Rick Epping, who has also been doing it for many years.

 

I guess it's probably easier to accomplish on two instruments as disimilar as the English concertina and mouth organ, the Anglo might prove too confusing altogether ?

Seems to me that same argument would suggest that one should have difficulty coordinating the two hands on an anglo or duet.

Not really, unless one end was in (say) C/G, and the other one in D/A ?

 

The difficulty arises more because (in Irish music) you would be playing a C/G Anglo and a D mouth organ simultaneously. I have met several people who have come to playing concertina or melodeon from the mouth organ, and find that their mouths are still sucking and blowing whilst playing the bellows-powered instrument.

 

I expect that the amount of difficulty depends on the individual making the attempt.

I think that is always the case.

 

I wonder if Rick could manage a foot bass too ?

[Shiro]

I know if I could find a foot bass, I'd definitely want to get it and put it to use. That's rather interesting.

[geoffwright]

I assume these "foot concertinas" only work on the push (like bass concertinas)?