The Gale Reel

[Eric Lerner]

Susan Conger’s reel “The Gale” has long been popular in our local music-for-contra-dance jam, but I’ve been stymied trying to play it on a G/D Anglo concertina.  I’ve just acquired this new-to-me Edgley Heritage C/G Anglo (from a posting on concertina.net – thanks Parker!), and it has the bellows capacity and reed sensitivity to finally let me play the tune properly.  So, here’s the first recording with my new box.  The notes & ABC for not quite the same version I play are online at The Session  -- https://thesession.org/tunes/1033

 

 

[Matt Heumann]

22 hours ago, Eric Lerner said:

I’ve just acquired this new-to-me Edgley Heritage C/G Anglo (from a posting on concertina.net – thanks Parker!), and it has the bellows capacity and reed sensitivity to finally let me play the tune properly.  So, here’s the first recording with my new box. 

 

 

 

 

Yes, isn't it a wonder thing to play an instrument that actually does what you want it to. Congrats!

[Eric Lerner]

>Yes, isn't it a wonder thing to play an instrument that actually does what you want it to. Congrats!

 

Now if I only had fingers that do what I want them to do ...