My Wonderful Christmas Gift!

[bellowbelle]

I am one lucky concertina player!

 

Guess what my husband gave me for Christmas? A foot bass! It's got walnut veneer with the rosy-type bellows paper (not the green).

 

Tried to put a link to the Harry Guens website here but for some reason that's not working right now.

 

Just had to let you know, it's great and I love it! I am thrilled.

 

ttyl

('talk to you later')

 

(...Still stuck making gingerbread people...but my husband likes them so I guess I must keep rolling that rolling pin for now, press bellows later...)

[Chris Timson]

Congratulations. You obviously have a sensitive and discerning husband.

 

And a happy Christmas and splendid and musical New Year to everyone else as well!

 

Chris & Anne

[geoffwright]

We have had anglo and uillean pipes at home on Christmas Day and 3 anglos came around for St Stephen's Day - what more could a musician want?

 

Wassail!!

[Tom C]

I am one lucky concertina player!

 

Guess what my husband gave me for Christmas? A foot bass! It's got walnut veneer with the rosy-type bellows paper (not the green).

 

Great Stuff

 

looking forward to links on the recorded tune page!

 

Tom

[bellowbelle]

I'm practicing!

 

So far, the hardest thing is that some tones or chords that I assign to 'right side' or 'left side' on the English concertina are different on the foot bass.

 

For instance, if I'm playing a D, that's a 'right side' chord on the concertina (though, there's also the higher octave D on the left). But, it's a left-side note on the foot bass.

 

Kinda like playing that game, Twister! Heheh.

 

I've worked out a few basic songs -- about three. 'Winnie The Pooh' is one, and of my own, just tried 'The Crows Know Me.' Those are simple, but simple is okay in my book!

 

Tried to play a bass part to a more complicated arrangement, 'Below In The Valley' by Brahms, but I need more time before that one works. It'll be interesting to figure out how to do that, though!