Edel Fox - Corofin Festival

[geoffwright]

Corofin Festival, having just past, which attending last year, I thought the Festival and Edel warranted a thread on their own. The festival is very much aimed at the younger end of ITM.

This clip of Edel from 2004, shows a very promising young player and is worth studying for her triplets using the "phantom button" method - tap one finger on the keys and the other finger on the grille to get a triplet.

 

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas...ent_5_edel_fox/

[PeterT]

Corofin Festival, having just past, which attending last year, I thought the Festival and Edel warranted a thread on their own. The festival is very much aimed at the younger end of ITM.

This clip of Edel from 2004, shows a very promising young player and is worth studying for her triplets using the "phantom button" method - tap one finger on the keys and the other finger on the grille to get a triplet.

 

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas...ent_5_edel_fox/

Cheers, Geoff.

 

Edel has a nice, relaxed, style.

 

See the following website:

 

http://new.edelandronan.com/

 

Regards,

Peter.

[Nigel]

Corofin Festival, having just past, which attending last year, I thought the Festival and Edel warranted a thread on their own. The festival is very much aimed at the younger end of ITM.

This clip of Edel from 2004, shows a very promising young player and is worth studying for her triplets using the "phantom button" method - tap one finger on the keys and the other finger on the grille to get a triplet.

 

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltas...ent_5_edel_fox/

Cheers, Geoff.

 

Edel has a nice, relaxed, style.

 

See the following website:

 

http://new.edelandronan.com/

 

Regards,

Peter.

Lovely, relaxed music.What struck me was how "closed " the bellows were. It looked as if she would run out of air if she played one more push note. She must have great control over the bellows - which leads me on to another topic, which came up in a recent thread concerning Chris Sherburn. He plays with 4 fold bellows. What is the benefit of this, apart from reduced weight? Is it simply to make us ordinary mortals feel inadequate? If so, it has the desired effect!

[Dana Johnson]

Lovely, relaxed music.What struck me was how "closed " the bellows were. It looked as if she would run out of air if she played one more push note. She must have great control over the bellows - which leads me on to another topic, which came up in a recent thread concerning Chris Sherburn. He plays with 4 fold bellows. What is the benefit of this, apart from reduced weight? Is it simply to make us ordinary mortals feel inadequate? If so, it has the desired effect!

The more closed a bellows, the more responsive it is to quick pressure / direction changes. Bellows closer to full extension have a big springy mass of air and lots of springy surface oriented to blunt any sharpness in direction change that helps to start the reed. There are practical limits of course. You need to have sufficient room to cover the notes in the same direction you need to play, but most of the time, players are constantly catching bits of air while they play the notes in the direction needed to keep the bellows where they like them best. it becomes very automatic, even the planning ahead for the occasional series of notes or chord that is going to demand a lot of air.

 

Different concertinas and different playing styles ( lots of chords or volume or quick single note playing ) all demand more or less air. Faster playing uses less air, as does a quiet playing style. Good reeds demand less air to get out of them what you want. Some fingering styles are somewhat more balanced when it comes to playing and phrasing the music and need less air as well as providing more opportunities to find a note in the right direction to correct. Don't spend too much time watching the technical details though. It is the music coming out the ends that is what the player is offering. Most reasonably good players would do fine with a 4 fold bellows, Most of the time I think Chris Sherburn is a bit more than reasonably good to live with them all the time. Be a good and educational experience for any player to try though.

Dana