This was very helpful. Thanks. I’ve learned a few tunes on the concertina but am still trying to get a handle on the chords and the actual note names in order to do so. I never figured out the octaves, and all that awesome stuff. Thank you, I’m a bit mind blown :)
I have the idea that the CG Anglo is widely used for Irish music, much of which is in the key of D. But neither the C nor the G major scale has a C#, so how is it possible to play in the key of D? I get that the note is on the 3rd row, but don't a lot of people use the 2-row model for Irish music?
This was very helpful. Thanks. I’ve learned a few tunes on the concertina but am still trying to get a handle on the chords and the actual note names in order to do so. I never figured out the octaves, and all that awesome stuff. Thank you, I’m a bit mind blown :)
Thank you - that helped me a lot. I need to practice the scales and chords.
Very useful stuff, Les. Many thanks for your posts, and all the best.
Very helpful, may I ask what this concertina brand? It sounds great and looks good. Thanks!
It's a Frank Edgley instrument made in Canada. Glad you found this helpful.
I have the idea that the CG Anglo is widely used for Irish music, much of which is in the key of D. But neither the C nor the G major scale has a C#, so how is it possible to play in the key of D? I get that the note is on the 3rd row, but don't a lot of people use the 2-row model for Irish music?
Short version is no, people pretty much only use the 30 button for Irish music today. The concertina wasn’t traditionally used in Irish music.
. Concertina Connection’s “Rochelle” has the C# on the right hand side accidental (top) row.
Why do some button diagrams have numbers and ' " next to the note letters?
I guess because some people like to use numbers and some like to know the actual notes they are playing.