After some 50 years playing anglo entirely by ear, my playing days are numbered by rheumatoid arthritis but ....... perhaps in the next life ? Lovely playing fella !
Ahhh, thank you ! You inspire me to learn more use of my left hand, just using it for drones right now. I bought an Elise this Spring, but am already tempted to trade up for a Troubadour to get the missing Sharps. I love the expressiveness you bring out of yours, soulful.
Thank you very much! I hope that you will keep on making progress and enjoying music with your Troubadour. Here is a new version of the same tune played on the Striso: ua-cam.com/video/Z0ZpZkPWwcQ/v-deo.html
Thank you for a masterful version of this music. It was wonderful to hear you play. I have a question for you. I am thinking about learning to play a concertina and am leaning towards a duet as I play the piano and I think the set-up of a duet would make the transition easier for me... I have definitely ruled out an Anglo for sure! Could you share a recommendation for a beginner's duet concertina with a balance between good tone and price? Thank you! Liz
Thank you very much Liz! For now the best beginner's duet concertinas are the Elise and the Troubadour from Concertina Connection. Mine is the Beaumont from the Button Box, with a wider range but also more expensive. If you get a duet and need some sheet music just drop me an e-mail.
@@Soloduet0703 Thank you for the information! I will definitely check out Concertina Connection. I have moved along in my decision process and am definitely going to order a duet concertina. I appreciate your offer for sheet music information, but I don't have your email. How best can we communicate about this? Thanks again. Liz
Thank you Roel! I use AKG mics C516ML for accordion. They come with 2 little pieces that you can mound on your instrument. In this video you can see these pieces: ua-cam.com/video/ip6rgZpVjk4/v-deo.html
Beautiful! I am looking at purchasing a concertina and love the sound of the duet, however, there are some who say that the Elise is lacking due to missing buttons...I'd love to know your thoughts on this, if you have a minute.
Thank you! It depends on the kind of music that you want to play but maybe the range of the Elise is a little small. If you take a look at concertina.net there is a thread talking about a project of a new Hayden duet partially made with 3D printing at an affordable price...
Thank you so much for the advice! I’ve signed up and posed a question about availability to the maker. I do have one more question. Being completely new to the concertina, I’m choosing the duet strictly based on sound and style of music I generally hear performed on a duet. Is a duet a good starting point or should I be looking at English instead?
@@SurlySam If you mainly want to play only melodies the English could be a better choice, but if you intend to play melodies and accompaniment together then it becomes tricky on the English and far more easier on a duet.
Ah, I was 'bout to ask ye, but ye said Wicky /Hayden system. Mebbe I'll get me one, whun I saved da money up. Peace be upon ye. (I jest here, as an American near New York, but love what ye did here.)
@@Soloduet0703 I do have a Hayden. it's a unisonoric hayden system by Stagi. 25 plus vent button on one side, 21 on the other. I'm more of an accordion player, and, yeah, I'm certainly willing to part with it.
Ah, well done. I have an arrangement of Roslin Castle copied out of a shape note singing book years ago. It's for three voice parts, and is not optimally suited for concertina, but fun to noodle around with. I play fiddle, and also am learning concertina - I, too, have a Beaumont Hayden duet.
I don't know well accordion, so it's difficult to compare but I think that it's quite different because you don't have ready made chords on the left. So it can be more difficult to make the chords but it's also more interesting IMHO because you can choose the notes and the way you play the chords. But it's certainly easier to play fast music on an accordion.
@@Soloduet0703 okay, thanks for your reaction! I play the melodeon now for four years and I wanted to learn to play the accordeon, but then I saw you playing on the Duet: A very beatiful way of playing on the concertina! And now I’m in doubt if I should first learn to play the concertina or the accordeon . Anyway, that’ s my problem 😄. The Duet concertina is a fabulous instrument for relaxed music I think and the accordeon more for lifely, faster, music. Both is great ! You opened a new dimension in music for me, thanks again!!
After some 50 years playing anglo entirely by ear, my playing days are numbered by rheumatoid arthritis but ....... perhaps in the next life ?
Lovely playing fella !
Thank you, and perhaps in the next life I will try to play anglo!
A lovely tune played beautifully with great feeling.
Thanks a lot and happy to hear from you again!
This music makes me want to sit and meditate, thanks for sharing.
Very beautiful, subtle melody & playing ,…😊
Thanks a lot!
Delightful! An especially effective tempo for this tune which can use the space to resound.
Wonderful arrangement with masterful phrasing. All the while you make it look so easy because of your practice and mastery of your concertina.
Thank you Tim! Do you play concertina or other instruments?
Not thus far in this life - but your playing makes me want to give it a go!
Welcome to the club, hopefully in this life!
Ahhh, thank you ! You inspire me to learn more use of my left hand, just using it for drones right now. I bought an Elise this Spring, but am already tempted to trade up for a Troubadour to get the missing Sharps.
I love the expressiveness you bring out of yours, soulful.
Thank you very much! I hope that you will keep on making progress and enjoying music with your Troubadour. Here is a new version of the same tune played on the Striso:
ua-cam.com/video/Z0ZpZkPWwcQ/v-deo.html
My dude. Thank you so much. I was getting pretty discouraged and that just hit the sweet spot for today
Beautiful tune, played with excellence! Thank you for sharing!
Bravo! What a dignified and refined performance!
Merci Kato san! Kondo Kato san mitai ni onsen demo yukkuri hiite mitai desu ne.
Awesome. Wonderfully awesome.
Healing Music. Thanks a lot!
Thanks to you!
Very cool! BRAVO!!!
Wow, that was lovely! I'm learning Anglo, but now I want a duet. Your arrangement and playing were very tasteful.
Thank you and welcome to the club!
Beautiful
Outstanding !
Superb
Very nice!!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Good instrument
Wow - I loved this!
Thank you Danny! You gave me the inspiration to play this tune with your historical version of 2006.
Wonderful!
Thank you!
WOWWWW Make me want to buy a duet concertina
Thanks and I hope that you will join the club!
Nice
That's interesting
Genial!
Thank you for a masterful version of this music. It was wonderful to hear you play. I have a question for you. I am thinking about learning to play a concertina and am leaning towards a duet as I play the piano and I think the set-up of a duet would make the transition easier for me... I have definitely ruled out an Anglo for sure! Could you share a recommendation for a beginner's duet concertina with a balance between good tone and price? Thank you! Liz
Thank you very much Liz! For now the best beginner's duet concertinas are the Elise and the Troubadour from Concertina Connection. Mine is the Beaumont from the Button Box, with a wider range but also more expensive. If you get a duet and need some sheet music just drop me an e-mail.
@@Soloduet0703 Thank you for the information! I will definitely check out Concertina Connection. I have moved along in my decision process and am definitely going to order a duet concertina. I appreciate your offer for sheet music information, but I don't have your email. How best can we communicate about this? Thanks again. Liz
@@elizabethdekalb Here it is: soloduetconcertina@gmail.com
May I ask about your setup? I'm buying a Maccann duet, for concert playing, so it'll need to be amplified, and I'm not sure what to buy...
Hi Ondrej, I'm using AKG mics C 516 ML with phantom power supply B 23 L and an AER Compact 60 amplifier
@@Soloduet0703 Thanks! That looks good, and it didn't occur to me I could look at mics made for accordions... Cheers.
hey beautiful, how did you mound your microphones to your instrument? Looks kinda what I'm looking for. sounds beautiful. Good going!
Thank you Roel! I use AKG mics C516ML for accordion. They come with 2 little pieces that you can mound on your instrument. In this video you can see these pieces: ua-cam.com/video/ip6rgZpVjk4/v-deo.html
@@Soloduet0703 the audio quality of that video is much worse. But the playing stays amazing.
Beautiful! I am looking at purchasing a concertina and love the sound of the duet, however, there are some who say that the Elise is lacking due to missing buttons...I'd love to know your thoughts on this, if you have a minute.
Thank you! It depends on the kind of music that you want to play but maybe the range of the Elise is a little small. If you take a look at concertina.net there is a thread talking about a project of a new Hayden duet partially made with 3D printing at an affordable price...
Thank you so much for the advice! I’ve signed up and posed a question about availability to the maker. I do have one more question. Being completely new to the concertina, I’m choosing the duet strictly based on sound and style of music I generally hear performed on a duet. Is a duet a good starting point or should I be looking at English instead?
@@SurlySam If you mainly want to play only melodies the English could be a better choice, but if you intend to play melodies and accompaniment together then it becomes tricky on the English and far more easier on a duet.
Ah, I was 'bout to ask ye, but ye said Wicky /Hayden system. Mebbe I'll get me one, whun I saved da money up. Peace be upon ye. (I jest here, as an American near New York, but love what ye did here.)
Thank you from Paris! Have you got a duet concertina?
@@Soloduet0703 I do have a Hayden. it's a unisonoric hayden system by Stagi. 25 plus vent button on one side, 21 on the other. I'm more of an accordion player, and, yeah, I'm certainly willing to part with it.
Is this more difficult than playing an accoreon? Or is it easier?
It depends maybe on the type of accordion, but the system is completely different, like between an accordion and a bandoneon.
very nice. Is that your own arrangement?
Thank you June! Yes, I searched for an accompaniment for the duet concertina.
Do you play concertina or any other instrument?
Ah, well done. I have an arrangement of Roslin Castle copied out of a shape note singing book years ago. It's for three voice parts, and is not optimally suited for concertina, but fun to noodle around with.
I play fiddle, and also am learning concertina - I, too, have a Beaumont Hayden duet.
Very nice! If there is a chance I'd like to listen to your adaptation for concertina of this 3 voices arrangement.
accordeon
I don't know well accordion, so it's difficult to compare but I think that it's quite different because you don't have ready made chords on the left. So it can be more difficult to make the chords but it's also more interesting IMHO because you can choose the notes and the way you play the chords. But it's certainly easier to play fast music on an accordion.
@@Soloduet0703 okay, thanks for your reaction! I play the melodeon now for four years and I wanted to learn to play the accordeon, but then I saw you playing on the Duet: A very beatiful way of playing on the concertina! And now I’m in doubt if I should first learn to play the concertina or the accordeon . Anyway, that’ s my problem 😄. The Duet concertina is a fabulous instrument for relaxed music I think and the accordeon more for lifely, faster, music. Both is great ! You opened a new dimension in music for me, thanks again!!