Recorded Tune Link Page.

[Henk van Aalten]

Have your whisky first! It might improve your playing and prevent blanching and blushing

No, no! Being Danish, Charlotte must blanch (turn white) and blush (turn red)!

Those are the colors of the Danish flag.

That makes the Danish flag a very human flag

How about our Dutch flag: we should not only turn red and white but blue as well ?

[JimLucas]

Have your whisky first! It might improve your playing and prevent blanching and blushing

No, no! Being Danish, Charlotte must blanch (turn white) and blush (turn red)!

Those are the colors of the Danish flag.

How about our Dutch flag: we should not only turn red and white but blue as well ?

Then you'll need the whiskey -- or Genever -- to warm you up.

[Henk van Aalten]

After recovering from a hard-disk crash I was finally able to update the RTLP with the latest tune of Jeff (Boney): the Gateshead Waltz.

[Mark Evans]

Jeff. I really enjoyed your technique on the ornaments in the A part and bravo on the delicate dymanic employed in the upper register of the B part . The contrast with the middle to lower register bounce was just right. Handsome!

Edited February 23, 2006 by Mark Evans

[Henk van Aalten]

Again an Update of the RTLP

• Zak van der Vijver recently sent hree new tunes
  
• Mark Evans recorded two tunes with his friend Terry Thomas on banjo
  

Just listen!

As far as I understood Mark, we can expect more recordings in the near future

[Mark Evans]

Hello Henk. I forgot to tell you that the two new ones were recorded on my Morse Albion. Thank you for putting them up. Terry will be very pleased.

[Henk van Aalten]

I forgot to tell you that the two new ones were recorded on my Morse Albion.

I've corrected the entries and making use of this opportunity to ask all that have contributed (passive or active) for data to make the RTLP more complete and correct.

[stuart estell]

I recorded lots of new stuff yesterday, and the group is convening tonight for an emergency recording session so that we can apply to play at a local arts festival. For once, the songs I've done are actually stylistically representative of what we usually do, rather than being a strange assortment of covers or recordings of news broadcasts.

 

Anyway, it's not all voice and concertina, but there are four songs that are:

 

On Board a '98

Geordie

Henry, My Son

As I Was Going to Banbury

 

They can all be found here if you're interested...

[Henk van Aalten]

After a period of rather low activity, I became a bit active again, so I realised a major update of the Recorded Tunes Links Page. In alphabetical order:

1. Dana Johnson: 3 tunes played on the Kensington Concertina are now included: Dear Irish Boy, Sean McGuire (of the Glen) and Dancing leaves. The first two are Irish traditional and the last tune is a D. Johnson composition.
   
2. Johan Verbeek: All of a sudden Johan was there as a new member. He entered the forum in style with five tunes played on his 30b Anglo C/G Geuns-Wakker. Most of the tunes have a Dutch origin: Ballet Snijders, 5/4 Waltz, Nije Mazurka, Boeren Schots and Jubilaris.
   
3. Laitch Dickson really surpised me with a beautiful Irish air "Johnny Seoighe" played on his Anglo C/G Morse Céilí #7.
   
4. Michael Berenstein (m3838) plays on his Anglo 20b chrom. Lachenal a tune which he calls "Nothing Special". The second tune "I have met you" is written by Michael.
   
5. Michael Eskin plays the Irish tune "The Groves" on his Anglo C/G Edgley. I wish I could play like that!
   
6. Finally Stuart Estell published a lot of tunes from which a selection of 7 tunes is now on the RTLP. In this selection Stuart uses a variety of concertinas (G/D Norman, Jeffries Duet, McCann Duet). On top of that he sings better than ever (at least to my ears).
   

BTW: I started this message (in concept) yesterday early in the morning. It's now 24 hours later. In between the start and finishing this message there was a ride by car to Helmond, where Wim Wakker lives. I drove back with W-A1 no. 0640 !!!

[JimLucas]

I started this message (in concept) yesterday early in the morning. It's now 24 hours later. In between the start and finishing this message there was a ride by car to Helmond, where Wim Wakker lives. I drove back with W-A1 no. 0640 !!!

I suppose we shouldn't be expecting any posts from you for a while.

[RatFace]

is a video of me playing Rosline Castle. As you might guess (or, if you've ever seen me play, know!), there isn't much action there, but I hope it's a little bit interesting, and maybe some other people will upload something!

 

Incidently, I recorded this using my digital camera, but replaced the camera's audio with a simultaneous audio recording that's much higher quality. So - just the audio part can be found here - presumably better quality than in the YouTube video (not checked)

 

Oh - in case you're wondering - the slapping of my concertina at the beginning isn't some kind of abuse! It was so I could sync up the audio/video - honest!!!

[Leo]

is a video of me playing Rosline Castle. As you might guess (or, if you've ever seen me play, know!), there isn't much action there, but I hope it's a little bit interesting, and maybe some other people will upload something!

 

Incidently, I recorded this using my digital camera, but replaced the camera's audio with a simultaneous audio recording that's much higher quality. So - just the audio part can be found here - presumably better quality than in the YouTube video (not checked)

 

Oh - in case you're wondering - the slapping of my concertina at the beginning isn't some kind of abuse! It was so I could sync up the audio/video - honest!!!

 

Very nice. I think the video adds a lot to the audio, an added insight so to speak

Thanks

Leo

[PeterT]

is a video of me playing Rosline Castle. As you might guess (or, if you've ever seen me play, know!), there isn't much action there, but I hope it's a little bit interesting, and maybe some other people will upload something!

Hi Danny,

 

Nice recording. I guess that it's harder to play to a camera than a micophone.

 

Not much action? Well, that's the beauty of the concertina; waggle the bellows a bit, press a few keys, and this wonderful sound comes out (that's the theory).

 

Regards,

Peter.

[Dirge]

What a pretty tune too. I shall immediately steal it!

[Mark Evans]

What a pretty tune too. I shall immediately steal it!

 

 

Welcome to the "Let's nick-a-tune from Danny club". I've done this several times already. Folks always enjoy his version of "The Wounded Hussar" when I play it.

 

By the way Danny, beautiful as usual. Enjoyed seeing you play. Now about abusing that tina' of yours...

[Larry Stout]

I've just organized my hobbies home page to include a couple of recordings of my concertinas. I think I play the two extremes of the Wheatstone English: a tutor from 1851 with brass reeds and a spruce baffle still in place and a metal ended steel reeded concertina from 1913 with no baffles. I've recorded the same tune (Behind the Bush in the Garden) on both for a comparison of the sound:

http://home.insightbb.com/~lawrence.stout/...TheBush2667.mp3

and

http://home.insightbb.com/~lawrence.stout/...heBush25813.mp3

 

There are also recordings of a couple of O'Carolan tunes:

O'Carolan's Draught on the older tina:

http://home.insightbb.com/~lawrence.stout/...Draught2667.mp3

and Planxty Madam Maxwell on the newer one:

http://home.insightbb.com/~lawrence.stout/...axwell25813.mp3

and a Scottish strathspey (The Earl of Dalhousie's Happy Return to Scotland) from Neil Gow:

http://home.insightbb.com/~lawrence.stout/...Return25813.mp3

 

The number in the file name is the serial number of the instrument being played.

[Mark Evans]

I enjoyed those cuts very much and played along! I think your brass reeded instrument sounds lovely. If I could get the scratch together I'd love to have one for singing.

 

Really enjoyed Behind the Bush in the Garden. I'd like to learn that one. What a title.

[bellowbelle]

Sounds great so far, Larry!

 

I've yet to listen to all of the files, since I have a slow connection, must download to my desktop first, etc., etc..

 

Just played O'Carolan's Draught, I love the way that one sounds. Very nice tune, too!