Had a 3 piece group for a festival this past year which consisted of vocal, concertina, guitar (me), and a little percussssion. The concertina and guitar sound great together and the concertina player really knew his melodies well, but I spent quite a while teaching him some basic chords. The concept was odd to him at first but once he started to hear the major and minor thirds, fifths and the odd sixth, he managed to fit them in as backup on select songs, and it sounded very good.

I've often said to concertina and button box players around here that it must be like playing a portable pipe organ. Off-colour cracks aside, those things can be damn loud! With the right touch, it can support a song well. The next plan is to write harmonies or countermelodies for him to play.

Peace, Mooh.