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Thread #96520   Message #1892381
Posted By: Bernard
24-Nov-06 - 07:56 AM
Thread Name: concertinas and guitar for accompaniment
Subject: RE: concertinas and guitar for accompaniment
Steve Turner's touring again (after a fourteen year break!) - he was a guest at the Open Door Extravaganza earlier this year, and will be at the Railway, Heatley, on March 22nd next year. His concertina playing is as good as ever!

I tend to play chordally on both English and Anglo, though most players seem to use them as single line melody instruments, which is such a waste!!

I don't always 'mirror the tune' when I'm singing, but it depends on the song. I sing Ted Edwards' Ladybird, for example, with very simple sustained chords on the English, and an instrumental melody break near the end. When I sing Ball o'Yarn, I sort of partly mirror the tune with staccato chords on the Anglo.