ornamentation on the english concertina

Subject: RE: ornamentation on the english concertina
From: Leadfingers
Date: 18 Jul 06 - 07:00 AM

Mother of Pearl and Silver Filligree ???

Subject: RE: ornamentation on the english concertina
From: The Sandman
Date: 18 Jul 06 - 04:16 AM

Yes I try to have my ornamentation options worked out in advance,Iknow that rules out spontaneity, but I always keep certain fingers covering certain rows so they cant get lost and work out my ornamentation options around this principle.Yes I also use drones and bellows wiggling.Another thing I like to do is[lets say in a jig]is to turn a quaver into two semiquavers using cross fingering ,very often when the second note is on the opposite side E g .The lilting banshee E A A BECOMES EE A A.The first note becomes like a quick grace note, and your two A,s are on the opposite side giving time for your left hand fingers to re position.To be precise the first two e,s are not actually semi quavers. but are short, long. I often cut between two notes of the same pitch..E A A could become E A BA, The B is a grace note stealing time from the last. Again Im cutting on the opposite side of the box.Dick Miles

Subject: RE: ornamentation on the english concertina
From: Artful Codger
Date: 17 Jul 06 - 11:17 PM

I sometimes use a three-note twiddle on the same side, with the third above, though I'm guessing you cover this.

Another ornament I sometimes use is to intersperse a few drone notes between melody notes or broken chords. Sounds harder than it is.

You can also add short chromatic runs. But seems the accidental I want is never where I expect it to be, unless I work it out beforehand.

Which brings to mind: Do have advice on how to recover when your fingers end up on the wrong row or column, and you sound like you're having a sudden psychotic episode?

Also, do you ever add portamento by wiggling the bellows?

Subject: ornamentation on the english concertina
From: The Sandman
Date: 17 Jul 06 - 04:59 PM

In my tutor, I deal specifically with ornamentation for the English concertina. I try to take advantage, of what seems natural on the instrument,to ornament,on the opposite side, of the note you are playing, Fiddle rolls, Pipers crans,and four note twiddles can all be executed without too much difficulty, plus octave triplets .Anyone got any more ideas. Dick Miles