Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?

Subject: RE: Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 01:23 AM

Have finally brought the Aeola home. Here is a full set of pics. Posted some questions/notes at concertina.net.

I really like this instrument.

~ Becky in Long Beach this week

Subject: RE: Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?
From: Anglo
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:04 AM

Beautiful concertina Becky.

Well done!

I'm jealous :-)

JR

Subject: RE: Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?
From: Anglo
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 02:15 AM

You can't just define an English by the lowest note. I've had my treble (actually a 56-key extended treble) with the low Ab (doubled by the G#) tuned down to F, my tenor-treble (56 key) low Db tuned down to a Bb. My 64-key treble-baritone remains standard with the low F. My 48-key baritone is like a 48-key treble, but an octave lower. So playing in the same register on that, compared to the treble-baritone, equivalent notes come on the opposite side.

Defining transpositions in these situations is problematical. I did once see an English tuned in A. Where you would have expected a C, you got an A, and all the 'white note' notes made a regular scale in A. It's many years ago, and I never did check how the accidentals worked. That was indeed a transposing instrument.

Subject: RE: Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?
From: Guran
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:59 AM

Anglo,

I can't control myself from opposing a little...

You said: "Defining transpositions in these situations is problematical. I did once see an English tuned in A. Where you would have expected a C, you got an A, and all the 'white note' notes made a regular scale in A. It's many years ago, and I never did check how the accidentals worked. That was indeed a transposing instrument."

If only judging by the "white note notes" and not knowing how the accidentals worked I can not accept it as "a transposing instrument" since for acquiring that designation ALL notes of the instrument have to be transposing by the same interval- no compromise there!

(Apart from that I principally agree - classification of concertinas is a complete mess...not least since terms have changed in history)

Goran

Subject: RE: Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?
From: The Sandman
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 03:14 PM

Goran,do you know any good jokes.

Subject: RE: Who plays a Tenor Treble Concertina?
From: Guran
Date: 19 Mar 09 - 06:02 PM

Sure Dick, all yours !
Cheers
Goran