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All My English Concertina Lessons
Video Lesson 1 - Morning Has Broken
Key of C major. All notes on rows 2 and 3. How to hold the instrument. The position of Middle C and D in relation to the thumb straps. Simple harmony - two buttons played together. Advice on practice and fingernails.
Video Lesson 2 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Key of C major.
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Video Lesson 3 - On Top Of Old Smoky
Key of D major. F# played for the first time. Expression with bellows.
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Video Lesson 4 - The Day Thou Gavest Lord Has Ended
​Key of G major. All notes in the scale of G major used. Muscle memory.
Tone through confidence! First ornament (a mordent). 3-note chord on the end of the piece.
Video Lesson 5 - In The Bleak Midwinter
Key of C major. Two-note chords. Another mordent. Dotted notes. Staccato notes.
Video Lesson 6 - He Who Would Valiant Be
Key of C major. Dotted notes. All notes in the scale of C major played in this tune.
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Video Lesson 7 - What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?
In the D Dorian mode - (D minor).
Video Lesson 8 - Skye Boat Song
Key of C major. Lots of low notes!!
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Key of D major. F# and C# played. All 8 notes in the scale of D major played in this tune. Tasteful ending!!
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Key of C major. 12 notes used - the most so far! Grace notes added. Expression. Rubato.
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Video Lesson 11 - Home On The Range
Key of D major. Ornaments - mordent and grace notes. 1st finger used on row 1 accidentals for the first time (C#). 4-note chord on the end.
Video Lesson 12 - Shepherd's Hey
Played in four keys G major, C major, D minor and A minor - all using the same pattern of buttons. 1,3,8 chord played on the end.
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Video Lesson 13 - Oh My Darling Clementine
Key of D major. Low C# used so you need to play it with finger 1 on that top row. Interesting ending - an A major chord broken up and with appropriate fingering.
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Video Lesson 14 - Away In A Manger
Key of E major. Four sharps!! F# C# G# and D#. Changing the fingering to suit the tune
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Video Lesson 15 - Cattle Call (Theme To The Woodentops)
Key of G major. Playing the tune in harmony. 6/8 time. Reversing the bellows on identical phrases to get a different tone.
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Video Lesson 16 - The Aldbury May Song
Key of D major. Reading the dots (musical notation) for the first time!
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Video Lesson 17 - The Grenadier And The Lady
In A Aeolian mode (A minor) Tab and sheet music - more advanced timings to learn on the sheet music
Video Lesson 18 - Speed The Plough
In G major Tab and sheet music. Playing quavers smoothly.
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Video Lesson 19 - Silent Night
Playing in A major for the first time. 6/8 time signature. Left hand change of position for the fingering to make it comfortable to play the G# and C#.
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Video Lesson 20 - Drink To Me Only
In G major. Played and explained as single notes and also in harmony.
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Video Lesson 21 - Happy Birthday
In G major. This is a good key for all to sing in.
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Video Lesson 22 - Amazing Grace
In G major. Played in single notes with ornaments and then with a drone. This is the first time I have featured a drone - a low G played all the way through to give us a sort of bagpipes effect.
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Video Lesson 23 - The Irish Washerwoman
In G major. Playing the same button with different fingers on this Irish tune.
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Video Lesson 24 - Where Is Love? (Oliver!)
In C major. Lovely tune with quite a lot of accidentals
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Video Lesson 25 - The Red Haired Boy
Not in its usual key of A but in G here. I play it with a hornpipe feel - again, this is unusual​ but I think it works well.
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Video Lesson 26 - Sankta Lucia
A lovely old Swedish Christmas song in G. Features a C# accidental.
Video Lesson 27 - William Taylor's Tabletop Hornpipe
A lovely tune in E minor. My wife dances to this in her Morris side.
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Video Lesson 28 - Bobby Shafto
In G major. Two versions of the tune and some ornaments in the B part.
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Video Lesson 29 - Captain Maguire
In D major. Quite a brisk and cheerful tune to warm your fingers up!
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Video Lesson 30 - Yankee Doodle
In D major. Very well known tune.
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In D major. In this lesson emphasis is placed on changing bellows direction at the correct moment.
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In G aeolian. In four parts. Again the emphasis is on correct bellows technique. You can hear all four parts together at the start of the video.
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​East Of Eden Film Theme with free sheet music!
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The Keeper of the Eddystone Lighthouse
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The Mermaid
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Sir Roger De Coverley