song accompaniment on the concertina

[dickmiles]

to those who might find it of benefit,I have severalexamples of songs and tunes using the english concertina,at dickmilesmusic youtube,and also www.dickmiles.com
I use a mixture of melody, single line harmony, and chords,and play mainly a 48 key treble.
what are other peoples approach to song accompaniment.

[Dick Glasgow]

To see Dick in action, accompanying songs on his Concertina, check him out on these YouTubes:

1 ~ Bunclody

2 ~ Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy

As for me accompanying songs, I have only been playing the English Concertina for a couple of months & being a tune/melody player by nature, I am only comfortable playing the melody line & adding little harmony lines now & again.

Chords are going to take a little more time for me to sort out, but I reckon as I get to know the instrument better, the right chords will hopefully fall naturally to my fingers .... ever the optimist!

Cheers
Dick

[dickmiles]

I have just added Lord Franklin,on you tube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT6L8c2U35s&feature=channel_page

[Dick Glasgow]

Good job Dick.

By the way, any news on that Concertina of yours, which was damaged by fire?

Have you managed to have it fully restored/repaired?

Cheers
Dick

[sam]

Dick
Well i did enjoy that....if only i could do that....long long way off for me...keep posting them please

[Dick Glasgow]

Hey Sam,

Just for the record, you can check out ALL of Dick's YouTubes here: Dick Miles Music Channel

His website is here: Dick Miles

Cheers
Dick

[sam]

Hi
Yes keep the posts coming (dont be shy folks) - then i can listen to what i hopefully might sound like. It might sound stupid - but i got a real buzz tonight...been trying to play Planxty Irwin for a wee while...and not getting it...and then I CAN DO IT!!
SAM

[ishtar]

Those are lovely, Dick.

I accompany a sea shanty group, but I can only do melodies along with the singers, and, ashamed though I am to say it, I'm getting a bit bored.

I'm doing classes in chord theory to try to understand it all. So I'm learning how to construct major chords, minor chords, major fifth augmented and diminished, and so on.

The hard part is knowing where and when to use them.

For example, if guitar chords are given, can I just use them?

[Dick Glasgow]

Hmmm I do the same thing with our Ballad Group i.e. just play along with the melody & add the odd double stop.

So far, I'm not getting bored, but I can see how I might, in time. However, I have never played anything other than melody, so I'm not sure I'd get the same kick out of just playing chords.

I must admit though, if there was someone around here who could actually show me the chords, I'd be over there banging on their door!

Cheers
Dick

[ishtar]

Yes, I'd like to know too!

For a basic three-note major chord composed of the fundamental, the third, and the true fifth, all three notes are on the same side of the concertina, and I'm not sure how to play three notes together like that. Playing one of them an octave higher (and therefore on the other side) doesn't alway sound right.

Another mystery to unravel.