If you have a three row or 30 button model however, your Anglo concertina is also fully chromatic. The Duet concertina is the lesser spotted of the three concertina types. It plays chromatically with the same note on the push and pull, like the English concertina. The right side of the instrument contains the treble notes, while the left contains the bass notes.
The middle octave is duplicated on both sides. The tune is played with the right hand and the accompaniment with the left, hence the name duet. Duet concertinas are usually much larger as they feature more buttons than either the English or the Anglo concertina. Sometimes up to 80! Most serious duet concertina players will argue that you need a minimum of 58 keys to get the best of out of the instrument and fully display its versatility.
Different styles of music favour different musical keys. As a result, the most common key for each concertina varies depending on style. This means that one row of buttons plays a full scale in the key of C, and another row plays a full scale in the key of G. The two innermost rows of the button layout on each side contain all the notes required to play a C major scale.
The two outer rows consist of the sharps and flats required to complete the chromatic scale. Duet concertinas are available in the widest range of keys of all the types of concertinas. At their most complex they can span up to five octaves! This depends on the type of concertina. The size of the concertina and number of keys dictates how many notes it can play. A 30 button Anglo concertina for example can span three octaves, playing from C below middle C, to C two octaves above.
In addition to the three main styles of concertina — English, Duet and Anglo — concertinas can also come with different voicings:. Treble concertinas feature the highest concertina voice and are the most commonly played. Baritone concertinas sound an octave below a treble concertina and are a favourite for accompanying singing. Bass concertinas play an octave below the tenor concertina or two octaves below treble concertinas.
Of all the traditional Irish instruments, the concertina is one of the easier instruments to learn. Unlike other Irish instruments such as the fiddle , uilleann pipes or even the Irish flute , the notes on the concertina are already in tune and playable with a simple press of a button and a squeeze of the bellows. Mastering the concertina takes plenty of practice and musical skill.
Compare how easy it is to learn the Anglo concertina with the fiddle and the flute. The needs of a beginner concertina player will differ depending on which style of music you want to learn. For traditional Irish music, the Anglo concertina is the most popular choice. Look for a 30 button, three row concertina in the key of C G. This reliable instrument will take a player from novice to accomplished very easily.
Learn more about the best anglo concertinas for traditional Irish music. For English folk music, an English Concertina will do the job nicely. As a free-reed wooden family of Instruments, a concertina might be similar to an accordion, but they are certainly not the same thing! The Origin The first person who created the patent for concertina is Charles Wheatstone, during the s in Great Britain. Interestingly enough, Wheatstone is more known for his work in science, as he made many breakthroughs in the field.
But he nonetheless started with inventing patients for musical instruments. The Different Types Since it is a whole family of free-reed instruments, there are multiple types of the instrument itself.
This can cause lots of confusion amongst those who are not educated in this matter. There are three main types of Concertina — Anglo, English, and Dual. They might look similar, but they differ in materials, design, layouts, and button systems — all this can change how you play the instrument, from the hand placement to the pace of the tunes, so you should observe the differences!
The Anglo is designed in a way that it has the same layout as the original, with 10 keys that were used to control the sound of the concertina itself. The German model was brought to England and became an instant hit in the s, so they decided to manufacture a new model with similar details and mechanisms.
Each side of the Anglo has two rows of 5 keys used to produce the sound. The keys are placed in such a way that the player can touch them while holding the instrument through leather straps.
They do not produce the same sound when pushing and pulling the bellows. The Anglo Concertina is the one most favoured by Irish Music players. There are 20 key and 30 key models available. The 20 key model is limited for the number of octaves that can be played on it, but it is fine for beginners. There are 30 key and 48 Key models available. The instrument is chromatic and gives the player the note on the push and on the pull no matter which way the bellows are moving, the same as a piano accordion.
The Duet Concertina is the least common and least available to find or buy in modern times. The Duet is actually a versatile concertina which plays the same note on the push and on the pull in the same way as the English Concertina The high notes are played on the right side and the bass notes are played on the left side, the same as most concertinas. The problem with playing Duet Concertinas, if it is a problem!
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