Begin your journey with The English Concertina Absolute Beginners by Alex Wade and Dave Mallinson. This essential guide provides a strong foundation for learning the English concertina, designed to inspire and support new players as they master this beautiful and portable instrument.

Key Features:

• Beginner-friendly guidance for the English concertina, perfect for those just starting out.
• Clear, accessible instruction to build basic skills and confidence.
• Created by Alex Wade, whose playing inspires concertina learners, with insights from Dave Mallinson.
• Ideal for students aiming to develop a solid foundation in concertina playing.

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Contents - Instruction:

• Foreword by David Ledsam
• Music Basics for Squeezers
• Fingering Chart
• The English Concertina
• The Scale of C Major
• The Musical Ladder
• The Key of G Major
• 4/4 Time
• Play Some Sea Songs
• Traditional Music
• Play Some English Tunes
• The Key of D Major
• Play Country Dance Tunes
• 6/8 Time
• Play Cotswold Morris Tunes
• 3/4 Time
• Play Some Welsh Tunes
• 2/4 Time
• Play Some American Reels
• Slip Jigs and Slides
• Play Sliabh Luachra Tunes
• The Key of E Minor
• Play Some Playford Tunes
• The Key of A Minor
• Play Some Irish Tunes
• The Hornpipe Rhythm
• Play Northumbrian Tunes
• The Key of A Major
• Play Some Scottish Tunes
• Rants and Double Reels
• Play Some Easy Melodies
• Double Jigs

Contents - The Tunes:

• Jingle Bells
• Little Brown Jug
• Skip to My Lou
• Baa Baa Black Sheep
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
• Bobby Shaftoe
• This Old Man
• The Muffin Man
• Donkey Riding
• New York Girls
• South Australia
• Johnny Come Down to Hilo
• Shepherds’ Hey
• Jimmy Allen
• Rattlin’ Bog
• British Grenadiers
• Uncle Bernard’s
• Winster Processional
• Winster Gallop
• The Tip Top Polka
• Banbury Bill
• Harper’s Frolic
• Nelly Bly
• My Love She’s but a Lassie Yet
• I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue
• The Huntsman’s Chorus
• The Rose Tree
• Cock o’ the North
• MacNamara’s Band
• Hey Away
• Shave the Donkey
• Laudanum Bunches
• Swaggering Boney
• Michael Turner’s Waltz
• The South Wind
• Shoe the Donkey
• Sweet Jenny Jones
• All Through the Night
• Men of Harlech
• Camptown Races
• Egan’s Polka
• Chinese Breakdown
• Buffalo Girls
• The Road to Boston
• Uncle Reuben
• Angelina Baker
• Drops of Brandy
• The Star Above the Garter
• Dennis Enright’s Slide
• Scotland
• The Brosna Slide
• Maggie in the Wood
• Scattery Island
• Tom Sullivan’s Polka
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• The Rigged Ship
• Newcastle
• Jack’s Maggot
• Hunt the Squirrel
• Grimstock
• Tralee Gaol
• Spancil Hill
• The Enniskillen Dragoon
• Sonny’s Mazurka
• Rakes of Mallow
• The Derry Boat
• The Keel Row
• Katie Bairdie
• Green Grow the Rushes
• Some Say the Devil’s Dead
• Salmon Tails up the Water
• Hexham Races
• The Redesdale Hornpipe
• A Hundred Pipers
• Roxburgh Castle
• Peat Fire Flame
• The Duke of Perth
• Kate Dalrymple
• Durham Rangers
• Drowsy Maggie
• Jack Broke da Prison Door
• Timmy O’Connor’s
• The Ash Grove
• Goodbye Girls I’m Going to Boston
• The Rambler
• The Bush on the Hill
• The Blackthorn Stick

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