I'm a 40-year old beginner (started January 2007) melodeon and concertina player in Billings, Montana. I play a one-row Hohner melodeon in D and a Morse C & G 30-button anglo concertina.
I'm lucky to have found a great group of session players here in town that not only tolerate my playing, but are very encouraging! My advice to other beginners is to seek out others to play with, even if you only know a handful tunes well (or not so well!) instead of just sitting at home on the couch playing alone. Getting in on a session is probably the best way to improve and expand your playing. This website is also very helpful to newbies like myself in learning some tunes, as well as history of the music, specific tunes, musicians, etc. And it's free!
Tunes in PatrickJWK's tunebook: 15
| Regional styles on CD? | September 13th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Morse C/G Anglo concertina for sale | December 11th 2011 |
| Discussions | Re: Accordion | May 23rd 2011 |
| Discussions | Re: crikey | January 7th 2011 |
| Discussions | Re: Ideas of a name for a trad group | December 8th 2010 |
| Discussions | Re: Montana & Wyoming Irish Music? | November 23rd 2010 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| The Boys Of Bluehill | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| The Butterfly | slip jig | Eminor |
| Drowsy Maggie | reel | Edorian |
| The Golden Keyboard | reel | Edorian |
| The Humours Of Ross | jig | Eminor |
| King Of The Fairies | hornpipe | Edorian |
| The Maid Behind The Bar | reel | Dmajor |
| May Morning Dew | waltz | Edorian |
| Pull The Knife And Stick It Again | jig | Eminor |
| The Rainy Day | reel | Gmajor |
| Rolling In The Ryegrass | reel | Dmajor |
| Scarce O' Tatties | jig | Amixolydian |
| Sergeant Early's Dream | reel | Ddorian |
| Si Bheag Si Mhor | waltz | Dmajor |
| Tommy Peoples' | mazurka | Dmajor |