The Concertina

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on May 18th 2001 by Jeremy.

This tune has been added to 347 tunebooks.

Also known as Concertina, The Old Concertina.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
• An Toilean Aerach by Johnny Connolly
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Clear The Dresser And Take The Floor by Emerald Ceili Band
• Flying On Home by Airdance
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Greenfire by Greenfire
• I GCnoc Na Grai by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon
• In Praise Of Lissycasey by Various Artists
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• Jack In The Box Irish Session by Tionol
• Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
• Midnight On The Water by The Kings River Band
• Na Draiodoiri by Na Draiodoiri
• Out Of The Woods by Randal Bays
• Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• River Reel by Begley,Glackin And O'Brien
• Seoda Ceoil by Various Artists
• Set Dancing Downunder by The Coast Ceili Band
• Shaskeen Irish Pub Session by Shaskeen
• The Flax In Bloom by Brendan Mulvihill
• The Heather Breeze by Heathery Breeze Ceili Band
• The Limestone Rock by Micho Russell
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
• Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
• Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell
• Va by Slainte Mhath

X: 1
T: Concertina, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:A2FA BAFA|A2FA BAFA|B2BA B2BA|B2BA BAFA|
A2FA BAFA|A2FA BAFA|FABc d2dA|BAFE D4:|
|:Addd Addd|AddA BAFA|B2BA B2BA|B2BA BAFA|
Addd Addd|AddA BAFA|FABc d2dA|BAFE D4:|

This tune is very straightforward, easy to learn and a lot of fun to play. The entire tune is in the range of just one octave.

The series of phrases with the long B notes (beginning in the thrird bar) can be spruced up a bit by sliding up to each B from B flat.

In the second part, the only change is the first phrase. Apart from that, all the other bits are "recycled" from the first part. This means that there isn't all that much for you to remember and you'll have learned the whole tune in no time.

Just for fun, once you've learned the tune, try playing it over and over, speeding it up each time to see how fast you can go. Don't do it at a session, though!

# Posted on June 1st 2001 by Jeremy

Variation

Been learning this one too...Shannon Heaton (flute) plays it in the third & fourth measures (of both parts) as B CA B CA | B CA BAFG...and the p/u and last measure of each phrase she plays DB | AFEF D. I think she mentioned learning it from a Tulla Ceili Band recording, but I could be wrong.

# Posted on July 17th 2001 by Zina Lee

haha...Brad Maloney and myself often refer to this as the "two-note reel."

# Posted on March 2nd 2002 by Josh Kane

Yeah, there isn't much to it; it's like a malignant polka that sprouted extra measures. It's good if your too hammered to pull of a real tune though.

# Posted on March 2nd 2002 by Mad Baloney

Concertina

is the high level of this available please

# Posted on May 13th 2004 by slaibh

Noel hill tony mcmahon

anyone know the name of the reel that comes after this on their album - 'igcnoc na graí' ?

# Posted on February 1st 2007 by tommy_ie

Seamus Egan plays this on pipes on his first recording: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/546 He associates it with Micho Russell.

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by slainte

timmy_ie - go through the "link" to the recording, and look at the comments. All the tunes on the recording have been listed there.

# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by Kenny

Another Version

X: 1
T: Concertina, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:A2FA BAFA|A2FA BAFA|B2cA B2cA|B2cA BAFA|
A2FA BAFA|A2FA BAFA|FABc d2dB|AFEF D4:|
|:Ad d2 Ad d2|AddA BAFA|B2cA B2cA|B2cA BAFA|
Ad d2 Ad d2|AddA BAFA|FABc d2dB|AFEF D4:|

# Posted on January 8th 2008 by JACKB

This is the easiest tune I know of. I'm making good use of it in my semi-fruitful efforts to learn the fiddle.

# Posted on April 17th 2008 by Whiddler