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Catalog > Books > Squeezebox updated May 21, 2013

Concertina Books

Accordion Books

English Concertina

Concertina Workshop Tutor For the English Concertina -- $11.00
By Alistair Anderson, for 48-key English concertina. Written in 1974. Very thorough, but not for the faint of heart! Covers everything from holding the concertina, to fingering, to a treatise on musical notation, and 30 tunes with playing and style notation. 41 pages, spiral bound.
Handbook for English Concertina - by Roger Watson -- $14.95
With valuable chord charts

Anglo Concertina

110 Irish Concertina Tunes, Vol. 1 72-page book plus CD -- $39.95
A choice collection of Irish concertina tunes. Includes reels, jigs, hornpipes, polkas and slides. The superb CD learning tool features all 110 of the tunes from the book and are individually tracked for instant access.

Absolute Beginners' Concertina: A new guide to playing the 20-Key Anglo Concertina
by Mick Bramich -- $13.99
24 pages. Makers, how to buy, maintenance. Tablature, scales, 16 tunes, chords, bibliography, suggested listening.

All-American Concertina Album - by Alan Lochhead -- $9.95
40 pages. This is the Concertina book for anyone who wants to play Classic Ragtime, Marches, and popular themes, arranged for the 30-button Anglo Concertina. "The Maple Leaf Rag," "The Liberty Bell March," patriotic marches, and more classic selections are presented. Each piece is carefully chosen for its playability on the Anglo-Chromatic concertina. Players with a "duet system" may also want this music for their repertoire. The arrangements are fully voiced, between the right and left hands to create a piano-style approach to concertina playing.

Anglo Concertina Demystified - by Bertram Levy -- $28.95
11 lessons for the 30-button anglo concertina, spiral bound book with 2 CDs. An excellent tutor for the 30-button CG Anglo.
"I finished the Bertram Levy book about a month ago, and I'm REALLY glad I put in the time and effort to work through it, because now I have a very nice repertoire of songs to play, and I feel that I have a decent grounding in the instrument, including sight reading and fingering and air control techniques. I would highly recommend this book/tape to any beginner who wants to get 'serious' about the instrument and not just 'tootle around' a bit." -- Paul Schwartz, Squeezebox Newsgroup

Best Concertina Method Yet - by Bob Kail -- $9.95
For the 20-button CG Anglo. It is the best book of its kind!
Deluxe Concertina Book - by Frank Converse -- $12.99
52 pages, 49 tunes for 20-button CG Anglo concertina
Easy Peasy Tunes: 101 Tunes for Absolute Beginners - by Dave Mallinson
$13.45
32 pages. This book of 101 easy tunes for any melody instrument has been compiled to give beginners and novices an accessible source of easy tunes. These easy but interesting tunes will give enormous pleasure to both player and listener. Only 14 notes are required to play all 101 tunes, which include folk melodies and Irish tunes. This book is suitable for D/G melodeon, various button accordions, D and G harmonicas, chromatic harmonica, piano accordion, concertina, soprano recorder, D tinwhistle, Low D whistle, wooden flute, metal flute, fiddle, tenor banjo, mandolin, octave mandolin, hammered dulcimer, and guitar.
Handbook for Anglo-Chromatic Concertina - by Roger Watson -- $14.95
24 pages, 10 tunes, chord charts. For 30-button CG Anglo.
In-Between Anglo - by Mick Bramich -- $19.00
40 pages. For 30-button CG Anglo. Mick Bramich has taught Anglo concertina method for many years, from beginners to players who wish to stretch their skills by trying their hand at the Irish style. His third tutor book is for those who are no longer struggling with the basics but want some helpful tips on improving their technique. In-Between Anglo takes you into playing across the rows to improve the flow of your music and a range of scales and time signatures which are demanding yet rewarding. Every tune is accompanied by his proven tablature to help those who don't read music.

Irish Concertina: A Tutor for the Anglo Concertina in the Irish Style
by Mick Bramich -- $23.45

76 pages. 56 tunes in standard notation with chord symbols, fingering and chord charts, scales, instruction, bibliography, discography, many photos. For 30-button CG Anglo.

After the obligatory section of introductions, choosing an instrument, keyboard layouts, and history blurb, the book is arranged in lessons, each having a number of tunes for practice, beginning with the key of G and tips on air control. Then other scales, more keys, a lesson on modulation, more keys, a section on decoration and slow airs, then the appendices, including a tune section, with the key of each tune plainly indicated (E minor, D modal, etc), as well as indications where the A part and B part begin.

There are lots of useful notes sprinkled throughout the lessons about Irish music in general, playing styles, the influence of other instruments, players, etc.

CD available separately for $16.45

Learn to Play Irish Concertina DVD - by John Williams -- $29.95
60-minute DVD with booklet. 20- and 30-button playing is shown. Playing position, articulation, bellows control, more. Tunes are played slowly note for note, and up to tempo. Advanced techniques shown include cross-row playing, chords, bellows & ornamentation, more.

Seaman's Fantasy (video) - by John Townley -- $25.00
A collection of sea songs on anglo concertina and melodeon.