Paul Hardy - Concertina Recordings
This page has music recordings featuring my playing. Most of the tunes are in Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook (or the Annex).
Solos
These are better quality recordings made February 2011 on a Zoom H2 - in my bathroom as best acoustics in house!
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Roslin Castle (2.3MB) - A Scottish air, once banned by the English as too emotive.
Played on on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461.
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Off to California (1.3MB) - An Irish hornpipe, that seemed appropriate to play as I lived in California for three years.
Played on on steel-reeded Wheatstone Aeola 34801.
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Boulavogue (2.8MB) - Irish air. Played on steel-reeded Lachenal Edeophone tenor-treble 57970.
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Sheffield Hornpipe (2.4MB) - A hornpipe from the city where I grew up,
Played on on steel-reeded Wheatstone Aeola 34801.
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Tankard of Ale (3.0MB) - An old tune in an unusual time signature of 12/8 - but
three groups of quadruplets rather than four groups of triplets. Played on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461.
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March of the Kings of Laois (2.5MB) - evocative Irish air. Played on steel-reeded Lachenal Edeophone tenor-treble 57970.
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Lark in the Clear Air (3.4MB) - A lovely Irish air. Played on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461.
Other Solos
These are home recordings direct to computer using a Logitech mono microphone,
or to iPod using Griffin iTalk microphone (with artefacts due to automatic volume control).
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Harvest Home (1.9MB) - A local session favourite. Played on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461.
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Rights of Man (4.4MB) - variations on this well-known Irish tune.
Played on steel-reeded Lachenal Edeophone tenor-treble 57970.
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Edeophone Examples (2.7MB) - scales, Sheffield Hornpipe, Londonderry Air, and
some twiddling to show range and tuning. Played on steel-reeded Lachenal Edeophone tenor-treble 57970.
Multi-part settings
These are home recordings direct to computer using a Logitech mono microphone, and combined using Audacity.
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Sun Assembly (2.3MB) - A traditional eighteenth century courtly dance tune,
included in Thompsons "Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances" in 1757. Played on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461.
This arrangement is based on one by by Anahata.
Also available is a recording of just the meolody, played on a
brass reeded George Case baritone.
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Da Slockit Light (2.9MB) - A Shetlands lament by Tom Anderson.
Played on brass-reeded George Case baritone (un-numbered, but probably around 3000, from around 1860).
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Concertina March (1.7MB) - by Alan Day, a contribution to a virtual concertina band.
Multitracked on a brass-reeded George Case baritone (un-numbered, but probably around 3000) and on a Wheatstone brass-reeded
tutor 8461 - both about 150 years old!
Solos with background
These were casual recordings in a Ceol Galore practice session in Toft People's Hall.
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