A concertina is a musical instrument in the accordion family. How to make a handmade concertina book thestitchsharer. This month i was invited to lead a workshop for a local community craft group on handmade bookmaking. This uses accordion reedplates and has leather oneway valves. Concertina, freereed musical instrument patented by sir charles wheatstone in london in 1829. Book number 46 is a concertina binding and its a great choice for a travel journal because the spine expands if you add extra items to the pages, such as photos, tickets etc. But there is a problem when the player wants to play a solo on an anglo concertina 20 button cg. The reason for doing this has to do with availability and expense. After mastering a fivehole pamphlet stitch and japanese fourhole binding, its time to tackle the final introductory process. Leporello and concertina books abebooks reading copy.
The concertina structure is achieved by creating a narrow accordion and then attaching signatures to either the valley or peak folds using a simple pamphlet stitch. Rochelle anglo concertina, quality italian accordion reeds, sqeeze box. The workshop went really well and as several of those attending are keen to make some more i thought id write a howto post to share. We didnt have a ruler long enough to straddle the complete 1. It is an instrument english, anglogerman or duet that is built with accordion reeds instead of concertina reeds. Bastari gc concertina sold bellingers button boxes. Follow these instructions to make a concertina book, which is an origamilooking popup book. The three sections of the book contain tunes that can be played using one, two, or three rows of a cg anglo concertina, as well as lefthand chord charts for 10, 20, and 30button instruments. I have added a link to the concertina wire article at the top of this entry. The work is also available as a beautifully printed and bound limited edition book and slipcase, limited to only 200 copies each signed and numbered by the artist.
Telling the classic horror novel in a series of full colour illustrations. Seawhite concertina sketchbook 140gsm 70 pages a5 cass. Poems,9780881464702,literary,none, josephs bathantis title, concertina, makes the connection between the musical instrument and the barbed wire used around prison walls to snare escaping prisoners. Joesph bathanti plays with this juxtaposition in a recollection of his days as a volunteer in service to america in his poetry collection concertina. See more ideas about book making, handmade books and book binding. Lyndon white is raising funds for bram stokers dracula. Bells across the meadows by albert ketelby i dont know who the arranger wasis. This present work is an indepth study of the art of phrasing. Kids concertina mini concertinas, accordian, accordions. The back panel is a medium gray textured pastel paper this lends a finished touch to the book and makes it more stable when opened. Adapting bram strokers dracula into a concertina book. This week, well put aside the needle and thread and explore a book constructed without a single stitch. Koncertina jest wykorzystywana do wzmacniania i poprawiania jakosci istniejacych ogrodzen, czyniac je znacznie trudniejszymi do pokonania.
Also sometimes known as a concertina fold, it is a method of. This concertina book is great for capturing your dreams and hopes for the new year or recording those. They can be plain or very elaborate with fancy papers, popouts and popups and windows. Although my residency doesnt start until the autumn, i wanted to get the sketchbooks made well in advance, in case of difficulties. Zasieki koncertina concertina drut koncertina gc metal. So far, irish traditional music is the only music im interested in learning on the concertina. The term leporello refers to printed material folded into an accordionpleat style. Hexagonal hand bellows are fastened between two sets of boards that carry the reeds in fraised sockets, as well as the pallet valves and finger buttons, by which air is selectively admitted to the reeds. Concertina book, sketchbook, travel journal abstract art painted cover 10. While it is impossible to play the two instruments interchangeably, the skills required to play the bandoneon have great applications to the 30button anglo concertina. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and hed made new ones of braided. It allows all the pages to be viewed simultaneously for single sided paper. See more ideas about book art, handmade books and book making.
Im currently saving up money for my first concertina, so before i actually get started, im taking this time to explore other styles of music. If you want to see some other types of this book, do an internet image search for concertina book or accordion book. By the way, i started with a german student concertina, but now im playing a marcus cg concertina for the last 1 12, its funny because i received it in the post in. Includes goals, organization, how to make the text bigger or smaller, how to print documents, about pdf format documents, resources used by this website, how to cite the concertina library, how to link to the concertina library, background the maccann duet concertina site, future development. Christmas concertina new tunebook for anglo general. A concertina is an accordianstyle book made from a long sheet of paper. This book was made by slicing the bellows of a no longer functioning vintage concertina to create an accordion book structure. This is made in italy and features nice leather binding on the bellows. The front panel is painted painted in watercolor with added pen and ink, and the calligraphy is in black ink.
A selfproclaimed pupil of giulio regondi see e51, signor james alsepti was a wellknown concertina performer and teacher. The maple leaf rag, the liberty bell march, and more classic selections are presented for musical enjoyment. Make offer henry silberhorn concertina prazsky sirotek sheet music antique no. These books are made from a long strip of paper and folded accordion style. The images and text panels were then inserted into the bellows to create the pages. Children can fill the pages with funny cartoons, fun drawings, or even paste in photos of friends and family. Shopwiki has thousands of results in concertina to choose from, find the best now. The bookbinders devise i used on my last sketchbook experiment seemed a bit thick to be accurate enough for a long concertina where any errors quickly multiply, so i sanded the sharpness off a bamboo pen, which was perfect. Buying a new concertina as i say above, there are a number of new makers on the scene and the big innovation many of them deploy is the use of good quality accordion reeds in tandem with traditional methods of concertina construction, e. The tuning of this instrument does not correspond with the tuning used in the absolute beginners concertina book. I cant send it back to amazon because i did not like it. A diction, on page 1 10, is a concertina book with an altered page shape.
Over the past few weeks, weve dipped our toes into the world of bookbinding. Song accompaniment for english concertina i have included in this book eleven of my own favourite songs, which have proved popular with audiences over the years, with accompaniments for 48 key treble english concertina, with three examples of contrasting styles for the same song, adieu sweet lovely nancy, streams of lovely. This book, deluxe concertina book was a waste of my money. Photos of most of our books are available please ask, as dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the accompanying image is marked bookseller image, it is an abebooks stock image, not our own. This is the concertina book for anyone who wants to play classic ragtime, marches, and popular themes, arranged for the 30button anglo concertina. The seawhite a5 concertina sketchbook is a genuinely original and exciting new idea. The original artists book anima mundi soul of the world is a five metre long, graphite drawing on paper, presented as an a5 concertina book and slipcase. Concertina wire, however, is razor wire that spirals out in large coils, much in the same way a concertina expands to play music. The second page also has the song youll never walk alone by richard rogers. Button concertina, accordion,professional 20 buttons accordion concertina musical instrument accessory keyboard accordion instrument for wren 2 anglo 30buttons cg concertina accordion with hard case.
It has a cover at either end and six folded pieces of paper in between. For the last few years, my life has revolved around irish mu. See more ideas about concertina book, handmade books and book making. Each piece is carefully chosen for its playability on the anglochromatic concertina. Concertina is a memoir of a young womans experiences working as a pro. How to make a concertina book with pictures wikihow. The best investment in a music book i have ever made.
Book fold accordion units at least 2 take each sheet of paper. How to make a concertina book new updated 7916 with new photos i made a new book using my printable shibori patterns kit as the photos on the old article were looking a bit small and dark i must have learnt more about taking and editing photos since then. So, a couple of weeks ago, a huge roll of watercolour paper arrived in the post. However that may be, it is in any case a fact that the concertina form was primarily used in china, and subsequently in japan, for buddhist texts. Alsepti was one of the inventors and a major proponent of bowing valves. How to theme a concertina book from concertina collage. The wire is sometimes referred to simply as concertina, and frankly i suspect that more people are familiar with the wire than the instrument.
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