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Anglo Chromatic Concertina 20 Button in Black Pearlescent.

Black pearl finished, leather straps, perfect student instrument.

The concertina belongs to a class of instruments known as Free Reed instruments, which also includes accordions and harmonicas. It was developed in 1829 and 1830 by Sir Charles Wheatstone. Cur oncertinas are expensively hand-made by highly skilled craftsmen, its fully chromatic range is suited to classical pieces, with its fast action lending it to "party pieces" such as The Flight of the Bumble Bee.

Brand new in box 20 key Concertina in a high quality black pearl finish. This is the perfect introductory instrument, offering excellent build quality with great tone and volume at a very reasonable price. Each button produces a different note on the push and draw of the bellows (so there are TWO notes per button). The high notes are on the right hand end, the low on the left. So you can play the tune with the right hand, and vamp chords with the left. C/G is the standard tuning found in all the books, and is popular in Ireland where the key of D is played across the rows.

The heart of the Anglo system consist of two ten-button rows, each of which produces a diatonic major scale, much like the layout of notes on a harmonica. Five buttons of each row are on each side. The two rows are musically a fourth apart, e.g., if the row closest to the player's wrist is in the key of G, the next outer row will be in C.

The Anglo concertina is typically held by placing the hands through a leather strap, with the thumbs outside of the strap and the palms resting on wooden bars. This arrangement leaves four fingers of each hand free for noting and the thumbs free to operate an air valve (for expanding or contracting the bellows without sounding a note) or a drone. The Anglo concertina is often associated with the music of Ireland. Instruments in the key of C/G are the ones used in traditional Irish music sessions, although it is used in other musical contexts as well, particularly in music for the English Morris dance.

- 20 buttons
- In key of C/G
- 11 bellow folds
- Black Pearl finish
- Great tone

- Fully adjustable leather hand straps
- A very enjoyable instrument to playl !