Three Row Tunes
Three row tunes are tunes that are played using buttons on all rows of a 3 row anglo concertina. This is usually:
- to play incidental sharps and/or flats;
- to play in keys not natural to the Richter Scale
- to find quicker alternative fingerings
This tune is an example of using the third row of buttons to obtain a better flow of a passage.
The g notes marked "x" are the only pushes in a run of pull notes. Playing them as xL2^ gives a smoother sound.
Played AAB as written gives a 24 bar tune often useful in the sets.
The Bowral Jig comes from the scottish style fiddle playing of Frank Collins whose tunes were recorded on acetate disc in Goulburn in the 1950's. After his death the discs were kept by relatives who later made them available to John Meredith and Chris Sullivan.
The third bar needs the third row xL1^ for the Bb notes. The g notes mark with the "x" can be played xL2^ for a smoother flow.
Father's Waltz is a tune that comes to us from Joe Yates, a remarkable fiddler from Gulgong.
The tune lulls you into a false sense of security with the easy flowing first section.
The rest needs work and cross-rowing.
Here are 3 ways of playing the opening bar of the second section!
