Orange in Bloom (Jeffries Anglo concertina)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- The morris tune Orange in Bloom, or Sherborne Waltz, played on my C/G, 38-button Jeffries concertina. I stole this lovely arrangement from Adrian Brown and mangled it terribly -- thanks and apologies, Adrian! I really am better than this usually, but the keys are spaced differently on my other instrument and it always makes for a challenge to switch back and forth.
I've made a tutorial for this tune for 30-button C/G Anglo here:
• Orange in Bloom - Angl...
Adrian's original video (created to demonstrate the difference between equal temperament and 1/4 comma meantone):
• Anglo Concertina - ¼ C...
Note that Adrian is playing in F on a Bb/F concertina, and I'm playing in F on a C/G concertina, which partially accounts for some of the differences in phrasing.
Update 7 Feb 2021: Adrian has just posted another lovely arrangement, go listen to it!
• Orange in Bloom - Sher... - เพลง
This makes me want to go sit in an arboretum in spring and get teary-eyed at the beauty life has to offer. Thank you for sharing it.
Ehhh, what?
Thank you. This is beautiful. Even if you didn't find your performance up to your standards, I assure you I can't stop listening to this specific iteration of this song.
Once again, thank you
Thank you for listening :)
@@lukehillman me too
I keep returning to this video in the small hours of the day when I'm enjoying a coffee or trying to savour the simple things in my life
I really appreciate your playing
Thank you ☕
I have a 20 button that I’ve been trying to learn, your video helped me learn a simple version of it by ear, thank you
Happy to help! I actually have some suggestions for how to play it on a 20-button in this tutorial (see the pdf in the video description):
th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
Charles Jeffries was my grandfather,as children we used to visit him at his house in Craven Park on Sunday evenings and he would play.Lovely to see you playing one of his beautiful intstruments
Wow, that's quite a lineage. Thank you for sharing. Such incredible instruments!
goddamnit brother, that was beautiful.
Best version on TH-cam of this song.
If I hadn't heard your version, I would have never remembered this song.
Beautiful. Never gave this instrument much thought, but it can really sing.
Lovely tune and very well played Luke
One of the lovely things about the Anglo is that a large proportion of players are self taught, play by ear and commonly struggle to read music and as a result, tend to steadily develop their own style over the years. I started learning best part of 50 years ago, along with two friends. We all still play the same types of tune [mainly English trad], but have each come to play in recognizably different styles.
Mangled? Its absolutely glorious!
What a beautiful instrument
Would be very interested in an instructional for those of us that aren't at the level of playing by ear.
My favourite concertina piece by far, have been coming back to this video almost weekly for the last year.
Bravo!
Thank you for the very kind words! I'll see what I can do.
@@lukehillman So…have you done something? :-). Also interested in any instructional help!
@@DTBoss23 thanks for the reminder. I haven't done an instructional video yet, but Gary Coover recently transcribed this video. You can see his tablature here: www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?/topic/24849-orange-in-bloom-left-side/&do=findComment&comment=220367
Hope this helps.
@@lukehillman Thank you Luke! Helps a lot.
Finally got around to this: th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
Wow! Those Jeffries concertinas sound amazing. You played very well. I am just about to start out on the journey of learning. God bless!
Learn the song Let It Be. I want to hear it on youtube
This my favorite song and favorite version of it as well, would you please play more songs like this? I'm looking for songs to learn and this song is so beautiful and emotional, I'd love to learn more like it
It's one of my favorites, too. I'll see what I can do!
@@lukehillman ml
@@lukehillman your favorites will be our favorites!!!
@@NoPitchie1101 I shall strive to be worthy of this responsibility!
Luke your beautiful playing is an inspiration. I fell in love with this tune today and could not put the concertina down until I had learned it. Quite challenging and had to make a few changes as I only have 30 buttons. A big thank you to you and Adrian, it is a joy to hear and play.
Thank you, John. I'm playing it in F in this video, but you can play it in G on a 30-button C/G and have all the notes in all the right directions. You can also play it in F, but (at least, on my Wheatstone 30-button) you don't have the very highest note in the B part. Personally I like how it sounds in F, so I usually just play the chord and leave that note of the melody out.
@@lukehillman
Hi Luke
I have learned it in F and I like the sound in that key too. This exercise has been good for me. I haven't played any tunes in F so far. I think I play all the notes in the melody ok. The highest I play is a D (5a pull). I am playing a Jeffries setup.
Again many thanks for putting this on TH-cam and the link to Adrian's video.
Wonderful.
Thanks for this amazing music.
Thank you for listening!
Can’t stop listening. Really well done. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for listening, Patrick.
This is played at such a great pace. I have about eight years of piano under my belt, but have been getting into accordion just in the last few months. You have played this piece slow enough that I can play along, but fast enough that it sounds great.
On a different note, concertina and accordion are both underused instruments with strong stereotypes, so thank you for helping folks realize the potential of the instruments. You definitely helped me.
God Bless
Thank you for the kind words, Josiah, I'm glad this helps. Indeed, the stereotypes are very strong with squeezeboxes!
This is so beautiful
it makes me rediscover a lost feeling
Thank you for that and for that magnific presentation
Serenely beautiful....my mind went to a summers garden.
My accordion teacher played me this song and I'm hooked now
Definitely one of the best!
@@lukehillman it's nostalgic even though i can count how many times I heard it on 1 hand 😭
don't know why but this song carried me through my dad's passing. very beautiful and sad. thank you for playing
I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. ❤ Glad the music helps.
That was remarkable. I thought is was played excellently. The instrument sounds really full.
Wow, I can't describe how lovely this is. It must be a great feeling to be able to make such music!
Thank you--yes, it is wonderful!
This is the best version of this song that I have ever heard! It is beautiful.
This video made me buy a concertina.
Happy to help 😊 looking forward to hearing your music!
Same lol
@EdwardKenway. ‘Ello Mr. Kenway from 2 years ago… you’d be glad to see that I am now pretty damn good at the concertina. I have a blue colored one. A very sharp sounding, beautiful, strong, sturdy piece of art.
@@EdwardJamesKenway... wait so you bought jt
@@hiimryan2388 why, yes sir! It was the best purchase I could’ve made.
I hardly use the word beautiful, well played jk beautifully played sir.
Thank you, Don!
😮 Amazing it reached my soul
My favourite concertina video on TH-cam, just makes me feel calm and lovely Ty...
I would give my arm and some fingers to be able to play like this lol...
If you ever were to make instruction or tuition available, I would pay good money for that.
Bless you.
Thank you so much, glad you're enjoying it! I can't promise anything, but I'll keep this in mind and let you know if I get round to making an instructional vid.
I finally made an instructional video--let me know what you think: th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
This is just delightful :-)
Very nicely mangled, Sir! Always one of my favo(u)rite tunes........ also known as the Sherborne Waltz.
Do you have any resources as to how one goes about making a more solemn music with the Concertina? Most stuff I find is a bit more peppy than my tastes but, when depressing, the concertina is amazing.
Hey there! Being an amateur, my resources are few, but I did make a playlist of some of my favorite "serious" concertina videos, which I hope to be able to emulate one day:
th-cam.com/play/PLSOLLs817kbPyuCDYQlYS-YKPKf4cAhTG.html
Worth noting that there are at least three types of concertina represented in this playlist. Brian Peters, Adrian Brown, and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne play Anglo; Ollie King plays some kind of duet, and Wim Wakker plays English.
There's also a ton of discussion over at concertina.net that's a great resource for anyone learning any of the various types of concertina. Hope this helps, and thanks for watching :)
Very nice, can’t stop listening! So far, this is the best version of the song I have found. I’m planning on learning this on a concertina (I’ll get one shortly)!
Also, a quick question. I found out that the Anglo Concertina is a push and pull type of instrument, as in when you push or pull it does different sounds even though your still pressing the same button. I have learned to play beginner-intermediate harmonica which is the same difference when it comes to blowing and drawing the notes. My question is, I was curious if it would be easier for me to learn it since I have been doing the harmonica a good bit already?
Thank you! Definitely, it would be easier to get cracking with Anglo if you already play diatonic harmonica. It's essentially the same system--in fact I picked up a harmonica for the first time not long ago and was amazed at how natural it felt, coming from concertina.
If you haven't already, join the forum at concertina.net. It's a great resource.
Good luck, and looking forward to hearing your music!
@@lukehillman Thank you! :)
This reminds me of memaw, love it. Can’t stop replaying it, you’re good. Real good, dont stop, I’d like to hear a couple jigs if ya could
Aw, thanks :) Yeah, I need to post more. I'll see what I can do.
I absolutely love your music. Thank you so much for sharing it with us!
I'm so glad-thank you for listening :)
that was beautiful.
Is this a Jeffries duet or anglo?
I love Jeffries duet - but is it more similar to anglo than Hayden or McCann duets?
This is an anglo. None of the duet systems are really anything like anglo; each of them has the same note on the push and the pull. As I understand it, the Jeffries duet system is one of the rarest, in terms of adoption, partially because its layout is more chaotic compared to the others. In fact a lot of Jeffries duets have been converted to anglos. The only person I know of who plays Jeffries duet is Gary Coover, "angloconc" on TH-cam. Hope this helps!
Very beautiful mate, God bless
Thank you :)
Beautiful tune. Thank you.
thank you!
That is SO beautiful!
Very beautiful. Thank you
Hello! Is this an F/C concertina? I just got my first once (vintage) and I'm pretty sure that's what mine I'd but can seem to find many other F/C tuned ones.
Hi Layne! Mine's a C/G concertina, but I'm playing in F in this video. F/C is a rare find--I bet the sound is deliciously mellow. Is yours a 30 button model?
@@lukehillman Thanks for the reply. Interesting. mines a 20 button, vintage war-era from what I can find online, made in germany. based on videos I've seen for the standard c/g scales, mine plays in f/c. but its tough to say since it's the first concertina I've got my hands on
nonetheless I found this video about a year ago and love the song, so it's the first one I've learnt on my concertina!
@@FairmontStudios ah, yes, F/C is a standard German tuning. A quick diagnostic you could try is downloading a tuner app on your phone and playing your left hand side, top row middle button at it, pushing in. If it's close to F, that's probably what it is.
And very glad to have provided some inspiration!
Very nostalgic ! Love it !
Very nice thank you . lovely.
Beautiful✅
Greetings from Ireland🇮🇪
Thanks so much, Paddy, and hello from California!
Real beautiful, makes me tear up qvq
Love this tune. Best one I've heard on this bastard accordion
Thanks Jim!
This is so lovely. I’d love to play the concertina as well as the accordion
There's nothing like a good squeezebox!
Sounds lovely
Thank you Luke, so beautiful
Would you know by any chance where to find a variation for a 30-button anglo? It's a very beautiful song!
This arrangement will work as-is on a 30b Jeffries layout. You can almost do it on the Wheatstone keyboard, but you lack the high D on the pull. If you're playing with a Wheatstone keyboard, you can play in the key of G and have all the notes. Or you can play in F, as I'm doing here, and just leave out that one note (most people don't seem to notice).
Anyway, here are the chords I'm using; hope this helps: chordify.net/chords/orange-in-bloom-jeffries-anglo-concertina-luke-hillman
Been a while, but I've just recorded a tutorial for 30-button Anglo; hope this helps: th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
thank you for this, it's beautiful!
What are the bass notes in the begining? On the right side. I can't fuiger it out and I have the right side down perfect
Hi Matt,
Bass notes for the A part:
B♭ A D C B♭ C F
Bass notes for the B part:
F A C D B♭ C A B♭ B♭ A D C B♭ C F
Hope this helps!
Thank you!
@@lukehillman are you playing the bass chords as triplets throughout? I'm also trying to figure out the left hand chords. Lovely tune!
@@amydavis4192 Essentially, yes. I'm playing it as a waltz. Gary Coover recently transcribed this for 30-button C/G if you'd like to see the dots and tablature; it's here (you have to log in to see it): www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?/topic/24849-orange-in-bloom-left-side/#comment-219136
Hope this helps, and enjoy!
@@lukehillman thank you so much!
Beautifull!
Would the score be available?
Thanks.
The notes for the melody are available on the Morris Ring's website. Look at this page and choose "The Orange in Bloom". Chords and accompaniment tend to be according to the preference of the musician taking into account the instrument they are playing. For comparison, here's a link to me playing the same tune in less of a waltzy style - a little fast for a Morris dance, perhaps. th-cam.com/video/Jv65aJT2xTU/w-d-xo.html
I don't have a score, but if chords are useful to you, try this: chordify.net/chords/orange-in-bloom-jeffries-anglo-concertina-luke-hillman
Here you go--there's some sheet music linked from the description of this tutorial: th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful ,!!
Awesome indeed
das ist ja schön 😘
Vielen Dank fürs Zuhören :)
Lovely! A grand morris tune.
Thanks Wolfy! :)
And a very nice hat to top it off and all.
I just love this melody and your version. I am going to try to learn it. Would love if you played it also on your Clover. Tutorial? 😉🎶
It's a really lovely tune. I'm playing in F here, because I had a high D6 on the Jeffries and F is a great key on concertina. But on a 30b Wheatstone C/G, you either have to play the chord OR the melody note, since they don't coexist in the same bellows direction. So on my Clover, I play it in G, which is still pretty, but undeniably squeakier.
Tutorial one day. Gary Coover transcribed this version for 30b, which you can find here (highly recommend concertina.net as a resource in general):
www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?/topic/24849-orange-in-bloom-left-side/#comment-220367
@@lukehillman Thats so helpful! Thanks! Are there many free tabs online? Also, what is your experience with G/D concertinas? They would be a lower more mellow sound?
@@shalomjj yes, G/D is just about the mellowest tuning there is, without going into the baritone range. Example:
th-cam.com/video/NaGaAf39ljI/w-d-xo.html
concertina.net has a lot of resources, including some tabs. Gary Coover's books, particularly Anglo Concertina in the Harmonic Style, helped me a LOT when I was just getting started.
And there's anglopiano.com for general playing around. I'm in the middle of re-writing it from scratch to be less clunky.
Thanks so much. Do you find your Clover has good dynamic range? Meaning it can play quietly or loud?
Amazing
Lovely!
I’m further stealing this arrangement to play on a Russian Garmon so I’ve come into possession of (it’s in F#, very odd key) , lovely tune!
Looking forward to hearing it!
The TH-cam algo is odd. This is a perfectly decent amateur performance - but it's got 122k views, while brilliant recordings by the best pros often only get a few dozen...
No argument here!
Sometimes amateur art touches deeper than professional art.
Excellent!
makes me wanna climb a tree and eat an apple
Excellent, then it worked! Well, mostly. I was going for "climb a mountain and eat a sandwich," but I think I understand how I miscalibrated. Thanks!
Must ask, "What's the make and model of that hat?" Very nice.
Ah, a fellow gentleman of taste! It's an Akubra Campdraft in taupe. I don't think they're currently offering it in that color, but the silverbelly/sand and bluegrass green variants are stunning as well!
@@lukehillman Wonderful. I've always loved Akubras. Thank you!
Can you play this tune with C/G anglo concertina?
Yes! That's exactly the kind of concertina I'm playing in the video :)
@@lukehillman I will try it. Thanks!
Does anyone k ow what kind of hat that is
It's an Akubra Campdraft in taupe!
it's strange. it's like what youth sounds like idk
Great Stuff. I play the instrument Also. I find in Public the Ruffer the Better.
I cannot detect a flaw. I'm not familiar with the history of it tho. Maybe it's supposed to be played like this? ha ha
Oh, there are flaws-glad you didn't notice, though :)
Hey Luke - could you possibly send me the note sheet for this ?
Hey Philip! I play by ear and didn't use notation, but this should help: chordify.net/chords/orange-in-bloom-jeffries-anglo-concertina-luke-hillman
@@lukehillman argh! I never actually developed that skill.
I spent a while learning the instrument and it's quirks and coolies. And then a buddy of mine, just picked it up and after 10 minutes started playing songs. (he was taught to play be ear as a child)
just a teeeeeny but jealous. But thx for the help anyway.
Hi Philip, I finally got around to making a tutorial for this, and I've linked some sheet music from the description: th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
Haha! Sweet! Thx man!
Really would be great to get some notes or guide to this tune...
Try this: chordify.net/chords/orange-in-bloom-jeffries-anglo-concertina-luke-hillman
Search for the 'Sherborne Waltz'
Here you go! th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
> No you didn't.
Not a single ' thumbs down to be found.
Videos like these make me wonder whether I made the right decision in learning the English concertina as opposed to Anglo. I'm only half joking, both are wonderful instruments each with its own gifts. But this tune comes off in such a beautiful pastoral way that the English just can't replicate.
I know the feeling-I'm hoping to pick up English one day.
Do you have to wear a shirt and hat like that to play the concertina?...
No, but most people find it helps.
This is beautiful Luke! Do you know where could I find the cords, tabs or a tutorial of how to play it, please? :)
Thanks David (and again, all credit for the arrangement goes to Adrian)! I play by ear and wasn't using a chord sheet, but this seems to be more or less accurate:
chordify.net/chords/orange-in-bloom-jeffries-anglo-concertina-luke-hillman
Hope it helps!
@@lukehillman Thanks Luke! You are a star. :)
You've probably already figured it out by now, but I finally recorded a tutorial: th-cam.com/video/KT0HAjEhvVc/w-d-xo.html
@@lukehillman You can't imagine how grateful I am! Much much appreciated! 🙏
This make me think of the south during Civil War I don’t know why
Concertinas were fairly common instruments during the Civil War-they had been around for around 36 years at that point and were fairly popular. Remember this next time you see concertinas in pirate movies-that was totally not a thing! They hadn't been invented yet! (there are modern pirates, of course. It would have been fine, if a bit quirky, if the Somali pirates in "Captain Phillips" had had a concertina)... Anyway, where was I? Oh yes. Orange in Bloom is an English tune.
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OMG! This sounds and looks so English...
I've just got one of those faces.
@@lukehillman I mean your music playing makes the surroundings and yourself and even life more beautiful, if I was just walking by there with just hearing the music you play with the concertina I think I would've been so interested, impressed and even more happy and find out who's there playing the music
@@celnamusic that's very kind; thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying.
@@lukehillman and surely your dress looks very handsome in the English way hahaha