Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Describe the different parts of the concertina
• Recall what 'diatonic' means
• List which fingers are used to play each row
• Indicate the line of buttons for the key of C
• Distinguish between the C row and the G row of buttons
• Describe the accidental notes on the outside line
• Indicate the correct bellow movement for each note on the D scale
• Identify the finger and bellow combinations for each note in the higher octave
• Recall how to play a nursery rhyme in the keys of D and G in the lower and upper octaves
• Indicate how to play ‘Twinkle Twinkle', which is useful for practising the D scale
• Recall how to play the polka ‘Britches Full of Stitches’ from the Sliabh Luachra area of County Kerry