Given my recent problems with thumb pains, while learning how to handle my Baritone English, I'd be very interested to hear what other members think of this new approach to playing the EC!
Walking my baby back home Värmlandsvisan Tango UnoI see his approach actually employs the use of:
On the positive side, I can see how this could mean you could now play an English Concertina with more of a rhythmic style, which I'm sure will interest all Irish Music enthusiasts who play the English Concertina."ergonomic handle" (wrist support, broad steady thumbstraps, broad steady wriststrap, no finger-plate) and a 'cross-the bellows-strap' facilitating articulation and rhythimical playing
However, surely there is perhaps a downside, in that you then can't play music with the same flow & you no longer have the possibility of playing lovely long notes or slow, lazy passages?
I'm sure there'll be those who feel that the standard set up works fine for them, especially in relation to little Trebles, but I suspect all players of the larger Concertinas will read Goran's ideas with great interest.
What do you think?
Cheers
Dick