Description

ConcertinaXL is an authentic sounding 30-button Jeffries-style C/G Anglo Concertina. It is played using the exact same fingerings as the real instrument.

Don't take my word for it, go to my website and watch the demo videos to see the app being played live!

Anglo concertinas are commonly used for playing traditional Irish dance tunes, and is a much-favored instrument in County Clare, Ireland.

The Anglo concertina is diatonic, meaning the instrument plays a different note for each button depending on whether you are pushing or pulling on the bellows.

ConcertinaXL is the perfect app for someone interested in the Anglo Concertina to have an experience of playing the instrument and become familiar with the button layout without the expense of purchasing a real concertina.

For experienced players, it can serve as a practice aid when it might be impractical to play the real instrument.

To get started, make sure that the orientation lock switch on your iPad (just above the volume controls on the side) is in the off position, then rotate the iPad to landscape orientation to play.

In the app, to play, place the iPad on your leg and simply tip the iPad to the left for a bellows push note, or to the right for a bellows pull note, and press a button.

The PUSH/PULL display on the top of the screen shows which direction the bellows is moving.

You may reverse the bellows while pushing a button simply by tipping in the opposite direction.

Rotate your iPad to portrait orientation to see a photo of the original antique Lachenal instrument that the app was based on as well as playing instructions.

Touch the diamond area at the center bottom of the screen for tremolo effects. The higher up on the diamond, the greater the effect.

Multiple buttons may be pressed at the same time to play chords.

Note guide (touch the 'i' icon in the center) shows the note names in realtime for each button when pushed or pulled depending on the tilt.

Touch the Uilleann pipes drone puck at the top of the screen to add a D drone. Drone volume may be adjusted with the slider just below the puck.

Adjust the tilt sensitivity and volume using the sliders at the top of the screen. All settings are saved when the app exits.

The button layout and spacing on the iPad screen exactly matches a real 30-button Jeffries-style Anglo Concertina.

Up to 5 buttons may be pressed at the same time to make chords.

Uses extremely high-quality per-button audio samples recorded from my personal concertina collection.

Please visit the app website for more information about playing the Anglo concertina.

If you think you're "stuck at the help screen", make sure you have the orientation lock switch on your iPad in the off position, then rotate the iPad to landscape orientation.