United StatesEnglitina is an easy to play, authentic-sounding virtual English Concertina.
Similar to an accordion, a concertina is a button-based reed based instrument with bellows. Because English Concertinas play the same note both on a push or a pull of the bellows, it is a very easy instrument to play on your device. Simply touch the buttons on the screen to play the notes.
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Englitina's button layout and spacing matches the center portion of a standard Wheatstone Engish Concertina layout, providing all chromatic notes in the two octave range between D4 and C#6 (one octave lower when set to Baritone range).
To play, hold your device between your thumb and little fingers of both hands, exactly like a real English Concertina, and press the buttons with your index and middle fingers. Scale patterns alternate between the fingers of the right and left hands. Notes are higher in pitch as you move from the outside to the middle of the screen. Multiple buttons may be pressed at the same time to play chords.
Touch the "?" icon to show all the button notes.
Touch the 'i' icon to change the skin and range (treble or baritone).
The app uses extremely high-quality per-button audio samples recorded from my personal concertina collection. Graphics on "Classic" skin based on a 1924 Lachenal Edeophone 12-sided concertina.
The range of pitch is ideal for playing traditional Irish dance tunes, and the app should be easily playable by both real English Concertina and accordion players.
There's a bug I'd you press two of the bottom row buttons in rapid succession it will not stop playing those notes even after you exit the app. A force stop is necessary to end the noise.
There's a bug I'd you press two of the bottom row buttons in rapid succession it will not stop playing those notes even after you exit the app. A force stop is necessary to end the noise.
Was happy to see this exists,a helpful reference for me while learning.
Was happy to see this exists,a helpful reference for me while learning.
Just started playing around with this and like it. All 27 notes are spot on with my tuner. Only drawback for me is that I was looking for the full 48 keys, but I guess it's not available for the Samsung tablet I have.
Wonderful! As others here have said, would be even better if it were possible to adjust the size of the keyboard and number of keys. I'm using it on a tablet and it's massive!
I have just downloaded this, with some uncertainty... BUT - it is very easy to use - and it sounds pretty good! Possible improvements? Well, I have a Galaxy Note, with a large (114 x 73mm) screen - this means that the buttons and layout are 50% bigger than the original. This makes starting easy, but limits range. I suggest - the app is "26 key" - on the Note it could be about 42 key at "original size" in the present layout - the width of the screen would allow a "parallel" (like the iPad version) rather than the present "end-on" layout, with (I think) all 48 keys. They could be reversed so you can read them more easily. Please make these changes. Please make them soon! Please please can I test them for you, as soon as possible!?!?!? And I made a mistake; I first thought that the note names were "upside down" in the natural playing positon, when seen from above. Remember that the 26 keys are the MIDDLE of the full concertina range & you won't repeat my boob... Reloaded this October 2017 in hope of smaller keys & bigger range - i.e. more like standard 'tina layout. BIG mistake -it now plays ONE note then goes mute. Worse than it was!
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