ConcertinaXL-Anglo Concertina for Android

11 things about ConcertinaXL-Anglo Concertina

1. 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.

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

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

4. The button layout and spacing on the iPad screen exactly matches a real 30-button instrument.

5. ConcertinaXL is an easy to play, authentic sounding virtual Anglo Concertina in the most popular key of C/G and may be transposed +/- one octave in semitone increments.

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

7. For a Bass Baritone concertina, one octave lower than a standard C/G instrument, set the transpose to -12.

8. Touch the "?" on the upper left corner to show/hide the button note names.

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

10. On the iPad, touch the diamond area at the center bottom of the screen for tremolo effects.

11. Since you may want to play chords with more than 3 or 4 fingers, you'll need to turn off "Multitasking Gestures" in your iPad's Settings, under General/Multitasking Gestures.