English concertina

[7] Alf Edwards was a regular accompanist to both A. L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl, and taught the instrument to Peggy Seeger.

[1] Rick Epping plays Irish music on the harmonica whilst accompanying himself on English concertina.

[citation needed] Although the Boeremusiek of the Afrikaner people of South Africa was predominantly played on the Anglo concertina, English system players were also recorded.

It is theorized the instrument may have been brought there by foreign technicians working on the Bolivian Railway or the Patiño mines.

The two innermost rows of the layout constitute a diatonic C major scale, distributed alternately between the two sides of the instrument.

In pieces such as the Bernhard Molique Concerto No 1 in G for concertina and orchestra, or Percy Grainger's Shepherd's Hey, four, five, and six note chords are not uncommon, and would be difficult or impossible to play without using all the fingers.

[citation needed] Allan Atlas, in his book The Wheatstone Concertina in Victorian England identifies six known concertos written for this instrument.