--- product_id: 272509625 title: "CREATESPACE Easy Anglo 1-2-3: A Beginner's Guide to the Anglo Concertina" price: "€ 63.00" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/272509625-createspace-easy-anglo-1-2-3-a-beginners-guide-to store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Supports 1-, 2-, & 3-row Anglo concertinas 35 easy-to-learn tunes 84 pages of clear, modern tablature CREATESPACE Easy Anglo 1-2-3: A Beginner's Guide to the Anglo Concertina **Price:** € 63.00 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎶 Unlock your concertina potential with the ultimate beginner’s guide! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** CREATESPACE Easy Anglo 1-2-3: A Beginner's Guide to the Anglo Concertina - **How much does it cost?** € 63.00 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/272509625-createspace-easy-anglo-1-2-3-a-beginners-guide-to) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Universal Tab System:** Unique, easy-to-read tablature that demystifies button layouts and supports multiple playing styles. - • **Multimedia Integration:** QR codes link to expert-played YouTube videos, bridging print and digital for immersive learning. - • **Diverse Tune Collection:** 35 classic and folk tunes including Irish, harmonic, and octave styles to keep your practice fresh and engaging. - • **Progressive Learning Curve:** Master the Anglo concertina step-by-step from simple 1-row tunes to advanced 30-button pieces. - • **Top-Rated Beginner Resource:** Praised by 364 users with a 4.6-star rating, this is the go-to guide for new Anglo concertina players. ## Overview CREATESPACE Easy Anglo 1-2-3 by Gary Coover is a comprehensive 84-page paperback designed for Anglo concertina beginners. Featuring 35 progressively challenging tunes with a clear, modern tablature system, it supports 1-, 2-, and 3-row instruments. The book includes diverse playing styles and QR-linked video tutorials, making it a top-rated, user-friendly resource highly recommended by the concertina community. ## Description For beginners on the Anglo concertina, this book includes 35 tunes in easy-to-learn tablature. Starting off with simple tunes on 1-row, then tunes for 2-row 20-button instruments and finally tunes for 30-button Anglos. Single note, harmonica, octave, harmonic and Irish styles are presented with the same simple tablature system used in the author's other books to show which buttons to play along with the melody in standard musical notation. THE TUNES: An Mhaighdean Mhara, The Ash Grove, Aura Lea (Love Me Tender), Ballydesmond Polka #3, Blue-Eyed Stranger, Boys of Bluehill, Flow Gently Sweet Afton, Flowers of Edinburgh, Frere Jacques, In the Bleak Midwinter, The Irish Washerwoman, Jacob's Well, The Japanese Polka, Ladies of Pleasure, The Man in the Moon, Mr. Punch, Nancy, The New Chatham Hornpipe, O'Carolan's Concerto, Off She Goes, Off to California, Oh! Susanna, Out on the Ocean, Over the Waterfall, Peg Ryan's Polka, Rickett's Hornpipe, The Rights of Man, Sailor's Hornpipe, The Sweetness of Mary, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Walter Bulwer's #1, Weeping Sad and Lonely, When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, William & Nancy, Ye Banks and Braes. Review: The one to get if you're just starting out - So you've acquired a concertina and are trying to decide which beginner's book to buy. Without having the books in front of you, it might be difficult figuring out which intro anglo concertina book is the best choice. This is a solid, well-written book, and all the other ones are comparatively terrible for one reason or another. For the sake of comparison: Mick Bramich's Absolute Beginners' Concertina-- Seems to use a bizarre tab system, is REALLY short, and seems to waste a lot of time on information that would have been useful when it was published but now can be easily found on wikipedia. Bob Kail's Best Concertina Method Yet-- as others have stated, this is a very bare bones collection of songs and exercises. It's cheap and would be a great SUPPLEMENT to Coover's book, but don't make it your primary. Mel Bay's Deluxe Concertina Book by Frank Converse-- this has all the problems that old school Mel Bay methods tend to have (too long on simple tunes, boring tunes, very little explanation for anything tricky written with the assumption you'll have a teacher, etc) with none of the benefits (being comprehensive). Like Kail's book, it would be worth playing through when you've completed Coover's book (there are some interesting chord-heavy pieces in the back), but this is a rough place to start. In contrast to all of the above, Coover's book has easy to read, modern diagrams, lots of explanation without being overly patronizing, and covers considerably more ground than the other books. It's the only one of the books I've mentioned here that covers the top row of the 30 button. It seems like every concertina book uses its own variation on tab, so at least Coover's book is easy to read! If you can already read music and have played another instrument, it's mostly just a matter of getting used to the layout (major triad on push, other notes on pull...) and Coover's tab is supportive and doesn't seem like something you'll become dependent on. Get this one first, and then skim the other ones when you're done with it. Review: Amazing book for beginners - Gary Coover does some good work for the concertina community. This book is perfect for a beginner such as myself to progressively get accustomed to the concertina and the tab format is very simple and useful to me. As well, the QR code links to youtube videos showing Gary playing the songs are brilliant. ## Features - Author: Coover, Gary - Language: english - Binding Type: paperback - Genre: Music - Number of pages: 84 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 364 Reviews | ## Images ![CREATESPACE Easy Anglo 1-2-3: A Beginner's Guide to the Anglo Concertina - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Hv+5UHuPL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The one to get if you're just starting out *by R***N on 20 September 2015* So you've acquired a concertina and are trying to decide which beginner's book to buy. Without having the books in front of you, it might be difficult figuring out which intro anglo concertina book is the best choice. This is a solid, well-written book, and all the other ones are comparatively terrible for one reason or another. For the sake of comparison: Mick Bramich's Absolute Beginners' Concertina-- Seems to use a bizarre tab system, is REALLY short, and seems to waste a lot of time on information that would have been useful when it was published but now can be easily found on wikipedia. Bob Kail's Best Concertina Method Yet-- as others have stated, this is a very bare bones collection of songs and exercises. It's cheap and would be a great SUPPLEMENT to Coover's book, but don't make it your primary. Mel Bay's Deluxe Concertina Book by Frank Converse-- this has all the problems that old school Mel Bay methods tend to have (too long on simple tunes, boring tunes, very little explanation for anything tricky written with the assumption you'll have a teacher, etc) with none of the benefits (being comprehensive). Like Kail's book, it would be worth playing through when you've completed Coover's book (there are some interesting chord-heavy pieces in the back), but this is a rough place to start. In contrast to all of the above, Coover's book has easy to read, modern diagrams, lots of explanation without being overly patronizing, and covers considerably more ground than the other books. It's the only one of the books I've mentioned here that covers the top row of the 30 button. It seems like every concertina book uses its own variation on tab, so at least Coover's book is easy to read! If you can already read music and have played another instrument, it's mostly just a matter of getting used to the layout (major triad on push, other notes on pull...) and Coover's tab is supportive and doesn't seem like something you'll become dependent on. Get this one first, and then skim the other ones when you're done with it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing book for beginners *by J***O on 21 December 2020* Gary Coover does some good work for the concertina community. This book is perfect for a beginner such as myself to progressively get accustomed to the concertina and the tab format is very simple and useful to me. As well, the QR code links to youtube videos showing Gary playing the songs are brilliant. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 入門に最適 *by ４***れ on 20 November 2025* 定評のある著者ですが、なるほど入門に最適と思います。10ボタン、20ボタン、30ボタンのコンサーティーナを順を追って解説しており、練習曲も左手、右手、コードと全体的にうまく編集できています。 ## Frequently Bought Together - Easy Anglo 1-2-3: A Beginner's Guide to the Anglo Concertina - Pirate Songs for Concertina --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/272509625-createspace-easy-anglo-1-2-3-a-beginners-guide-to](https://www.desertcart.at/products/272509625-createspace-easy-anglo-1-2-3-a-beginners-guide-to) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-08-19*