Concertina Music is proud to share a collection of vintage self-teaching books designed to help beginners learn the proper techniques for playing the Chemnitzer concertina and to help newer players continue building their skills. These instructional books either have expired copyrights or no identified copyright holders and are made available here under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Deed.
Visitors are invited to download high-quality PDF versions of these treasured resources. While the books are freely available to the concertina community in support of the USCA vision, free-will donations are gratefully appreciated. Your contributions help support this website, including the publication of our free sheet music library.
Browse the collection below to learn more about each book and download your copies—just click on the image or title to get started!
21 Exercises in Waltz Time
25 Exercises in 6/8 Time
National Self Teacher
Nicky’s Instructor 130 Key Concertina
Seven Easy Two-Steps
Silberhorn Instructor – Book I
Silberhorn Instructor – Book II
Wolf’s Concertina Course