Playing Chromatic Accordion

Benefits Link notes, chords, scales, intervals and keys to music notation. Link music notation to keyboard finger location and patte...

To reestablish basic finger flexibility, accuracy, and patterns, begin and end each practice day with scales and chords in every key through...

Simple tunes become more interesting when embellishments (grace notes) are added to the basic melody. Now that you are comfortable with sc...

Now you want to really settle in a scale pattern.  For example, the major scale with the fingering that starts with finger 2. The goal ...

Natural Minor Scale The Russian Sailor Dance "Яблочко" (transliterated   Ya -bloch-ka) uses all of the notes of the natur...

Many melodies are chord notes played in sequence with occasional scale notes added. So, many melodies can be played by placing fingers over ...

Minka Variations The Cossack song "Minka" offers a good opportunity for practicing alternating pairings of fingerings. The pair...