Playing Chromatic Accordion

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Intervals, Keyboard Layout, and Fingering

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Benefits Use intervals to analyze music, both notation and sound. Apply intervals to keyboard layout. Use fingering based on i...
Monday, June 9, 2014

Reading and Playing Music Notation

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Benefits Link notes, chords, scales, intervals and keys to music notation. Link music notation to keyboard finger location and patte...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Flexible Fingering Patterns

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To reestablish basic finger flexibility, accuracy, and patterns, begin and end each practice day with scales and chords in every key through...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Add Grace Note Patterns Throughout the Keyboard

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

Getting Around the Keyboard

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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 ...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Natural Minor Scales using song "Apple" (Яблочко)

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Natural Minor Scale The Russian Sailor Dance "Яблочко" (transliterated   Ya -bloch-ka) uses all of the notes of the natur...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Chords - Arpeggiated Melodies

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