Playing Chromatic Accordion
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Absolute Notes
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Benefits Playing "absolute notes" is to use only the outside three rows for the right hand and to play only one button for a s...
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Music Book Resources
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Benefits These two music books for accordion provide a wide range of styles and also a means to progress from simple to complex tunes. ...
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 ...
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