Playing Chromatic Accordion
Friday, September 15, 2017
Smooth Move
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Smoothness in Performance A listener can judge smoothness in performance better than a performer, who is busy performing. So, record ...
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Four is More
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Four Fingers are Better than Three Given the fingers (thumb as 1 and fingers 2, 3, 4, and 5), fingers 2, 3, and 4 are the primary finge...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Classical Style
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What is Classical Style Classical style involves the breadth and depth of: an instrument technique expression touch sound quality...
Sunday, December 4, 2016
When 7/8 is More Than Enough
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Four plus Three When common time, 4/4, becomes just too common and waltz time, 3/4, is just boom-chuck-chuck, then put the...
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Playing Across the Keyboard
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The Approach As discussed in the previous post, playing across the keyboard encourages thinking about Intervals -- half step, whole s...
Sunday, July 3, 2016
The Five by Five Button Rectangle
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An Approach to Practice Five rows across, five buttons down for an octave, and five fingers. As you progress from using three fingers on ...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Button Clumps and Button Sequences
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An Approach to Practice Playing music is like a lot of other things, it is really important to be in the right place at the right time ....
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