A Complete Course for the Beginner-Now even beginners can strap on a squeezebox and start rockin'! This exciting new course is not just for accordion novices though. Experienced keyboard players will also want to stretch out into the rich sound this ever-popular instrument produces. Keyboardist and producer Aaron ?Professor Louie? Hurwitz starts at the top teaching you how to put the accordion on and hold it correctly. He then shows through detailed drills and exercises how the buttons are used to play the bass lines scales and chords for accompanying a keyboard melody. Before long you'll be vamping on 12-bar progressions riffing with right hand pentatonic blues scales playing chord inversions andimprovising blues and rock songs. You'll learn the shuffle rhythm the 'Fats Domino rock'n'roll stroll' and other great grooves along with the bellows shake wobble and other special accordion techniques. This fabulous lesson is filled with invaluable information and great fun as you rock out right along with Louie and his band! Note: Some elementary knowledge of the keyboard is recommended. Professor Louie plays a 96-button accordion in this DVD but the lessons apply to all accordionists.

A comprehensive method written especially for serious students learning the Accordion without access to formal music lessons. Seasoned music educator and performer Neil Griffin guides the student through music readingfundamentals correct posture and hand positions use of the bellows bass buttons keyboard and more. Music theory concepts are introduced as required by the generous selection of carefully graded exercises and pieces. Althoughthis book covers concepts that apply to the 120-bass Accordion it only uses 54 buttons (covering 9 rows in easy keys). Illustrated with diagrams and photographs.

This method which can be used for any size of instrument from 12 to 120 bass takes the student rapidly through the fundamentals in a manner to establish self-confidence from the first lesson. This book presents a new and scientifically correct program for mastering finger technique enabling the accordionist to acquire the brilliant technique of the professional player far more rapidly than by indiscriminate and haphazard practice. Included also is a neasily understood course in Keyboard Harmony and its adaptation in harmonizing melodies and playing effectively from piano and violon music. Finally this method contains a series of carefully graded and edited solosembracing all forms of music from Swing-Boogie to the Classics.

Par DIGIUSEPPE DAVID. This book presents a collection of classic wedding standards for solo keyboard accordion. The songs are presented in easy-to-read arrangements in popular keys. Each piece includes fingering suggestions and a recommendation for placement within the wedding ceremony. Arrangements vary from easy to intermediate / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 2019-05-27/ Recueil / Accordéon

An amazing book of solos that expand for flexible group music making! Session Time is ideal for many musical situations - solos individual and group teaching school concerts or just making music at home. This is the Keyboard Accompaniment edition for the Woodwind series.

A Collection of Traditional Argentine Tangos Arranged for Keyboard Accordion. Par DIGIUSEPPE DAVID (Arr.). / Recueil / Accordéon

One of the most melodic and romantic genres of music is that found on the streets of Paris as played on the musette. Larry Hallar has artfully crafted keyboard accordion solo arrangements from 25 favorite French musettecompositions. These are wonderful solo pieces for any accordionist and convey the lyrical beauty and romance characteristic of the genre.

Designed for anyone just learning to play the accordion this comprehensive beginner's guide gives students an overview of the material using photos and diagrams. From there it moves to easy specific application in music reading and playing the treble keyboard or bass buttons or both. Note reading and rhythmic understanding are presented in an easy-to-understand manner and are reinforced throughout the book. Here you'll find a variety of musical styles: American folk tunes a calypso from Trinidad a well-known melody by Beethoven and folksongs from England France Germany Ireland and New Zealand. The online audio includes demonstrations of all the songs in the book!

This fine collection consists of twenty-five of the very best Scottish Airs And Dance Tunes. Synonymous with Scotland and the highlands these are evocative and enjoyable pieces and a wonderful addition to any musicianâ??s repertoire. Arranged for Easy-Piano Keyboards Harp or Accordion but the simple settings mean that they can be played by most melody instruments. Included in this book are highlights such as O Waly Waly The Auld Hoose and Loch Tay Boat Song.

This piece has been written according to exact pitch notation. The pitch indicated on the staff is the exact pitch of the lowest sounding set of reeds.It is conceived for 'concert accordion'. This one is made up of two Keyboards fully chromatic which excludes prepared chords and obsolete system unappropriate - as all musicians are aware of it - to serve subtle polyphony and an extra-tonal harmony.