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.

A fantastic collection of Latin American songs for the Accordion by Herman Troppe. This jolly and energetic selection will enliven and entertain whilst evoking imagery of sun carnival beaches and exotic Latin American dances!Sixteen solos for keyboard accordion including folk songs from Venezuela Haiti Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica the Dominican Republic Honduras Panama Paraguay and Peru.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

The idea for this book series is to give instrumentalists the opportunity to practice solo improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards, guitar, bass, drums/percussion in various different Latin styles including Calypso, Mambo, Salsa, Songo, Bossa, Guaracha, Samba and Latin-Blues. The 24 grooves totalling over 200 riffs/phrases and play-a-long tracks consists of a variety of tempos and keys. Each groove has a variety of riffs to learn that are generally 4 or 8 measures in length. It would be beneficial if you could memorize these riffs so that you can experiment using different permutations of the riffs as well as being used as a starting off point for one's own improvisations. Each riff has been recorded with a rhythm track with each style having an extended play-a-long track, around 3 minutes in length, recorded without the solo part so you can practice the riffs that you have learned. Also, these musical phrases or riffs may be interchanged from one groove to another and should be learned in as many keys as possible.

Editors: Guy Bovet Publication Date: 2008 Series: Esacordo. Keyboard Music Pages: pp. 28 French version