This album contains seven original compositions of various styles that perfectly suit the accordion, such as a a polka, waltz and tango as well as some rather rare ones like foxtrot, jazz waltz, swing and bossa nova. On the one hand, the dances are of an educational character, aiming to provide guidance for left-hand accompaniment to various musical styles, linking of chords, harmonizing the melody to be played by the right hand and achieving a 'rich' sound. On the other hand, when played at a high standard they are also concert pieces appropriate for the stage. The pieces are recommended to advanced music school students and secondary school students. They are also perfectly appropriate for accordion players who are generally interested in quality popular music for their instrument. / Accordéon

David DiGiuseppe's Learn Blues Accordion is a unique method that features 34 blues compositions for the Accordion as well as numerous exercises that have been carefully designed to help you master thestyle. The exercises increase in difficulty and introduce concepts and techniques that specifically target both hands. With this method you will explore blues scales chord progressions and learn common techniques such asgrace notes slides pedal points double stops and tremolos. Left hand accompanying rhythmic styles are taught and used throughout the material including boogie-woogie the blues shuffle New Orleans and walking basslines. This book also features exercises on comping chords in common blues keys using various rhythmic patterns. The included online audio tracks are recorded in stereo format separating the left and righthands.

This sourcebook was created to aid directors and teachers in finding the information they need and expand their general knowledge. The resources were selected from hundreds of published and on-line sources found in journals, magazines, music company catalogs and publications, numerous websites, doctoral dissertations, graduate theses, encyclopedias, various databases, and a great many books. Information was also solicited from outstanding college/university/school wind band directors and instrumental teachers. The information is arranged in four sections: Section 1 - General Resources About Music Section 2 - Specific Resources Section 3 - Use of Literature Section 4 - Library Staffing and Management / Livre

This collection by Bruce Bollerud welcomes you to the international world of Accordion music. The book contains samples of ethnic folk music from Europe and the Americas and forms the foundation of a basic folkAccordion repertoire. Access to online audio is also included.These songs are from many nations. They are crowd pleasers and they are fun to play. I have played most of these songs in the various bands Ihave played with over the years. These melodies have stood the test of time so what are you waiting for' Open the book get your accordion out and let's play some music!One word about these songs: I generallylearn a song and then play it by heart-by memory as opposed to playing it by reading from a sheet of music. I believe this allows for more personal expression and interpretation which can be affected by audience response or theway I feel at the time. You'll notice that on most of the performances on the audio download available online I didn't play repeats. Because of the limited time available on a disc we found we couldn't fit all the tunes if weplayed them as written. - Bruce Bollerud