Complete beginner

[marksi]

Hello,
I'd like to start learning the accordion and am especially interested in continental music such as musette, Slavic and also tango and jazz. I live in France and it seems here that many accomplished accordionists use a button chromatique accordion. I already play piano so a keyboard is not new to me but I'm not sure whether to start on a P.A. or tough it out and learn the buttons. One person told me that here the button technique allows for a "lighter" or "quicker" feel required in more advanced playing. Maybe it doesn't matter for a beginner but I can only afford to buy one accordion and I''d like it to be one that I'll have for a long time. Any help advice would be greatly appreciated!

marksi

 

[Glenn]

Hi Marksi,

Welcome to the forum and welcome to the fantastic world of the accordion.
You are right, in France it is very predominantly CBA.
If you intend to buy one in France then your choice will be huge if you stick to CBA.
If you look a little further afield to UK or The Netherlands you can find plenty of PAs.
There has been a lot written on PA versus CBA on this forum so please search around to get some opinions.