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[ether823]

Hi all, newby here. I live in the High Peak area of the UK and I have just bought myself a cheapo Stella to get me into playing the accordion. I play keybooards and I can sight read music. Can anyone here please recommend a good tutor book/CD for me. Many thanks. Pam {}

 

[george garside]

For anybody wanting to go up the folk/trad/jolly tunes route ( rather than the highly structured 'classical' route I recommend ''you can teach yourself accordion '' mel bay publications available from most music dealers. It focuses more on instrumental technique than in depth theory and comes with a CD

george

 

[Glenn]

Hi Pete, welcome.
There are a fair few methods in the book shops and to and to be honest they all basically teach the same thing.
If you are already a proficient music reader I woulkd go for one of the "all in one book" methods rather than one designed to teach music note reading at the same time.

@george: is there much difference between learning accordion for classical or folk/trad/jolly?
sounds like learning to drive and concentrating mainly on turning left.

 

[george garside]

Glenn, rightly or wrongly I am referring to ''classical'' as a formal training, usually involving a programme of exams and grades the essence of which is to develop the knowledge and skills required to be able to play precisely as written with aplomb! This ''school'' by definition involving involving a predetermined course of tuition based on one or more tutor books. Or something on those lines!

The folk.trad/ jolly tunes school usually follows a much more pragmatic route, the essence being 'if it sounds right it is right' It may or may not involve the written dots and is not necessarily dependent on having or learning reading skills . It often takes place without any formal tuition but where tuition is provided the student decides when to 'go solo' i.e. at the point when he feels he can play to the standard he is happy with whatever that may be. Any 'tuition' tends to fous on the problems experienced by the individual nd will vary considerably from student to student. Or something like that!

These 'definitions' are off the top of my head and are working definitions rather than being of a rigid or formal nature

geroge

 

[Soulsaver]

Hi ether123 - Afraid I cant recommend for your circumstances as they dont accord with my own experience..but a warm welcome to the forum.

 

[ether823]

many thanks for the replies. Pam

 

[Rick]

Hi all, newby here. I live in the High Peak area of the UK and I have just bought myself a cheapo Stella to get me into playing the accordion. I play keybooards and I can sight read music. Can anyone here please recommend a good tutor book/CD for me. Many thanks. Pete {}

Hello Pete

When I started with the accordion, the bass was a complete mystery. I bought The Mighty Accordion by David DiGiuseppe published by Mel Bay. Its a comprehensive instruction manual on the Stradella bass. I find it very useful for practice and reference. I know a professional player who makes up the bass to any tune as he plays. As youre already a proficient musician, perhaps you could do the same once you know which button does what. Happy playing, Rick

 

[JIM D.]

Hi Pete; It looks like Rich beat me to this one. If you have piano keyboard experience the book " Mighty Accordion would be my first recommendation. JIM D.