Tuition books

[Rogerthomas]

Hi,

I'm not a great PA player and I stupidly gave away my copy of The Concise Piano Accordion Tutor when I sold my old Galanti. i can however read music so can anyone recommend a good book (other than the Concise, which was pretty good) which might help me to up my game? I really struggle with the size of 120 bass instruments (I play button accordions) and my keyboard accuracy in the RH is not what it should be (I play the piano) and I find the posture on the RH awkward. I do understand the LH and can oom pah in major and minor, though if I have to jump from, say E to F then the distance is a guess. And I have to hunt for the dimpled buttons on the LH to get a reference point. So apart from face to face lessons can anyone suggest a book that might help, that doesn't have chapters of music theory to start with, and has the stradella chart etc?
I'd like to improve on the PA but not sure where to start. I've got a 120 bass HOHNER (thank you Adam) and a couple of smaller PAs.
Thanks.

 

[dunlustin]

Being someone who finds it hard not to buy Tutor books when I see one, I've been meaning to put up some comments about a couple of books.
I haven't done that, but I do like Basil Bunelik "Accordion for Beginners" It come with CD and Vimeo recordings.
Yes it does start at the beginning but I think it is book with real insight by an experienced player who thinks a lot about his teaching. Great tune selection.
And all that for about a Tenner (say 14 euro). A Vol 2 - "Accordion for Musicians" is promised
Two examples:
1. If you want to demonstrate phrasing what better than to put the words to the songs?
2. Two of the first 3 tunes are in F# Pentatonic! Why? Because the black notes are easier to find!
I also like "Play Accordion Vol1" by P H Haas.
This is pricier (27 euro + pp) and more like a conventional Tutor Book. Much thicker with lots of extra "stuff" - origins of the Tango. Klezmer, illustrations and so on.
Apparently there is a Vol2.

 

[TomBR]

I didn't realise Basil B had done a book, thanks dunlustin. Ordered on the spot, partly for all the enjoyment I've got from watching his Youtube videos. It's available through Amazon, (three five star reviews) but actually supplied by Accordions South West, which is the man himself.
As something of a "recycled muso" I'm getting on happily finding things out for myself, but very glad to pick up stuff from other sources.