Mighty Accordion

The Mighty Accordion is a truly unique and much-needed guide to playing the bass side of the accordion. A comprehensive collection of progressive exercises guide the student in learning and mastering bass/chord patterns. For the beginner, the first few chapters assume little or no knowledge of the instrument and teach how to play simple accompaniment patterns. For the intermediate player, numerous exercises using the major, minor, seventh and diminished chords are included to develop skill in executing various bass/chord accompaniment patterns. For the advanced player, latter chapters present exercises on chord combinations needed to play sixth, minor seventh, major seventh,ninth and other advanced chords. Throughout the book, explanations are offered on the workings of the instrument and relevant music theory. Play along with online audio featuring many of the book's exercises played at both a slow and moderate tempo. * A much-needed and complete guide to playing the bass side of the accordion* A comprehensive collection of progressive exercises for learning bass/chord patterns on the accordion* Beginner students learn simple accompaniment patterns and use of the major, minor and seventh chords* Advanced students learn how to play sixth, minor and major sevenths and ninth chords, and other advance techniques* Includes access to online audio featuring many of the book's exercises.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• A Note From the Author
• What This Book Offers
• Who Should Use This Book
• How To Use This Book
• About the Audio
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Prelude
• Music Notation 101
• Overview
• Staves and Notes
• The Treble and Bass Clefs
• Time Values
• Time Signature
• Chapter 1
• The Keyboard
• Notes on the Keyboard
• The Bass System
• Stradella and Free Bass Systems
• ' Stradella Bass Layout
• 12 Bass Accordions
• The Accordion's Bass Notation
• Fingerings
• Fourth Finger on Root Method
• Third Finger on Root Method
• Left Hand Placement
• Basic Music Theory
• Sharps, Flats and Natural Signs
• Half Step and Whole Step Intervals
• Scales
• Key Signatures
• Chapter 2
• Getting Started
• Introducing C
• Introducing G
• Playing C and G
• Introducing F
• Playing F and C
• Playing F, C and G
• Intervals
• Congruous Chords and Longer Leaps
• Introducing D 26
• Playing F, C, G and D
• Introducing A
• Playing F, C, G, D and A
• Triads and Chords
• Chapter 3
• Alternating Bass Patterns
• Introducing the Alternate Bass
• Introducing Bb
• Introducing Eb
• Introducing E
• More Fun with Alternating Basses
• Alternate Bass Exercises
• Ties
• Accidentals
• Chapter 4
• Minor Chords
• Introducing the Minor Chord
• The Minor Chord with Alternating Bass
• More Fun with Minor Chords
• Minor Chord Challenges
• Chapter 5
• Seventh Chords
• Introducing the Seventh Chord
• The Seventh Chord with Alternating Bass
• Chapter 6
• The Counter Bass
• Introducing the Counter Bass
• Linear Bass Lines
• Using the Fifth Finger
• Playing the Third with a Minor Chord
• An Alternative Fingering
• Linear Bass Lines with Minor Chords
• Chapter 7
• Diminished Chords
• Introducing the Diminished Chord
• The Diminished Chord with Alternating Bass
• The Diminished Chord with Linear Bass Lines
• The Diminished Chord with the Sixth
• The Half Diminished Chord
• Advanced Techniques – Chord Combinations
• Chapter 8
• Dominant, Major and Minor Seven Chords
• One Button—Three Notes
• Notating Chord Combinations
• The Full Dominant Seven Chord
• The Minor Seven Chord
• The Major Seven Chord
• Chord Nomenclature
• Chapter 9
• The m7(b5) – 7(b9) Progression
• The 7(b9) Chord
• The m7(b5) Chord
• Special Note—The m7(b5) and m6 Chords
• Chapter 10
• The Major and Minor Six
• Chords
• Introducing the Major Six Chord
• Introducing the Minor Six Chord
• Chapter 11
• Major, Dominant and Minor Nine Chords