From playing the keyboard and bass notes to operating the bellows, learn all about how to play the accordion in these free online video music lessons for beginners, with tips on playing simple songs and on how to hold and care for your accordion.
Learn how to play bass chords on the accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Advanced accordion bass techniques and theory: learn about the chords of a 120-based Stradella system accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Accordions are called free reed instruments because they contain reeds that vibrate to produce sound. Learn more about how sound is produced from the accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
The accordion is a fragile instrument: learn how to care for and maintain your accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
An accordion expert shows you how to properly hold an accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
On the accordion, learn how to achieve a classic Oompah sound in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Learn the basics of playing accordion bass side notes in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Get tips on playing Mary Had a Little Lamb on the accordion: learn how to play the bass part to this classic nursery song in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
On the accordion, learn how to play the bass part to the Cajun song Jambalaya in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Jambalaya is a classic Cajun song that's fun to play on the accordion. Learn how to play the keyboard (melody) part to Jambalaya on the accordion in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Learn how to play the melody of the song Mary Had a Little Lamb on an accordion: an accordion expert shows how to play the keyboard part of this classic nursery song in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
On the accordion, learn to combine the melody (keyboard) and bass parts of the classic nursery song Mary Had a Little Lamb in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
A piano accordion has bellows, a keyboard for playing melodies, and buttons for playing bass parts and harmonies. Learn the basics of an accordion, how to hold it and how it is played in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Moving the bellows of an accordion pushes air through the instrument's reed blocks, producing sound. Learn how to operate accordion bellows in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
Learn the basic notes of the accordion keyboard in this free online video music lesson for beginners.
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Summary: Music is one of the primary forms of communication on Earth. Whether the use of tones and melodies developed before, after, or in conjunction with spoken language is unknown; yet music is unique in that it helps us to talk to each other in ways that language cannot achieve. It creates a connection between people that is not limited by time, distance, or relationship; a song can speak to anyone, anywhere. That’s why music continually changes and grows, is still loved and still proliferates. Music is a living language.
The accordion might be considered one of the dialects of that language. An accordion is a bellows instrument, using a mixture of keys and stops to create a distinct timbre and resonance that lend themselves easily to Zydeco, Tejano, and Polka music. It is played by squeezing and expanding the bellows while depressing keys, buttons, or stops, depending upon the variety of accordion.
The sound an accordion makes is usually light and full of harmony, hence the types of music the instrument is typically associated with. Yet, it can also represent a wider range of human emotion; its tonal registers can express sadness, longing, and contemplation, as evidenced in traditional French music. Some players, including Judy Tenuda and “Weird Al” Yankovic have found that the accordion is the perfect instrument for comedy.
Whatever your musical interest is, learn the techniques you need to start playing today. In this free music lesson on video, get the tips and tricks every beginner needs to make music on the accordion, including demonstrations of how to hold the instrument, operate the bellows, and sound notes on the keyboard. Our expert music teacher will even show you how to play simple accordion songs.
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Expert: Brett Larsen earned a B.A. in music composition from UCSB in 1992 and currently works as a middle school music teacher offering classes in Band, Mariachi Strings, and Chorus. His personal instrument of choice for the past 16 years has been the accordion. He can be found playing rock concerts with Santa Barbara band "Spencer the Gardener", folk music with "The Worried Lads," and the occasional high-brow gig with the "Gove County Philharmonic".
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