Learn the History of the Accordion

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Summary: Learn the history of accordions in this free video series that will show you how to identify the different parts of the accordion and how to play it correctly.

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Learn the History of the Accordion

AMANDA CLAIRE: So if you've ever wanted to learn how to play the accordion, your friends and family might be discouraging you from such a hobby because people have mixed feelings about accordions. They have a very bright sound. They really stand out above background music. Some people really like them. Other people--there are actually people that just can't stand the sound of an accordion. I personally, love the sound of an accordion. It's very popular. In a lot of music around the world, obviously, in America, it's very popular in old cowboy music, obviously, zydeco, Cajun music. It has a long history in German music, polka and Czech music, French music, Italian music. I mean, it's really--it kinda has a worldwide influence. Certainly, Mexico, Tex-Mex, Tejanto and Conjunto music all has different types of accordion music in it. In this video, we're going to be focusing on the piano accordion. And what a piano accordion is, is an accordion that has piano keys on it. This is an accordion here. We've got this instrument opened up for you here to show--there's a lot of things that one of these little air organs has that are similar to an accordion. But we're kind of going to be limiting this series to piano accordions. It's an accordion that has piano keys on it and we'll talk about some of the other types of the accordions. And we're going to just basically learn about basic accordion structure, accordion anatomy, how to choose an accordion if you're buying one and very, very, basic playing skills.