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How to Wear an Accordion
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How to Move & Maneuver the Accordion while Playing
How the Air Moves in Accordions
How to Play Bass Notes on Accordion
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"AMANDA CLAIRE: Another thing to keep in mind is the more the keys you have pressed, the--sort of, less or fewer notes you can do on one movement of the bellows, right. So if I'm only pressing one key, you know, there's only one hole open and I can keep it sustained for a long time. But if I'm pressing five keys, or here I've got four, the bellows moves a lot faster because there are more holes open, there's a lot more air rolling through it. So in that case, if you're playing a lot of chords, you're probably going to need to be changing directions on the bellows a lot more frequently, you know, right. So kind of the more buttons you have pressed, the more frequently you're going to have to change directions. Try to do it in a rhythmic way. Certainly, the same is true when you start using the bass side because so many, kind of holes are open over here, that if I start to, kind of, be playing chords on the left end on the right, look at how fast the bellows moves, right. So there's a lot air going through there. The bellows, accordion's really breathing that way. So next, we'll talk about what's kind of going on the left hand here, and try and make some sense of all these buttons."
eHow Article: How the Air Moves in Accordions
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