The Accordion in Ab (A Flat) Major

Series Summary

Music has always been a part of all of us as human beings. This being the case we have devised ways to write it, read it and of course play it. We have developed terms for every musical scenario that might occur and ways to teach all of this as well. Things like minor and major, 7th chords, intervals and chords are all great examples of the way we like to organize things as a species. Improvisation is a great example of the speed at which our brains work. Very popular among jazz players, improvisation is a great tool to test your knowledge of the instrument as well as let go of some of the rules.

In this great video series our expert Ryan Larson, a great accordion player, shows us not only how to play in the key of Ab and all the notes in that key but also how to instantly better our improvisational skills. You will learn all the facets of the instrument as well as techniques for how to play both sides of it. You are only able to improvise with as much as you know so make sure the next time you're jamming with your friends you wow them with how well you know your instrument, whatever it might be!

Video Transcript

"So now we're going to go through and learn all that we need to know about the key Ab. We're going to go through, get our scale on the right hand, learn our chords and roots in the left hand, and we're also going to do a little improvisation and learn how to read through in the key of Ab. And we'll start by here's the scale. Here's your scale. And now I'm going to do just a little improve so you can hear what you'll be doing when you go through and get the whole lesson down. So that's a quick run through of the accordion in Ab major."