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Summary: Learn tips on how to play the basics of the key of Ab with the left hand on the accordion in this free music video on playing the accordion in Ab or A flat major.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"Now we have learned our first 2 chords in A flat and I'm going to show you the other 3 chords that we learn in the left hand. So if we zoom in again we have our A flat here, here is our 1. If we go up a button we have our 5 and this is called a circle of 5th it goes up 5 notes each time so if we go 1,5 my next note here is 2. So there is your 2 minor. 1,5,2 and you can go 2 minor, 5,7,1 and that is your major 2,5. Also if you go back a note here is your 4,7 right here is your A flat, here is your D flat 7 and then back to 1,5,4,1, and if we go even 1 more notch to the right we have 1,5,2, then 6. So this is your F minor or 6 minor. Back to 1. So those are some basic chords in your left hand on the accordion in A flat. "