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Summary: Learn these great tips on how to sight read this blues song with an 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
"So we are here we are on our last 4 measures here the grouping here. So now we are going to our E flat which is our 4 chord A flat, B flat, C,D flat, and E flat, 5th note in the scale. So we have a 5 chord right here again root, 5th or root chord, 5th chord, root chord, 5th chord, root chord. So it goes 4 or 5 and then we go to 4 and then we go to 1 at the end. We have this nice lining here these are triplets so it is 3 notes to a beat so we have 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2, this is a quarter note here or 8 notes. So we have 1 and so this is 6,1,2,6,1,2,6,1,2. Then we have 6, then a chromatic 6 down to 5,6,2,5,6,2,5,6,2, then we have 4 natural 4,5 this is our beginning melody again our little motif. So when we play that we start with 6,1,2, then down to 2,5,6,2 so now I'm going to play that with the left hand. And those are last 4 measures of accordion love of blues. "
eHow Article: Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in Ab Major Part 4