Sight Reading Basics for Accordion Key E Flat

Video Transcript

"So now we are going to take a quick look at measure 1 and 2. So here we have the same pattern in the left hand this root chord, 5th chord and just really pay attention to the chord similar that is what pulls it together so you have root chord, 5th chord, root chord, 5th chord. So in the way you don't really have to look at this you just have to look at the chords symbol and the apply your own rhythm and then we are going to read the melody line so you know E flat right here. So we have E flat, G,A, so 1,2,3,4 and it is a 4 natural so it is a step above where it would normally be it is going into 5 and then we have a natural 5 and a 6. So we are stepping up chromatically in to 5 and then into 6. Then you have 6,7,6,5 it is a nice easy melody here is what it sounds like when you play it with the chords. So now we are going to look at my hands as I actually do it so we start right here on the natural 4 right here this is 4, here is natural 4, to 5 up to the 6. 4,5,5,6, and then you have your first 2 bars in accordion love of blues. "