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Playing an Accordion in A Major with the Left Hand

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Summary: Learn tips on how to play an A major scale on the accordion with the left hand in this free music video on playing the accordion in A major.

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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

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"Now we are going to look at some more chords in our left hand. We learned our 1 and our 5-7. So we have our 2minor chord, our 6minor chord and our 4-7 chords. So if you look at our right hand we have our 1-2minor-4-7- 5-7- and our 6minor, so we have these six notes. We are going to find them in our left hand so if we start right here on the E again there's our 5's, we have our A right below it. Right below that is our 4 chord, and those three notes make the blues. Your 1chord, 4chord and your 5chord. That might sound a little familiar to you, your 1-4-5 and those are 7th chords or you can also make your1 a major chord. Now if you take your 5chord and go up a notch you have your 2minor. So, you can go 2-5-1. (Plays) And then one note above your 2minor is your 6minor which is your relevant minor (plays). And those are your five basic chords that we get out of the Amajor scale and how to find them in your left hand. Keep in mind that they're all right next to each other and you have your 2minor chords at the top, and your 2-7 chords surrounding your root."

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