Summary: Learn tips on how to play a bebop scale in A on the accordion in this free music video on playing the accordion in A 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 are going to focus on our right hand again, doing a little improv. So we have our 7-note scale (plays). So now bebop musicians are doing all these fast 16 and 32 note runs but they're using an odd number scale so it's kind of awkward. It doesn't really sound good, but if you take a note outside of the scale and add it in you have this even 8 note scale. So, we're just going to take a note, one note outside of the scale, it can be any note, and we're going to go through again. So I am using this D# here (plays), now I'm using the G (plays). That's your Amajor bebop on the right hand on the accordion."
eHow Article: Play a Bebop Scale in A Major on the Accordion