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Playing the Accordion in A Major
Playing A Major on an Accordion with Right Hand
Playing the Minor Root of A on the Accordion
Playing the 7th Root of A Major on the Accordion
Finding the Major Roots of A Major on the Accordion
How to Jam in A Major on the Accordion
Playing an Accordion in A Major with the Left Hand
Play a Bebop Scale in A Major on the Accordion
Play a Blues Scale in A Major on the Accordion
Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in A Major Part 1
Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in A Major Part 2
Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in A Major Part 3
Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in A Major Part 4
Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in A Major Part 5
Sight Reading & Playing Accordion in A Major Part 6
Tips on Jamming on Accordion in A Major
Summary: Learn some great tips on how to sight read on an accordion in the key of A 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're going to take a look at measures five and six of the blues and we start right here. Notice now we're going to our four-chord for two measures, right. We're in A, so we have A-B-C-D for 1, 2,3,4...4-7 and our left hand is just playing root chords again, we don't even really have to look at that, we just look at this chord symbol and you can ignore this whole staff here. And then, our melody line so there's our A, so we have 1-7-6, we have 6 going down to 5, so 6 to natural 6 to 5, then here's a 3, right, so 5-4-3 and then we have 6 going down to 5 again. So we have this nice melody with our D7, so we play our D7 and we start on our 6...1-2-3-4-5-6 and you have 6 going down to 5 (plays). So again you have D in your left hand with a 6 (plays), and those are your next two measures of Accordion Lover Blues."
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