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Summary: Watch this recap of the whole video series and learn more tips on how to jam in the key of A major 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
"So, now we are going to go through and do a nice recap of what we went over today. We learned here A major scales and its degrees, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. We want the important roots coming out of there. We have the one major our two minor our four seven our five seven and our six minor its nice. Nice pentatonic scale and those are our major cords that we get out of there. Major scale and we found those on our left hand. So we have one and the four and five right next to it and then above the five you have the two minor and six minor. Then we're getting nice and up there with the left hand here and remember A is right below your E which is indented here on the accordion. You can match it up over here. We went through and played the blues and some nice be-bop scales and we learned the be-bop form on the accordion. So, go through and take everything you've learned in A major and really get it under your fingers and then go through a couple more keys so you can really familiarize yourself with how to approach the accordion in a nice traditional fashion."
eHow Article: Tips on Jamming on Accordion in A Major