David DiGiuseppe: Mighty Accordion

Contents

• Introduction
• A Note From the Author
• What This Book Offers
• Who Should Use This Book
• How To Use This Book
• About the Audio
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Prelude
• Music Notation 101
• Overview
• Staves and Notes
• The Treble and Bass Clefs
• Time Values
• Time Signature
• Chapter 1
• The Keyboard
• Notes on the Keyboard
• The Bass System
• Stradella and Free Bass Systems
• ' Stradella Bass Layout
• 12 Bass Accordions
• The Accordion's Bass Notation
• Fingerings
• Fourth Finger on Root Method
• Third Finger on Root Method
• Left Hand Placement
• Basic Music Theory
• Sharps, Flats and Natural Signs
• Half Step and Whole Step Intervals
• Scales
• Key Signatures
• Chapter 2
• Getting Started
• Introducing C
• Introducing G
• Playing C and G
• Introducing F
• Playing F and C
• Playing F, C and G
• Intervals
• Congruous Chords and Longer Leaps
• Introducing D 26
• Playing F, C, G and D
• Introducing A
• Playing F, C, G, D and A
• Triads and Chords
• Chapter 3
• Alternating Bass Patterns
• Introducing the Alternate Bass
• Introducing Bb
• Introducing Eb
• Introducing E
• More Fun with Alternating Basses
• Alternate Bass Exercises
• Ties
• Accidentals
• Chapter 4
• Minor Chords
• Introducing the Minor Chord
• The Minor Chord with Alternating Bass
• More Fun with Minor Chords
• Minor Chord Challenges
• Chapter 5
• Seventh Chords
• Introducing the Seventh Chord
• The Seventh Chord with Alternating Bass
• Chapter 6
• The Counter Bass
• Introducing the Counter Bass
• Linear Bass Lines
• Using the Fifth Finger
• Playing the Third with a Minor Chord
• An Alternative Fingering
• Linear Bass Lines with Minor Chords
• Chapter 7
• Diminished Chords
• Introducing the Diminished Chord
• The Diminished Chord with Alternating Bass
• The Diminished Chord with Linear Bass Lines
• The Diminished Chord with the Sixth
• The Half Diminished Chord
• Advanced Techniques – Chord Combinations
• Chapter 8
• Dominant, Major and Minor Seven Chords
• One Button—Three Notes
• Notating Chord Combinations
• The Full Dominant Seven Chord
• The Minor Seven Chord
• The Major Seven Chord
• Chord Nomenclature
• Chapter 9
• The m7(b5) – 7(b9) Progression
• The 7(b9) Chord
• The m7(b5) Chord
• Special Note—The m7(b5) and m6 Chords
• Chapter 10
• The Major and Minor Six
• Chords
• Introducing the Major Six Chord
• Introducing the Minor Six Chord
• Chapter 11
• Major, Dominant and Minor Nine Chords