Accordion For Beginners: Learn, Practice & Play Songs By Ear

¡Hola! It looks like you're excited about diving into the world of song play, understanding sheet music, and enhancing your rhythmic skills. This course promises to be a comprehensive journey through the keys of the accordion, offering you the tools to not only read and play from sheet music but also to understand music theory, chord progressions, and various musical elements that will allow you to express yourself musically in a more nuanced way.

Here's a breakdown of what you can expect as you progress through this course:

1. Locating Notes (Right Hand): Learn how to find notes on the right hand of your accordion and understand their placement within the musical staff.

2. Build Chords: Discover how chords are constructed and how they form the foundation of many songs.

3. Understand Sharps & Flats: Get familiar with sharps (#) and flats (b), which alter the pitch of a note.

4. Play Melodies With Arpeggio: Learn how to play melodies by plucking individual notes of a chord in succession, known as an arpeggio.

5. Octaves: Understand the concept of octaves and how they can add depth and richness to your playing.

6. Understand The Bass Row: Get to know the bass row on the accordion and how it follows the root of the chord.

7. Whole & Half Steps (Small Idea): Differentiate between whole steps and half steps, which are fundamental to understanding scales and key signatures.

8. Major & minor 3rd: Explore the major and minor thirds and their roles in forming chords.

9. Major & minor Chords: Master the sound of both major and minor chords and how they set different moods or feelings within a piece of music.

10. Scales: Practice scales, which are the building blocks of music and essential for improvisation and mastering any instrument.

11. Passing The Thumb Trick: Learn a trick to make playing scales easier on the accordion with your thumb.

12. Life Hack With Major Scale: Discover a mnemonic device to help remember the notes of the C major scale.

13. Play Scales With The Left Hand: Integrate scales into your left hand playing, which is crucial for accompanying chords.

14. Major CHORD WITH THE LEFT HAND: Learn how to play a major chord with just your left hand on the accordion.

15. How minor chords work: Dive deeper into the structure of minor chords and their uses in different musical contexts.

16. Play Many Songs Using Major & minor chords: Apply what you've learned about major and minor chords to play a variety of songs.

17. Play Stop Technique: Add dynamic contrast to your playing with the stop technique.

18. Inversions Chords Using The Right Hand: Learn how to voicing chords in different positions with your right hand for smoother transitions and interesting sounds.

19. Movements With Inversions: Practice moving between inverted chord voicings smoothly.

20. Types Of 7th Chords: Explore the world of seventh chords, which add a new dimension to harmony.

21. Dominant 7th Chord: Understand the role of the dominant seventh chord in creating tension and resolution within music.

22. Create Beautiful Ending With The Dominant 7th: Learn how to effectively end phrases or songs using the dominant seventh chord.

23. Major 7th: Discover the sound of a major seventh chord and its application in music.

24. minor 7th: Explore the minor seventh chord, another essential harmony tool.

25. Diminished 7th(Right & Left Hand): Learn how to play diminished seventh chords with both hands.

26. I IV V Chord Progression: Master one of the most fundamental progressions in Western music theory.

27. Adding minor 6th CHORD: Incorporate the minor sixth chord into your playing to add color and complexity to your progressions.

And much more! As you can see, this course is designed to take you from the basics of reading sheet music to a deeper understanding of musical theory and its practical application on the accordion. With each step, you'll be building upon what you've learned previously, which will help solidify your understanding and skills.

Remember to stay consistent with your practice, tackle the challenges presented in each module, and don't hesitate to revisit any topic that you find particularly challenging. This journey is as much about patience and persistence as it is about passion for music and the accordion.

Are you ready to get started? Let's embark on this musical adventure together!