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Beginning to play Chromatic Accordion

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Title Advice Tab Listen
La Marche du Crabe One of the very first tunes of our method for chromatic accordion, that our pupils find particularly encouraging : only one bass note, so it's not too difficult to desynchronize it, the right hand can learn without interference... PDF TablEdit
Sè Canto
(occitan traditional song)
The left hand, here, play continuous bass notes. Pose your finger 2 (major) on the bass note G... So your hand is well placed for the continuation of the tune.
The difficulty for a beginner consists in knowing when you have to change the bass... Singing with the left hand will help you !
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Glav nevez All our students chromaticists enjoy this particularly encouraging waltz : only 2 chords (left hand) and 4 notes (right hand).
Be rigorous (left hand) : understand well the rhythm of the beginning before playing the continuation.
Attention : use the finger 3 (annular) for the bass note and the finger 2 (major) for the chord (even if you think that it would be simpler to use the finger 1).
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Hep chom-a-sav An ideal tune to discover the chords known as " minors" (m). Indeed, the right hand is very logical. The left hand too, at least in the 1st part.
For the first time, you are going to play eighth notes : your left hand should not copy the melody, this the difficulty there. Look at the tab and listen to the file mid.
Attention : at the end of the tune, play the bass note + the chord together.
Important : Left hand - use finger 3 (annular) for the bass note and finger 1 (index) for the chord minor.
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Straed ar Filiped After the preceding tune, this "hanter dro" should not be too difficult (several eighth notes)
Attention : play the chord major (not the minor one)! For a small period, your left hand will hesitate permanently between the two chords : minor or major. It's normal, be patient !
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Andes dro Simple "an dro", with only 2 chords (minor, attention !)
An interesting exercise, on this tune : playing on the higher octave. Play the melody beginning 4 keys lower (1st note : the 7th key, "A" or "la")
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L'eau vive
(Guy Béart)
We propose the same harmonization for chromatic and diatonic accordions
(Print the Diato Tab)
Print the words of the song.
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Fais du feu dans la cheminée Attention : the left hand don't play in the same way in the verse and the chorus.
The chorus has two versions : the simple melody, then a richer version (two voices). Attention, look at the proposed fingers : 1 and 2, then P and 3 ...
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