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      • Red River Valley
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      • Waltz across Texas
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      • You're my best friend
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      • What a Friend we have in Jesus
      • Will your anchor hold
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      • Away in a manger (JRM)
      • Away in a manger (WJK)
      • The First Noel
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      • Go, tell it on the mountain
      • Hark the herald angels sing
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      • When a child is born
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      • Lord, don't give up on me
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    • If you're happy
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    • Mary had a little lamb
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Button-Accordion Tutorial  Project

(Dual-row G-C or A-D, with Accidentals)
Based on  tunes2play4fun.com  &  Facilitated by ZOOM

MINI-COURSE BA2
Intermediate Melodies & Tunes
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UNIT FOUR (of TEN)

​HARMONY  -   BASS-END CHORDS & CROSS-PLAYING

(For Melodies on Inside Row) 


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​SLIDE SET & NOTES - INSTRUCTIONAL SESSION FOUR


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SLIDES            COMMENTS & EXPLANATIONS

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Welcome to Unit 4 of BA2, our intermediate-level dual-row button-accordion mini-course.

This mini-course, like BA1 before it, is based on the premise that all learning involves a lot of (supported) self-teaching.

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List of BA2 Units, with current one highlighted.

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List of topics in Unit 4

OPTIONAL Topic 4 will be part of a future BA2 unit, and visited here only briefly.

TOPIC 1:  Brief Review of Inside-row Diatonic Sets & Accidentals​

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The white boxes contain the diatonic set of notes (inside buttons 2 to 10).

The grey boxes contain the accidentals (buttons o1, o1*, i1* & i1), plus the triple accidental provided to the inside row by the outside one (buttons o2*, o6* & o10*).

TOPIC 2:  Bass-end Chords (Triads) and Their Constituent Notes
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From piano chords to button-accordion chords:

This covers all four chord buttons, push & pull (o3, o3*, i3, i3*,
 o1, o1*, i1, i1*)

Note that o1 & o3* sound the same chord, and 
that i3 & i3* sound the same chord.


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TOPIC 3:  Matching Chords ob3 & ib3 (push & pull) to (Inside-row) Treble Notes

This series of slides develops the matching between the ob3 & ib3 chords and the inside treble row (buttons 2 to 10) while the bellows are being pushed and  while they are being pulled.
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​The resulting PUSH evaluation at left (Great, Good, Fair or X) is rather subjective, and may not always be the best choices.  For some phrases in some tunes, the "Good" may sound better than the "Great".

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​The resulting PULL evaluation at left (Great, Good, Fair or X) is rather subjective, and may not always be the best choices.  For some phrases in some tunes, the "Good" may sound better than the "Great".

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Our first featured tune showing
the lyrics with the treble button notes directly above each sung syllable and each bass-end chord directly below.

​Although having each chord listed each time it is played may be conceptually the simplest, in practice I've found the pattern of the next slide to be more intuitive.

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This follows the "Guitar-chord" pattern of showing the chord symbol at beginning and then only when a chord change occurs.

​Perhaps I prefer this format because I came to the accordion from the guitar.

In any event, the remaining tunes follow this format.


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Featured Tune (ii)

​RED RIVER VALLEY

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Featured Tune (iii)

​BLOWING IN THE WIND

OPTIONAL  Topic 4:  Matching Chords ob1 & ib1 (push & pull) to Treble Inside-row Notes    

This topic is part of a future BA2 unit, and will be considered here only briefly, and mostly in summary.
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Chords ob1 & ib1

Summary of Chord and diatonic (inner-row) treble-note matching for the push on the bellows.

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Chords ob1* & ib1*

Summary of Chord and diatonic (inner-row) treble-note matching for the pull on the bellows.




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All four "push" Chords ob3, ib3, ob1 & ib1

​Summary of Chord and diatonic (inner-row) treble-note matching for the push on the bellows.




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All four "pull" Chords
ob3*, ib3*, ob1* & ib1*


Summary of Chord and diatonic (inner-row) treble-note matching for the pull on the bellows.

TOPIC 5:  Matching Chords to Selected Treble Accidentals

The next two slides show that, except for the ob1* chord, there is no "good" or "great" matching in these two "accidental" tables.  This is one of the reasons why accordion players often make substitutions for certain accidental notes.
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Summary of Chord and accidental matching for tunes played on the treble inner-row . . . for the push on the bellows.



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​Summary of Chord and accidental matching for tunes played on the treble inner-row . . . for the pull on the bellows.



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 Featured Tune (iv)

ADIOS AMIGO


Note the "accidental" o6* near the end of the fourth line.


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Featured Tune (v)

TINY RED LIGHT

Note the "accidental" o6* near the middle of the second line.

TOPIC 6:  Home Practice Suggestions.
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Practice Tune (vi)

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

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Practice Tune (vii)

THE FRIENDLY BEASTS

Children's Christmas Song.

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Practice Tune (viii)

​WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS

TOPIC 7:  Looking Ahead to Individualized Sessions 4
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TOPIC 8:  Looking Ahead to Unit 5
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