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  • Canada
    • NL - newer >
      • Candlelight_and_Wine
      • Fishing_in_a_dory
      • Grey foggy day
      • Joe Batt's Arm longliners
      • Loss of the Marion
      • Music and friends
      • Northern Lights of Labrador
      • Outport people
      • Rose in her hair.
      • Rubber_boots
      • Saltwater joys
      • Song for Newfoundland
      • Sonny's dream
      • Surrounded_by_water
      • Take me to the country
      • The St. John's Waltz
      • This Is My Home
      • Towards_the_sunset
      • Woman of Labrador
    • NL - older >
      • Badger_drive
      • Cliffs of Baccalieu
      • Feller from Fortune
      • Great big sea hove in ...
      • Harbour Le Cou
      • I'se The B'y
      • Jack was every inch a sailor
      • Kelligrew's Soiree
      • Let me fish off Cape St Mary's
      • Lukey's boat
      • Now I'm 64
      • Ode to Newfoundland
      • Old Brown's daughter
      • Old Polina
      • Paddy and the whale
      • Ryans and Pittmans
      • Squid jiggin' ground
      • Star of Logy Bay
      • Sweet forget-me-not
      • Tiny Red Light
    • OTHER - newer >
      • Both_sides_now
      • Did_she_mention_my_name
      • (The) Farmer's Song
      • Four strong winds
      • I'm movin' on
      • Log_drivers_waltz
      • Make_n_Break_Harbour
      • Sea-People
      • Song-for-Mira
      • Working-man
    • OTHER - older >
      • Bluebird
      • Farewell_to_NS
      • Maggie
      • O Canada
      • Peggy Gordon
      • Red River Valley
    • Christmas Songs >
      • (A) Children's Winter
      • Christmas_fancy
      • Christmas in the harbour.
      • Mummers song
      • Old_Christmas_waltz
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Bluebirds_sing
      • Capelin time
      • From an island to an island
      • Land_of_fish_and_seals
      • Light and Power Boys
      • (The) Music takes me back
      • Mussels in the corner
      • Newfoundland_waltz
  • USA
    • USA - newer >
      • Adios_Amigo
      • Annie's song
      • Ballad of the Green Berets
      • Blowing in the wind
      • Blue eyes crying in the rain
      • Bridge over troubled water
      • Bye bye love
      • Country roads
      • Crystal Chandeliers
      • Four thousand years ago
      • Have I told you lately that I ...
      • I can't stop loving you
      • I overlooked an orchid
      • I recall a gypsy woman
      • I walk the line
      • Me and Bobby McGee
      • Missing in action
      • Moon River
      • Old flames
      • Rambling Rose
      • Ring_of_fire
      • Roses are red my love
      • Send me the pillow ...
      • Try _a_ little_kindness
      • Waltz across Texas
      • What a wonderful world
      • You're my best friend
    • USA - older >
      • America the beautiful
      • Billy_Boy
      • Careless_love
      • Down_in_the_valley
      • Hammer_song
      • Happy Birthday
      • Home_on_the_range
      • My grandfather's clock
      • Oh, what a beautiful morning
      • Old_lamplighter
      • Old_Smokey
      • Shenandoah
      • Star-Spangled Banner
      • Streets of Laredo
      • Tennessee_waltz
      • This land is your land
      • Wabash cannon ball
      • Wildwood flower
      • Worried man blues
      • Yellow_Rose_of_Texas
      • You are my sunshine
    • Christmas Songs >
      • An old Christmas card
      • Frosty the Snowman
      • Here comes Santa Claus
      • Jingle Bells
      • Jolly old St. Nicholas
      • Must be Santa
      • Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
      • Silver Bells
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Edelweiss
      • If I should fall behind
      • Mary Ann regrets
      • Oh so many years
      • You're the nearest thing to Heaven
  • World
    • Australia - older >
      • Waltzing_Matilda
    • (The) Bahamas >
      • Sloop_John_B
    • England - newer >
      • Bread_and_Fishes
      • Fiddler's Green
      • Let it be
      • Let me be there
      • Norwegian Wood
      • Streets_of_London
      • World_of_our_own
    • England - older >
      • Dirty_old_town
      • Drink to me only ...
      • Girl_I_left_behind
      • Heave_away
      • It's a long way to Tipperary
      • Long_long_ago
      • Navvy_boots
      • Scarborough Fair
    • Germany- newer >
      • A_little_peace
    • Germany- older >
      • Brahms_lullaby
    • Ireland - newer >
      • After all these years
      • (The) Ferryman
      • Fields of Athenry
      • Gypsy Rover
      • My lovely Rose of Clare
      • Nancy Spain
      • Roads of Kildare
      • Rose of Mooncoin
      • Town_of_Ballybay
    • Ireland - older >
      • Black velvet band
      • Come back Paddy Reillly
      • Connemara Cradle
      • Danny Boy
      • Galway Bay
      • Galway Shawl
      • Irish washerwoman
      • Maid in the Garrett
      • Molly Malone
      • My wild Irish Rose
      • Red_is_the_rose
      • Rocky Road to Dublin
      • Rose of Aranmore
      • Wild_Colonial_Boy
      • Wild Rover
    • Norway >
      • You_raise_me_up
    • Scotland - newer >
      • Come by the hills
      • It's a dream come true
      • Mull of Kintyre
      • We'll meet again my friends
    • Scotland -older >
      • Auld Lang Syne - New Year's
      • Comin' through the rye
      • Loch_Lomond
      • Miari's Wedding
      • My_Bonnie
      • Road to the isles
      • Wild mountain thyme
    • Wales-older >
      • The Ash Grove
      • Sweet_Jenny_Jones
    • Mixed origins >
      • Jolly good fellow
    • Christmas Songs >
      • Christmas in Killarney
      • Deck the hall
      • Good_King_Wenceslas
      • We wish you a Merry Christmas
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Among the Wicklow Hills
      • Hills of Glenshee
      • In an Irish country home
      • It's good to see you
      • Love me when I'm old ...
      • My homeland
      • The little shirt my Mother made for me
      • Going out the same way you came in
  • Dance Tunes
    • Jig family >
      • Auntie Mary (Cock of the North)
      • Irish washerwoman
      • Larry O'Gaff
      • Up_the_pond
    • Reel family >
      • Aunt_Rubys_garden
      • I rowed up in a dory
      • Maple-sugar-reel
      • Maxwell's rant
      • Pretty_little_Mary
    • Marches >
      • Banks of Newfoundland (Up the Pond)
      • Cock of the North (Auntie Mary)
  • Gospel
    • Songs - newer >
      • Because He lives
      • God on the mountain
      • He touched me
      • I_know_who_holds_tomorrow
      • It is no secret
      • May_the_Good_Lord_bless
      • Millenium Prayer
      • One day at a time
      • 'Till the storm passes by
      • Unclouded Day
      • Will you walk with me
      • Wings of a dove
    • Songs - older >
      • Beautiful isle of somewhere
      • Church in the wildwood
      • Count your blessings
      • Do Lord
      • Give me oil for my lamp
      • Higher ground
      • How beautiful Heaven must be
      • I'll fly away
      • In the sweet by and by
      • Just a closer walk with Thee
      • Keep on the Sunny Side
      • Kum ba yah
      • Let_the_lower_lights
      • Life is like a mountain railroad
      • Mine eyes have seen the glory
      • Precious memories
      • Shall we gather at the river
      • Standing in the need of prayer
      • Stranger of Galilee
      • When the roll is called up yonder
      • When the Saints go marching in
      • Whispering hope
    • Hymns - newer >
      • Give_to_us_laughter
      • Here I am Lord
      • How great Thou art
      • Jesus you have come to the lakeshore
      • Morning has broken
      • Pass it on
      • Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness
    • Hymns -older >
      • All people that on earth
      • Amazing Grace
      • Be Thou My Vision
      • Blessed_Assurance
      • Crown_Him_with_many_crowns
      • For_the_beauty
      • In the garden
      • I love to tell the story
      • Immortal_invisible
      • Jesus loves me
      • Joyful, joyful, We ...
      • Precious_Lord_take_my_hand
      • Softly and tenderly
      • Take time to be holy
      • We love the place O God
      • What a Friend we have in Jesus
      • Will your anchor hold
      • Wonderful_words_of_life
    • Christmas Carols >
      • Away in a manger (JRM)
      • Away in a manger (WJK)
      • The First Noel
      • The friendly beasts
      • Go, tell it on the mountain
      • Hark the herald angels sing
      • I heard the bells (Marks)
      • I saw three ships
      • Joy to the world
      • Mary's Little Boy Child
      • O come, all ye faithful
      • O little town of Bethlehem
      • Silent Night
      • When a child is born
    • BY "EAR" >
      • Lord, don't give up on me
  • Kids
    • Billy_Boy
    • BINGO
    • (My Darling) Clementine
    • Frere Jacques
    • If you're happy
    • London_Bridge
    • Mary had a little lamb
    • Twinkle little star
    • Where has my little dog gone

Return to BA1 - Unit 6

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Slides 1 & 2
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​Slide 3 - BA1b - Outline

In the first five Units of BA1, we covered most of our brief introduction to melodies.

In this Unit 6 we will complete this introduction to melodies.  In Units 7 to 10 we will cover a brief introduction to tunes.
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​​Slide 4 - Schedule

The Zoom-based instructional (one-hour) and individualized (half-hour) sessions, along with the BA1 web pages and embedded youTube videos, are forms of support, as you seek to meet your accordion goals as stated in first slide.
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Slide 5 - Individualized
​               Time Slots



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Slide 6 - Unit 6 Topics

​In BA1 (Part a) the melodies, for the most part, were each covered by four treble buttons, and thus no reaching or sliding was necessary.  Nor was it necessary to cross to the adjacent row to obtain a missing note.

In this Unit 6 we slide, reach and cross-play.  
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Slide 7: Review 

The six most-importing things we covered in BA1 (Part a).
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Slides 8 & 9 - Caring & Playing:  In addition to keeping your accordion away from excessive heat, cold, humidity and dust, it is important to remember that regular playing is also good for your accordion's health.

Also . . .Don't:  (i) over-stretch the bellows, (ii) lift it by the thumb strap, (iii) play too vigorously, (iv) transport it without using a padded case, etc.



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​Slides 10-14
Matching Buttons & Musical Notes for four common button accordions.

​Our button-accordion notation, using musically-timed button-numbers, is identical for all four of these different accordions.
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Slide 15 - Distinction between melodies & tunes​

Melodies - played using right (treble-end) buttons

Tunes - played using both left (bass-end) & right (treble )buttons

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​Slides 16: Notation for very familiar melodies

This is all the notation you need, and perhaps even more than you need, if the melody is truly familiar to you.

However, when we come to tunes in Units 7 to 10, you may need more than this for many tunes (at least initially), even for familiar ones.
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Slide 17-22: Topic 3

The beat-interval is the basic unit of musical time.

Since the beat interval is a period of time, we can represent it by the gramatical symbol, the "period" ( . )


Similarly for divisions & combinations of beat intervals, as shown at left.

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Slides 23​:  Notation for
                 less familiar
​                  melodies


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Slide 24:  Featured melody
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Love Me Tender

Can be played without having to slide, reach or cross-play for extra buttons.

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Slide 25-27: 
Sliding & Reaching
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Slide 28

Featured Melody:
Auld Lang Syne

Reaching or sliding
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Slide 29

Featured Melody:
Wildwood Flower

Reaching and / or sliding

​1-6-17
Slides 30-34
​Cross-playing from inside row to outside row for missing button-notes
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Slide 35 

Featured Melody:
Four Strong Winds

Played mainly low on inside row, with cross-playing to outside row for button-note o3*

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Slide 36 

Featured Melody:
Four Strong Winds

Played mainly low on inside row, with cross-playing to outside row for button-note o3*


​1-6-19
Slides 37 - 39
​Cross-playing from outside side row to inside row for missing button-notes
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Slide 40:

​Featured Melody:
Four Strong Winds

Played mainly high on outside row, with cross-playing to inside row on bottom line for button-note i9 
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Slides 41 & 42:

​List of extra practice melodies for consideration. 

i)    Come by the hills
ii)   Bread & fishes

iii)  Higher ground
iv)  Red is the rose
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Slide 43
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Practice melody (i)
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Come By The Hills
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Slide 44

Practice melody (ii)
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Bread & Fishes

aka Wind In The Willows
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Slide 45

Practice melody (iii-a)

Cross-playing for o3*​

Higher Ground
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​Slide 46

Practice melody (iii-b)
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Cross-playing for
​both o3 and o3*

Higher Ground
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​Slide 47

Practice melody (iv-a)

​Cross-playing for o3*
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Red Is The Rose


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​Slide 48

Practice melody (iv-b)
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​Cross-playing for both o3 and o3*

Red Is The Rose
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​Slides 46 & 47 

Looking ahead to
half-hour individualized session time slots (every 2nd week)
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Slide 48

Looking ahead to Unit 7:

​Harmony,
Bass-end matching,
and
Drone accompanied tunes
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