Getting into the Accordion Book and CD

Description

Getting into the Accordion Book and CD

This book is designed for the person who is returning to the accordion after a few idle years and needs a crash review. Included with the book to facilitate the review process is an instructional recording by the author! This effective, exceptional teaching aid will motivate and guide the review process very quickly. The minimum size instrument for this breakthrough teaching book is an 80 bass piano accordion. No lyrics included.

About the Author
Gary Dahl is widely known as a virtuoso accordionist as well as a composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator, with an extensive background in music theory, composition and harmony. Gary has now developed an impressive body of work including hundreds of individual arrangements and more than a dozen books currently in publication by Mel Bay Publications. As a recognized teacher, Gary provides specialized training for all levels of students. Garys students have won national and state competitions as well as achieving professional status. While Gary resides in Puyallup, Washington near Seattle he provides lessons by correspondence for students worldwide. Gary currently performs as a single for private functions. The Gary Dahl trio plus vocalist performed regularly at private clubs, hotels and the lounge circuit from 1960 through 1991. Gary is a graduate of the University of Washington specializing in composition and theory and is a former commerical corporate pilot, flight instructor and corporate sales manager.

12th Street Rag
A Mighty Fortress
Accordion Terminology
Alternating Basses
Amazing Grace
America
America the Beautiful
Article, A Brief Guide to Slow Practice
Article, Popular Music in Todays Society
Bass Keyboard
Bass Solo Warm-ups
Before Playing
Beginning Chord Memorization Exercises
Blue Danube Waltz
Cavaquinho
Come Back to Sorrento
Eighth Note Counting Theory
Fascination
German Folk Song
Ja Da
Just a Closer Walk
Left Hand Exercises
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Maria Mari
Marijana
Mattinata
Meadowlands
More Bass Patterns
More Treble Notes
Nessun Dorma
O Mio Babbino Caro
Old Time Waltz
Peg O My Heart
Polka
Red River Valley/Home On The Range
Review Basic Theory
Review Coordination
Right Hand Position
Rockin the Blues
Scale Technique
Signs, Tempo, Dynamics
Stranger in Paradise
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Tango of the Roses
Tarantella Napoletana
The Moldau
The Triplet
Three Chord Song
Treble Keyboard
Triads
Un Bel di Vedremo
Waltz
Whole & Half Steps, ss, fs, ns