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Don Tuite
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I am a so-so player of a lot of things, including Anglos and DBAs. I just decided to add piano axcordion to the list, and recalling the advice I received from an Austrian engineer and accordionist 40 years or so ago, shortly after I had managed to squeeze a version of "Shenandoah" out of my first anglo, I bought a used 12-bass Student II at a friend's music shop.
I had literally, weeks of piano lessons many years ago, and the diatonics taught me how far to rech between the successive notes of a lot of melodies, and the piano accordion doesn't care, at this point, when my bellows directions are eccentric, so I'm finding that I can play the melodies of a lot of traditional music, sometimes with a hint of the proper rhythm.
OTOH, I had expected the left hand transition from the DBAs to be easier than it is proving. But it's only been a couple of days. Instruction? Yeah, there's a guy I know who knows where I'm coming from musically, but I won't be seeing him for a couple of weeks yet.
That's my stiory. You all seem to be a nice bunch, so I'm looking forward to learning from your posts.
I had literally, weeks of piano lessons many years ago, and the diatonics taught me how far to rech between the successive notes of a lot of melodies, and the piano accordion doesn't care, at this point, when my bellows directions are eccentric, so I'm finding that I can play the melodies of a lot of traditional music, sometimes with a hint of the proper rhythm.
OTOH, I had expected the left hand transition from the DBAs to be easier than it is proving. But it's only been a couple of days. Instruction? Yeah, there's a guy I know who knows where I'm coming from musically, but I won't be seeing him for a couple of weeks yet.
That's my stiory. You all seem to be a nice bunch, so I'm looking forward to learning from your posts.
