B
BrandyD
Guest
as mentioned before: play just the high (top) notes through the run, when you have perfected that - Add the middle note with the top note, play over and over until perfected, then add the low (bottom) note so you're playing all three notes, and practice over and over until perfected.
After 5 yrs with the same instructor and not being allowed to play your own music occasionally without criticism. I'm thinking it's time to move on.
What is your reasoning for continuing the lessons?
Are you in a series of lesson books - which book number out of how many books are you on?
The instructor is going to encourage you to play the way he likes to play, if you don't enjoy his playing are you sure you want to learn to play his way?
May I ask how old you are? What type of music do you enjoy playing? What type of music do you listen to on the radio?
When I was an instructor, I always encouraged students to bring in new pieces they found that they wanted to learn. After a while a student will get bored with the same old types of songs provided in lesson books. I too encouraged students to play exactly as written in their lesson books, especially with students new to the accordion and music - this is how you learn the proper techniques and music theory. But there comes a time that they need to experience how to feel a song and improvise in their style.
I pulled out my accordion after a 16 yr "break". I found my old lesson books and breezed through them within 2 weeks (about 5 yrs of lessons, and lessons for instructors). When I got to the last lesson book, I realized why I quit taking lessons - I learned all the techniques but didn't like any of the songs in that book - all classical music. By the time I had reached this stage while taking lessons, I was playing at bars/clubs, I was enjoying playing popular music. I had a wealth of "accordion" music I could pull out and play at anytime, but I was more interested in pop and country music at that time.
Enjoy that accordion and keep playing!!!!!!!
After 5 yrs with the same instructor and not being allowed to play your own music occasionally without criticism. I'm thinking it's time to move on.
What is your reasoning for continuing the lessons?
Are you in a series of lesson books - which book number out of how many books are you on?
The instructor is going to encourage you to play the way he likes to play, if you don't enjoy his playing are you sure you want to learn to play his way?
May I ask how old you are? What type of music do you enjoy playing? What type of music do you listen to on the radio?
When I was an instructor, I always encouraged students to bring in new pieces they found that they wanted to learn. After a while a student will get bored with the same old types of songs provided in lesson books. I too encouraged students to play exactly as written in their lesson books, especially with students new to the accordion and music - this is how you learn the proper techniques and music theory. But there comes a time that they need to experience how to feel a song and improvise in their style.
I pulled out my accordion after a 16 yr "break". I found my old lesson books and breezed through them within 2 weeks (about 5 yrs of lessons, and lessons for instructors). When I got to the last lesson book, I realized why I quit taking lessons - I learned all the techniques but didn't like any of the songs in that book - all classical music. By the time I had reached this stage while taking lessons, I was playing at bars/clubs, I was enjoying playing popular music. I had a wealth of "accordion" music I could pull out and play at anytime, but I was more interested in pop and country music at that time.
Enjoy that accordion and keep playing!!!!!!!
