Proper steps to learn CBA - C Griff

[bandoneon.hk]

I am new to accordion also new to C griff CBA but I can read sheet and have been playing piano and bandoneon for many years.

I have a CBA C griff with convertor freebass and an accordina.

my current accordion teacher started with me "Menuet of J.P Rameau" using all 5 rows of buttons, and pay a lot of attention to my posture from eyebrow, mouth singing, breathing, neck, hips, arm, wrist and finger and also the tone quality affected by how I control the release of the finger press.

With all respect, I appreciate all those detail from my current teacher. He told me to find the fingering of Bach two part invention No.1 as the next exercise.

But I also want to be familiar with the keyboard, the standard bass, the walking bass, the chord changes...etc. And of course to play music. I bought 4 books of Medard Ferrero and self-taught and practised half of the book 1 (blue color), the change in bass with root or with third or fifth and chord sometimes is a bit challenging but with slow speed I can play well with steady pace.

I would like to play some folk songs, Italian songs, French songs, classical music and jazz improvisation too.

Could anyone share with me their learning path? Thanks in advance.

 

[godgi]

Can u pm me about this I might be able to help.
Godgi in Dublin

 

[Tom]

Welcome Bando!

 

[debra]

I too first learned the piano and then later I first learned and played piano accordion for about almost 40 years before switching to C griff CBA. I can summarize my steps to learn CBA in three words: practice, practice, practice. I have no idea what the "proper steps" would be. Find out which fingering works best for you, concentrate on key presses and bellows control as volume-control on an accordion goes through the bellows and not by hammering harder on the keys. For PA most methods assume that piano fingering is perfect for PA (which is not always true) but for CBA many different fingerings are possible that all work. My wife and I now play CBA and we do not use the same fingering to play the same runs or chords.

 

[losthobos]

Its all in Medards book.... Just adjust to taste and style.... Enjoy
Most important thing though is to keep the right hand in chord grips wherever possible...