cestjeffici
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Is anyone here familiar with this book? It’s less expensive in Paris than in Baltimore so if it’s any good I’d like to buy it here.
Link to book
Link to book
The Chromatic Button Accordion: C-Keyboard System. accordion. Sheet music – December 13, 2023 by Elsbeth Moser (Composer)
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cestjeffici
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I can read French but I think the book is written in English.
Boosey & Hawkes is a UK based publisher. The book can be ordered direct from them at
Moser, Elsbeth - The Chromatic Button Accordion C-Keyboard System. A Systematic Approach
Sheet Music - £39.99 - Moser, Elsbeth - The Chromatic Button Accordion C-Keyboard System. A Systematic Approach
www.boosey.com
RowanSumner
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did you go for it? any thoughts?
cestjeffici
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I did not buy that book.
Thoughts:
I have several CBA C-griff books already.
They are very similar so I didn't feel the need to add more.
The only thing different as far as my untrained eye can see between PA and CBA instruction books is fingering.
I've had to adapt some of the suggestions to my own limitations, I keep trying things until they work out.
The next thing I spend money on should be a teacher. (not easy to find)
A few people on this forum have now bought the English translation of Moser’s book including me. It is an impressive work but I the learning progression is very unusual.
The major scale is introduced on page 102. Chords on page 86. The student is instructed not to proceed to them until after drilling intervals until they are second nature. When asked “what is the tritone up from E sharp” I’m supposed to be able to respond and play instantly.
I could understand doing this to get really good at playing by ear but book seems to be focused on reading scores from standard notation, which is notoriously bad at representing intervals.
Can anyone explain?
The major scale is introduced on page 102. Chords on page 86. The student is instructed not to proceed to them until after drilling intervals until they are second nature. When asked “what is the tritone up from E sharp” I’m supposed to be able to respond and play instantly.
I could understand doing this to get really good at playing by ear but book seems to be focused on reading scores from standard notation, which is notoriously bad at representing intervals.
Can anyone explain?
RowanSumner
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Very interesting. Are you using the book to learn yourself or as material to teach a student?
I've heard experienced players speak about the importance of drilling chords and arpeggios over scales (sergiu popa), but it wasn't the way I was taught music when I was younger, and isn't how I have approached the accordion.
To learn. Yes, most people on the forum will recommend a teacher but I am more likely to find one if I go back to playing piano accordion. I have played CBA off and on for several years.
RowanSumner
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I'm teaching myself also.
I didn't go for Moser, I read it's intended as a teaching material to be delivered by a teacher, whereas Anzaghi and others are just for you to follow. I've seen her students on YouTube and they are fantastic so there must be something in it.
I'm still curious and probably will buy the book at some point anyway
I also bought it out of curiosity and think the diagrams are worth the price of admission
Ed S
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I read it differently - backward, sort of. I see it as training you to answer "What is the interval between E sharp and the B above it?" (A: a tritone up). This is a very useful question in sight-reading, because then, if you have firmly memorized the button-land relation of "tritone up" ("two to the right") it immediately maps to the next button to press.
I'm a noob at CBA, this may be all wrong!
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