Traditional Irish Button Accordion | Beginner 1

Name: Traditional Irish Button Accordion | Beginner 1
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Study the basics of the button accordion in this free online course with Irish champion Conor Connolly.

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Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

Describe the different parts of the accordion
Identify the two main tuning systems used for button accordions
Recall what a 'single action' accordion is
Distinguish between the bellow techniques for the button accordion and the piano accordion
Recognise the air button
List the commonly used finger names
Indicate the B row of buttons
Distinguish between the B row and the C row of buttons
Indicate the correct bellow movement for each note on the D scale
Recognise the different finger positions for C# and F# going up and down the D scale
Discuss the popularity of polkas in Kerry
Indicate how to play ‘The Dingle Polka’, which is useful for practising the D scale
Recall how to play ‘Tom McGowan’s Polka’, which is in the key of E minor

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