Traditional Irish Button Accordion | Intermediate

Name: Traditional Irish Button Accordion | Intermediate
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Delve into the authentic sounds of Irish button accordion playing with Conor Connolly, in this free online music course.

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Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

Recall how to play 'Joe Bane's Barndance'
Describe how to perform 'cuts', one of the fundamental techniques for ornamenting accordion playing
Identify places for adding ornamentation including cuts
Discuss when it is useful to slide over a group of notes
Explain the importance of keeping your left thumb over the air button
Identify a jig rhythm and play the jig, 'Young Tom Ennis'
Recognise potential places to add ornamentation to 'Young Tom Ennis'
Distinguish the reel rhythm and play the reel 'Donald Blue'
Recall how to add ornamentation to the reel 'Donald Blue'
Indicate when it is appropriate to use the duplicate E and B buttons

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