How to Play with Your Left Hand | Accordion Lessons

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Let's talk about playing the accordion with the left hand. The left hand of the accordion is really awesome. There are all of these bass notes over here, and they all do different things that are really fun.

For example, if you can see where my finger is where I'm pointing right here, there's a little divot on this particular accordion. Some accordions have gems there. Right underneath there is the C. I'm going to play the C. Moving in a diagonal line just above it is the major chord. Moving up, the minor. Above that is the dominant seventh. And finally is the diminished.

The first row that we haven't talked about yet is called the counter bass row. That is a major third above the bass note in the fundamental row which was the C that I played. So, the counter bass note will be an E. You have everything that you need right at your fingertips, literally, in the left hand to play a scale. And, with the chords you could make up a whole song just using your left hand.

A little variation on the 1-5-4 chord series for the left hand.

[blazo]

I'm now an Accordion player thanks to this

[inescorrea]

and the 2 flat rectangular buttons next to the bass notes what do they do?

[kylevidrine]

The accordion has to be one of the most left handed friendly instrument ever

[friedrichkustaa]

I cannot see well what kind of buttons she is pressing with fingers in her left hand. How do you make sure that you memorize the buttons and make sure that you can play them seamlessly without looking at them as you play?

[nanakiinu]

I haven't been able to figure out the left hand in 12 years of owning an accordion and starting to think I never will

[rictrexell]

How do you find these notes? I'm on book one of the Palmer-Hugh's books and I only have to remember three fundamental notes so far. I get them messed up when I go to the G Major and then I need the F Major. I have to feel my way around. I see accordion players on YouTube that have their hands all up and down the bass buttons and don't miss a note.

[MarcDufresneosorusrex]

what's, , what are basic accordion to improve metronomic or rhythm exercises?

[carlocruz]

Can she like turn that accodion upside down and then play?
Then it would be left hand playing!

[derail]

gezzz your still using that ancient 3-2 on the f clef, , 4-3 is the proper way.

[antpaul]

Imagine if she taught instead of just talking