Get it. It is the only thing out there. The Tex-Mex videos are worthless for Zydeco. You can adjust the DVD and have it in GCF or FBE. Once you get Zydeco Boogaloo you can build on that and figure out lots of stuff.You tube is a great resource too. Watch Corey and Jeffey Brousard. Yu can figure out the licks by watching their hands.

and Chris Ardoin too. Motor Dude is a little tricky. It is done in the F position. Horace
Trahan's DVD also from Wilson has him playing Zydeco a pas Sale on a triple but it is virtually the same as Motor dude. He does it one row over on the inside row to begin but you can see the fingering very clear.
The other thing to do is try and get a feel for the relationship between the rows. Try some blues progressions and work the 1,4,5 chords as many diferent ways as you can can. All of a sudden you will get the whole geshtalt of the thing and then you will be on your way to doing your own thing.

Dave,

Many thanks for the info, I'm going to print it out right now.

I've noticed that playing notes on the pull and then the same on the push on another row is really handy with songs. More to work with, definately.

I'll study what you've written. I definately will get Cory's video now

Thansk

Jim

I started to play on a two-row accordion.
That was very wrong for Cajun because I never get the right sound. It was also difficult to handle all those 21 buttons. So I decided to buy a one-row and also the 10 buttons weren't easy at all. When I see the big guys play on a Fat-Gabanelli or something similar, I don't understand how they do it.
Allways pulling that box and at the end the are out of air and they close the bellows very quick.
It's look like magic !!!!

My suggestion would be to download the Sr. Maestro program ( Windows only ) from the Reyesaccordions.com site.. they show scales, in singles, thirds and sixths..and have all fingerings for chords .. the works.

I would play on a Mic'd triple row for anything close to zydeco sound.. ( or mic'd single row for that matter)..lower key the better..

I'd practice with a casio or something backing me up ( drums or whatever ).. to get used to playing with a band.. ( anyone know of zydeco kareoke ??.. songs with no accordion to play with? )..

I would play with an LMM reed set-up at least.

I have a big black DINO triple row in FBbEb with handmade reeds and a pro mic.. if anyone wants to buy it for $2,750 plus shipping ( from Italy ) .. like new condition.

I am playing my Corona IIIR's mostly ( in GCF,EAD and ADG ) .. for zydeco fun.

Glenn

I agree. I got the dvd after I got my Panther. It really helped, although I was a little disappointed with the DVD itself. It could have been done a little more profesionnally (you'll see what I mean when you watch it).
A great song to play on the triple-row is "If tears were diamonds., beautifully interpreted by Jeffrey Broussard here on link #2.
Amuse-toi bien!

Glenn is on the mark. Senor Maestro will have the scales, progressions, and chords. How you put them to use depends on the music you want to play.