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Three button GCF

I just purchased a Rocky Mountain Music Three row, (10,11,10) accordion in GCF and ordered the Wilson Savoy/Corey Le Det video. I hope it gets here soon as I am in over "mon tete". Unfortunately , it came with no chart, Where do I start? Dave

Re: Three button GCF

Dave,

Watch the video... pick up the accordion and watch it again... BE the video...

But until the v i d e o arrives...

In the interim, assuming you wish to play zydeco and not Cajun music, I mean afterall, you've got a 3-row, bro. You can purchase one of Thomas "Big Hat" Field's discs (floydsrecordshop.com) -- one of his earlier discs should be a great place to start listening to simple grooves on the 3-row. While his grooves are simple, they are delightfully repetitive and are a great place to start your "tete" absorbing some 3-row riffage.

Here's a couple of inspirational paradigms that should help jump-start yer musical libido:

[Master] Remember the accordion is an extension of your soul.
[Grasshopper] But it has many buttons...
[Master] So does your soul, Grasshopper. Shut up an' listen... Attempt to find the same notes on different rows, utilizing the push and pull.
[Grasshopper] Ah-so!
[Master] Form patterns around these similarities.

[Ty Webb] "Be the accordion, Danny... be the accordion... sha-na-na-na-na-na...bub-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba..."

That does it! Party at Dave's! Braves, we goin' to KANSAS!

R!CK

Re: Re: Three button GCF

Check out reyesaccordions.com for downloadable program of scales, chords calle Senor Maestro.. plus lots of help on learning triple row.

Good luck!

GLENN



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