Play Accordion. Vol. 2- The Performance and Method Book for Advanced Players. Music from all over the world – from Klezmer & TexMex to Blues & Latin … diagrams for the most important jazz chords

Hello and welcome… – Chord Symbols and Bass Note Notation – Your Instrument …and what you have to think about when playing – A Small Warm Up: Breathing Exercises – The Beguine Accompaniment – New Notation Symbols The Sign to Rest: the Fermata The Symbol for Breathing: the Breath Mark – Chromaticism – A New Articulation: Martellato Scale Fluency – Legato and Martellato – Exercise: Double Stops (Sixths) – Workshop Piece No. 1 – Roxy s Waltz 1. ”One, Two, Three…”: There s a Count Off 2. The Chord Sequence 3. The Melody 4. Chord Shenanigans The One Bar Repeat Sign 5. Roxy s Waltz – the Entire Form – A Chapter on Harmony: Triads Built on the Steps of the Scale – A New Ornamentation: the Upper Mordent – Unfamiliar Sounds: Scales from Eastern Europe Finger Training: Slurring Double Stops (Thirds) – The ”Drum Accompaniment” – New Rhythms: Odd Meters Changing Dynamics: Suddenly or Gradually? – Workshop Piece No. 2 – Chanana s Rhythm – Anticipated Accents – Rhythm Exercise: Tapping and Clapping! – Melody vs. Rock Bass: New Rhythm Exercises – Finger Training: Double Stops Rolling Arpeggios – Eighth Note Triplets… – New Exercises for the Bellows ”Bellows Shake” – The Dynamic Colon: the ”Forte-Piano” with Crescendo – A New Articulation: Portato More Vivid Playing – The Hora Rhythm – Finger Training: Slurring Triads – Voicing Exercise – Workshop Piece No. 3 – 6:30 Blues 1. The Chord Sequence: the Blues Form 2. The Blues Rhythm Simplified Notation of the Blues Rhythm Chorus 1: Rhythmic Motif Chorus 2: Melody Motif Dirty Tricks: Tremolo and Roll Chorus 3 – Four Note Chords: a New World Expanded Notation for the Bass – From Impressionism to Jazz Harmony Major Chord with a Major Seventh: the Major 7 Chord Minor Chord with a Minor Seventh: the Minor 7 Chord – A New Sound Option – Vibrato Quarter Note Triplets – Four Note Chord Extension: the Ninth The Major 7/9 Chord The Minor 7/9 Chord – A Chapter on Harmony: Four Note Chords Built on the Steps of the Scale – Overview of the Five Most Important Four Note Chord Types Typical Chord Progression – the ”II – V – I” Progression Tension Factor: the Circle Progression – ”3 Against 2” Rhythm Exercise for Los Dos Cactùssos – Finger Training: Four Note Chords – Rhythm Exercises for Hola, que tal! – A Preferred Collection of Notes for Improvisation – the Blues Scale A Blues Scale Solo for Hola, que tal! – Four Note Chord Inversions Connecting Inversions – Workshop Piece No. 4 – Merry Go Round 1. The Structure of the Piece 2. The Chords Rhythm: a Simple ”Swing” Accompaniment 3. The Melody Swing Feeling: the Thing Is How Much ”Swing” Chorus 1: Chords in Rhythm Chorus 2: from the Chord to the Melody – ”3 – 3 – 2” – the Rumba Rhythm – The Half Diminished Chord – The Bossa Nova Rhythm – New Chord – Cm6 – Workshop Piece No. 5 – Tribute to Astor The Structure of the Piece Cue Notes – A New Rhythmic Element: N-Tuplets – Rhythm Exercise for Ipanema Boy – Timelessly Sad Sounds – the ”Doina” Appendix: – Fingering Diagrams for the Most Important Jazz Chords Fingerings Built on the Root Note (based on E) Fingerings Built on the Counter Bass (based on E) Further Chord Fingerings – Style Dictionary and Mini Discography – List of Song Titles/CD Index Numbers – The Bass Buttons – Overview