![]() In volume two we will increase our knowledge and abilities and learn to play in third, fourth, fifth and sixth position essentially we will become acquainted with the entire range of the one-row button-accordion from low sol to high mi: a span of twenty different pitches, including two sharps or flats. We also learned a little about the fascinating history of the instrument. ![]() We played two dozen different pieces including bugle calls, nursery rhymes, folk tunes from many nationalities (the United States-including a classic song by Stephen Foster, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Germany and Mexico), and even two pieces of classical music. ![]() We learned some solo passages in the left hand. We learned to play bass and chords together, and bass and chords seperately, including alternating basses. We learned the pitches from low sol up to do more than an octave higher: ten different notes. ![]() In volume one of How to Play Diatonic Button-Accordion, by Henry Doktorski we learned the basic techniques of playing the one-row Italian-style squeezebox: playing in first position, playing in two bellows directions, adding the left-hand accompaniment, and playing in second position.
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