Play Accordion. Vol. 2

- 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 SymbolsThe Sign to Rest: the FermataThe Symbol for Breathing: the Breath Mark- Chromaticism- A New Articulation: MartellatoScale Fluency Legato and Martellato- Exercise: Double Stops (Sixths)- Workshop Piece No. 1 Roxys Waltz1. One, Two, Three...: Theres a Count Off2. The Chord Sequence3. The Melody4. Chord ShenanigansThe One Bar Repeat Sign5. Roxys 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 EuropeFinger Training: Slurring Double Stops (Thirds)- The Drum Accompaniment- New Rhythms: Odd MetersChanging Dynamics: Suddenly or Gradually?- Workshop Piece No. 2 Chananas Rhythm- Anticipated Accents- Rhythm Exercise: Tapping and Clapping!- Melody vs. Rock Bass: New Rhythm Exercises- Finger Training: Double StopsRolling Arpeggios- Eighth Note Triplets...- New Exercises for the BellowsBellows Shake- The Dynamic Colon: the Forte-Piano with Crescendo- A New Articulation: PortatoMore Vivid Playing- The Hora Rhythm- Finger Training: Slurring Triads- Voicing Exercise- Workshop Piece No. 3 6:30 Blues1. The Chord Sequence: the Blues Form2. The Blues RhythmSimplified Notation of the Blues RhythmChorus 1: Rhythmic MotifChorus 2: Melody MotifDirty Tricks: Tremolo and RollChorus 3- Four Note Chords: a New WorldExpanded Notation for the Bass- From Impressionism to Jazz HarmonyMajor Chord with a Major Seventh: the Major 7 ChordMinor Chord with a Minor Seventh: the Minor 7 Chord- A New Sound Option VibratoQuarter Note Triplets- Four Note Chord Extension: the NinthThe Major 7/9 ChordThe 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 TypesTypical Chord Progression the II V I ProgressionTension Factor: the Circle Progression- 3 Against 2Rhythm 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 ScaleA Blues Scale Solo for Hola, que tal!- Four Note Chord InversionsConnecting Inversions- Workshop Piece No. 4 Merry Go Round1. The Structure of the Piece2. The ChordsRhythm: a Simple Swing Accompaniment3. The MelodySwing Feeling: the Thing Is How Much SwingChorus 1: Chords in RhythmChorus 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 AstorThe Structure of the PieceCue Notes- A New Rhythmic Element: N-Tuplets- Rhythm Exercise for Ipanema Boy- Timelessly Sad Sounds the DoinaAppendix:- Fingering Diagrams for the Most Important Jazz ChordsFingerings 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