Author: Gary Dahl
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Keywords: accordion, lessons, first, mel
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-09-24
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0786662492
ISBN-13: 9780786662494
This book is designed for the person who may know nothing about music and has had no previous accordion training. Included with the book to facilitate the learning process is an instructional recording by the author! This effective exceptional teaching tool will motivate and guide the beginner student from basic accordion familiarization and music theory to quickly achieving results by playing songs such as Scarborough Fair and Ode to Joy! The minimum size instrument for this breakthrough teaching book is an 80 bass piano accordion.
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: Scribner
Keywords: crimes, accordion
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1997-06-17
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0684831546
ISBN-13: 9780684831541
E. Annie Proulx’s Accordion Crimes is a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots, Franco-Canadians and many others, all linked by their successive ownership of a simple green accordion. The music they make is their last link with the past -- voice for their fantasies, sorrows and exuberance. Proulx’s prodigious knowledge, unforgettable characters and radiant language make Accordion Crimes a stunning novel, exhilarating in i
Author: Neil Griffin
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Keywords: accordion, yourself, teach, mel
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1999-05-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0786648953
ISBN-13: 9780786648955
A comprehensive method written especially for serious students learning the accordion without access to formal music lessons. Seasoned music educator and performer Neil Griffin guides the student through music reading fundamentals, correct posture and hand positions, use of the bellows, bass buttons, keyboard, and more. Music theory concepts are introduced as required by the generous selection of carefully graded exercises and pieces. Although this book covers concepts that apply to the 120-bass accordion, it only uses 54 buttons (covering 9 rows in easy keys). Illustrated with diagrams and ph
Author: Larry Hallar
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Keywords: accordion, spice, cajun, mel
Number of Pages: 52
Published: 1996-08-30
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0786616881
ISBN-13: 9780786616886
Cajun Spice is an exciting, lively, joyful recording of some of the finest Cajun music available featuring many of today’s great Cajun artists. The Rounder Recording features many of today’s Cajun artists. Included are renditions by Bruce Daigrepont, D.L. Menard, Jo-El Sonnier, Beusoleil, the Balfa Brothers, Octa Clark and the Dixie Ramblers, Eddie LeJeune, and Michael Doucet. In this special keyboard accordion edition, each song is transcribed into a rousing Cajun accordion solo.
Author: Herman Troppe
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Keywords: accordion, mexico, songs, mel
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2000-10-05
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 078663524X
ISBN-13: 9780786635245
Nineteen favorite traditional Mexican songs arranged for piano accordion solo. No matter how long you’ve been playing, these tunes will be a delight to play. The author has included registration markings indicating low, middle, or high reeds. Intermediate in difficulty, these tunes are playable on any size accordion.
Author: Hildegunn Johansen
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Keywords: music, accordion, solo, mel
Number of Pages: 69
Published: 2004-06
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0786670770
ISBN-13: 9780786670772
A collection of 15 original accordion solos by the renowned Nordic accordion champion, composer and arranger, Hildegunn Johansen. All titles in Norwegian with English translations. A great addition to any accordionist’s repertoire! Intermediate in difficulty.
Author: Frances M. Irwin
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Keywords: accordion, melodies, world, mel
Number of Pages: 106
Published: 2006-08-03
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0786666366
ISBN-13: 9780786666362
World Melodies for the Accordion is a collection of best-loved songs from around the world. Eighty musical gems from thirty-six countries are arranged here for the accordion, with chords also given so that other instrumentalists can join in. Accordionists at all levels of proficiency will be able to use this collection and enjoy the melodies that are familiar to so many diverse cultures. Songs such as the Mexican Hat Dance, African Ev’rybody Loves Saturday Night, Korean Ahrirang, Dalmatian Ciri Biri Bela and the Japanese Sakura are included with such familiar melodies as Comin’ Thr
