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Accordion Masterclass For Beginners: Learn, Practice & Play Songs (By Ear)
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About Accordion Masterclass For Beginners: Learn, Practice & Play Songs (By Ear)
Welcome To The Class!
Vid 1.1: Locating Notes
Vid 1.1.2: Locating Notes Challenge
Vid 1.2: Idea Of Chords
Vid 1.2.2: Chords Challenges
Vid 1.3: Understand Sharps & Flats
Vid 1.3.2: Challenge With Sharps and Flats
Vid 1.4: Training With Arpeggio
Vid 1.5: Beats With Arpeggio!
Vid 1.6: Playing Our First Song
Vid 1.7: What Are Octaves?
Vid 1.8: Big Brain Test Challenge!
Vid 2.1: Why Do We Use The Left Hand?
Vid 2.2: Understand The Bass Row!
Vid 2.2.2: Bass Row Challenge
Vid 2.3: Songs With The Left Hand
Vid 2.4: Big Brain Test Challenge!
Vid 3.1: Why Do We Need Music Theory?
Vid 3.2: Whole & Half Steps!
Vid 3.2.2: Whole & Half Steps Challenge
Vid 3.3: What Are Interval?
Vid 3.4: Major & minor 3rd
Vid 3.4.2: Major & minor 3rd Challenge
Vid 3.5: How To Build A Chord?
Vid 3.6: Major VS minor Chord (Right Hand)
Vid 3.6.2: Major & minor Chord Challenge
Vid 3.7: Big Brain Test Challenge!
Vid 4.1: What Is A Scale?
Vid 4.2: Passing The Thumb Trick!
Vid 4.3: Playing Some Scales By Ear
Vid 4.3.2: Scales By Ear Challenge
Vid 4.4: Life Hack With Major Scale!
Vid 4.5: Playing Scales With Octaves
Vid 5.1: Play Scales With The Left Hand (Counter-Bass)
Vid 5.1.2: Left Hand Scale Challenge!
Vid 5.2: Play Major Chord With The Left Hand!
Vid 5.2.2: Major Left Hand Chord Challenge
Vid 5.3: Play minor Chord With The Left Hand
Vid 5.3.2: minor Left Hand Chord Challenge!
Vid 5.4: Songs With Major & minor CHORDS
Vid 6.1: Why Do We Need It?
Vid 6.2: Play Stop Technique!
Vid 6.3: New Song Time
Vid 6.4: Adding Left Hand To It!
Vid 6.4.2: Challenge Stop Technique
Vid 6.5: Stronger Bass + Major Chord
Vid 7.1: Playing New Songs!
Vid 7.1.2: Adding The Left Hand
Vid 7.2: Why Songs Are Boring With Only 1 Chord?
Vid 7.3: What Is An Inversion & Types?
Vid 7.3.2: Inversions Challenge
Vid 7.4: Playing Songs With Inversions
Vid 7.5: Learn New Song!
Vid 7.5.2: Adding The Left Hand
Vid 7.6: How Inversions Will Help Us With Movements!
Vid 8.1: Power Of 7th CHORD
Vid 8.2: Learn New Song!
Vid 8.2.2: Learn New Song(2)
Vid 8.3: Building The Dominant 7th Chord!
Vid 8.3.2: Building Dominant 7th Challenge
Vid 8.4: Locating & Playing The Dominant 7th In LEFT HAND!
Vid 8.5: Create Beautiful Ending With 7th Chord!
Vid 9.1: Forming Major & minor 7th!
Vid 9.1.2: Major & minor Challenge
Vid 9.2: Diminished 7th Explanation
Vid 9.2.2: Diminished 7th Challenge!
Vid 9.3: Locating Diminished 7th In The LEFT HAND
Vid 10.1: Intro To Chords Progression
Vid 10.2: Scale Degree Explanation
Vid 10.2.2- Scale Degree Challenge
Vid 10.3: Major or minor Chords In The Scale
Vid 10.3.2: Major or minor Challenge
Vid 10.4: I IV V Chords Progression
Vid 10.4.2: I IV V Challenge
Vid 10.5: Adding minor 6th
Vid 10.6: Learning New Song
Vid 10.6.2: Learning New Song
Vid 10.7: minor 6th To Major 4th
Vid 11.1: Introduction
Vid 11.2: Discovering Melodies (1)
Vid 11.3: Matching Chords With The Melody (1)
Vid 11.4: Discovering Melodies (2)
Vid 11.5: Matching Chords With The Melody (2)
Vid 12.1: With & Without Them
Vid 12.2: Travelling Note In Right HAND
Vid 12.2.2: Right Hand Traveling Note Challenge
Vid 12.3: Traveling Note In The Left HAND!
Vid 12.3.2: Left Hand Traveling Challenge!
Vid 12.4: Put A Trill
Vid 12.4.2: Challenge With The Trill
Vid 12.5: Vibrating The Bellow
Vid 12.6: Adding A Grupetto
Vid 12.6.2: Grupetto Challenge!
Vid 12.7: Learn A New Song
Vid 12.7.2: Learn A New Song!
Vid 12.8: Appoggiatura
Vid 12.8.2: Appoggiatura Challenge
Vid 12.9: Chords To Arpeggios!
Vid 12.9.2: Chords To Arpeggio Challenge
Vid 13.1: With Or Without Boosting!
Vid 13.2: Learn New Song!
Vid 13.2.2: Learn New Song(2)
Vid 13.3: Adding Beats To Songs
13.3.2: Adding Beats To Song Challenge!
13.3: Doum Tak Tak Beat(Valse)
THANKS!
Vid 14.1: Why We Need To Learn Sheet Music?
Vid 14.2: Quick G Clef Reading
Vid 14.2.2: G Clef Challenge
Vid 14.3: Rhythms Subdivision
Vid 14.3.2: Rhythms Challenge
Vid 14.4: Dots Explanation
Vid 14.5: What Are Ties?
Vid 14.6: What Are Rests?
Vid 14.7: Magic F Clef Reading!
Vid 14.8: Read Left Hand Code
Vid 14.9: Time Signature
What You Will Learn?
- Music, Once Admitted To The Soul, Becomes A Sort Of Spirit & Never Dies!.
- Accordion has been one of the most important instrument in the world! People will think that these buttons are hard to understand, and there should be a secret recipe to be able to play Accordion!.
- I can assume right now, that this is completely wrong, all you need to know, is just the techniques in the Piano Accordion + some tricks aside of the basics steps In THE BASS NOTES! .
- Starting from this moment, I'm responsible of every step you take forward in your Accordion journey!.
- As you saw in my video, I've helped many students achieving their goals in music, and, in this class, I would love to share everything with you!.
- We made sure that this course has everything you need to take you from a beginner (even with zero music experience) and slowly take you to intermediate and finally become a professional..
- Section 1- Right Hand Structure:.
- In our first section, we'll start by getting an idea on how to play the right hand (Piano Accordion). We'll start by locating the notes on the piano accordion, understand how the keyboard works, and of course, learn some songs to add some fun & enjoy our lessons! I have also left a big brain test challenge at the end, to test your knowledges at the end of section before moving on to the next one!.
- Section 2- Basics Of Left Hand:.
- It's time to learn how to support our melody with the left hand notes! In this section, we'll learn how to play the bass row & understand how to navigate using the left hand's notes! You will also get an idea on how to accompany the new songs that we will be learning in this section. Of course, I have also left a BBTC(big brain test challenge at the end of this section).
- Section 3- Important Music Theory Information To Know:.
- Everyone will that music theory is not useful, but trust me, we need it to be able to continue this course! I will make sure to give you just the necessary information so you will be able to continue the course comfortably with me, and never doubting about missing ideas! You will also have a lot of challenges in this section to make sure that every idea that I was giving you will be clear!.
- Section 4- Mastering The Right Hand:.
- In this section, we will learn advanced right hand techniques, so you will be able to master this part of the accordion! We will also learn how to play scales by ear, so you will able to get a better idea of what it looks like to play by ear before directly entering this skill later on in this course! You will also have the chance to learn life hack(music hack) that will make our path easier to be able to arrive to our goal!.
- Section 5- Mastering The Left Hand:.
- It's time to learn advanced lessons in the left hand! We will discover new buttons, and also learn how to put them with the right hand, so they will be able to support our melody! You will understand what is the difference between major and minor, and how to play them using both hands together, while of course, maintaining the correct rhythm!.
- Section 6- Tricks & Tips With The LEFT HAND:.
- Do you imagine yourself being able to play the left hand in a professional way, but don't know how to put these small details that can even make your music a little bit better and easier to play!.
- In this section, I will teach you how to play some techniques with the left hand, from the Play Stop Technique, to the stronger bass with the major chord and many other additional pitches to the melody so it can sound better!.
- Section 7- Advanced Right Hand Techniques: .
- To able to go way further using the right, I have also add another section for it! In this part, we will be learning new songs, that applying some tricks using the right hand, and also learn how to play chords in the song using not only the left hand, but also play them with the right hand! And the best part is, we will be playing them using inversions some we can mix sounds and make our music better!.
- Section 8- Mastering 7th CHORDS MOVEMENTS:.
- I cannot skip the 7th chords, since they are important chords in our music! In this section, we will be learning how to put them on the power beat, and also create power using this type of chords!.
- We will also learn how to play the dominant 7th chord in both hands, and how to add to our music. This chord creates kind of tension, most of my students love it the most!.
- Section 9- Discovering New Notes In The LEFT HAND:.
- There are still some buttons in the accordion that we didn't discover them yet! The diminished row! Some of you might think that it's unuseful! BUT THIS IS COMPLETELY WRONG, if you will know how to put it correctly in the song, it will sound really good! And this will be our goal in this section + of course, discovering new types of 7th chords like major & minor 7th chords!.
- Section 10- Best Of Chords Progression:.
- One of the most important section in this course, we will learn how to build a sequence of chords progression, that will build a song! Then, we will study a new song, and we will be adding some chords to it: minor 6th-->Major 4th...and many other types!.
- We will also be facing a lot of challenges, so I can fix these lessons into your head, and really make sure that everything was clear!.
- Section 11- First Steps Of Playing On Your Own:.
- This is one of the most important topic in music: Playing By Ear!.
- In This Section, I will teach you how you will be to play any melody, rhythm and song by ear on the accordion! We will also learn how to add background to our music such as bass notes and also Major & minor chords! You will also be able to discover the melody of any song that you will hear! How Awesome Is This?.
- Section 12- Small Effects To Our Music:.
- Also in music, Small Details Matter! In this section, you will learn how to add many musical effects to our song, so it will sound better! I will also teach you how to add a traveling note, a trill & also how to vibrate your bellow!.
- After this section, you will have more confidence while playing the accordion, because, it contains plenty of challenges that will help you understand & play better this amazing instrument!.
- Section 13- Boosting Our Song:.
- In this section, we will focus more on editing the rhythm of a song! You will learn first new songs so we will be able to edit the beats in this song! You will leave this section with a better understanding on how to play the rhythm and edit it as you wish!.
- Section 14- Sheet Music:.
- We can't finish a music course, without knowing how to play with sheet music! Because, I do believe that some of us might like to play with sheet music! I have add this section at the end of the course, so if you don't like to play with sheet music, it will not ruin your learnings at the middle of course!.
- What You Will Learn In This Course: .
- Locating Notes (Right Hand).
- Build Chords.
- Understand Sharps & Flats.
- Play Melodies With Arpeggio.
- Octaves.
- Understand The Bass Row.
- Whole & Half Steps (Small Idea).
- Major & minor 3rd.
- Major & minor Chords.
- Scales.
- Passing The Thumb Trick.
- Life Hack With Major Scale.
- Play Scales With The Left Hand.
- Major CHORD WITH THE LEFT HAND.
- How minor chords work.
- Play Many Songs Using Major & minor chords.
- Play Stop Technique.
- Inversions Chords Using The Right Hand.
- Movements With Inversions.
- Types Of 7th Chords.
- Dominant 7th Chord.
- Create Beautiful Ending With The Dominant 7th.
- Major 7th.
- minor 7th.
- Diminished 7th(Right & Left Hand).
- I IV V Chord Progression.
- Adding minor 6th CHORD.
- Moving From minor 6th To Major 4th.
- Discover Melodies On Your Own.
- Matching Chords With The Melody.
- Add A Traveling Note To Our Music.
- Trills.
- Vibrating The Bellow.
- Grupetto In Our Songs.
- Appoggiatura.
- Moving From Chords To Arpeggio.
- Boosting Our Songs.
- Add Beats To The Melody.
- Learn Many Form Of Rhythm To Design It!.
- And Of Course, While Learning A Lot Of Songs, So You Will Be Able To Enjoy The Process Improving!.
- Hope you enjoyed the plan of our course, and hopefully see you Inside. What are you waiting, do you want to only read this, Or to take action? .
- PS: Don't Forget To Do THE CHALLENGES.
- I will see you in the first lecture!.