Button-Accordion Program 

       (Dual-row D-G, G-C, C-F or A-D, with Accidentals)
      Based on  tunes2play4fun.com  &  Facilitated by ZOOM

MINI-COURSE BA2
Basic Tunes

UNIT ONE (of Four)
​Treble & Bass Notes & Chords, and Drones 
1.   ZOOM INSTRUCTIONAL SESSION:
SLIDES (Compacted)
​2.   FEATURED SONG-MELODIES:
Select one of these featured tunes to practice "drone" accompaniment:
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i)    You are my sunshine
                                       
ii)   Auld lang syne

iii)  Amazing grace
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3.   ADDITIONAL
      HOME-PRACTICE
​      SONG-MELODIES:
1.  Using YOUR button accordion, play each of buttons 2 to 10 on inside row, on both push & pull, while keeping chord button o3 pressed, and again while keeping bass-note button o4 pressed.  Which combinations are the most consonant, and which the least?

2.  Select one of the following songs, preferably one you are quite familiar with and would most enjoy learning to play, to include as a second practice number.  Play on outside row, using bass-end buttons 02 and o4* as a somewhat continuous drone.

          iv)    Mull of Kintyre

           v)    Long, long ago
 
          vi)    All people that on earth do dwell