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1/21/2023 Blues artist Lead Belly - photo from Library of Congress The accordion is a great blues instrument, and searching on youTube can lead to some amazing performances that show this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W72qEgXKBpo Dallas Vietty Recently, I watched Dallas Vietty's great Jan 10, 2023 livestream (livestreams are available as a link on Dallas' site www.risingreed.com) where he also has some Moschino resources, and great stuff for learners.    He explains great stuff on the feel of playing that is useful:  attacking on air so notes sound immediately  staccato feel of notes rather than full legato playing less pressing (mashing) of buttons Aside: Mini Moschino These notes are me thinking about what is in the livestream and how to adapt it to the 6 row mini Moschino that I'm playing. Here is my summary of notes of the Jan 10 live stream In summary: 1) C Blues in this example - Chords are all Dom7 chords in blues.  Major 3rd and Minor 7th (shown as ...

 1/1/2023      If you are looking here for some learning resources, I'm just like you - a student. Here are some great links for accordion learning resources that I've found that are outstanding: http://www.squeezeboxcircle.org/ Alan Zisman does a great job with this site which documents, links to music, and instructs the Vancouver Accordion group. https://risingreed.com/ Dallas Vietty teaches and provides resources here (especially rare Moschino Materials) https://www.arrigotomasi.com/eng/accordion-sheet-music This site features you tube play-alongs and sheet music...great starting place https://www.accordionists.info/threads/free-bass-moschino-system.1402/ A forum with interactions...