Complete and Systematic Accordion Course (From Beginner to Intermediate)
Accordion – One of the few instruments you need to hug to play
“Complete and Systematic Accordion Course” is a video course tailored for anyone who wants to begin learning the accordion, or early intermediate level, even without prior knowledge of music or the instrument. This course is suitable for students of all ages.
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The course follows a systematic approach, offering gradual progression with clear, detailed explanations. Each song or exercise is demonstrated step-by-step: first in a regular tempo, then with the right and left hands played separately at a slow tempo, and finally with both hands together, also at a slow tempo.
This structure ensures a thorough understanding, making it easy to follow and master each lesson.
Throughout the course, you will have an accordion book to guide you, specially written for the course, with plenty of marks and notes inside.
The Course structure is:
1. Introduction
- Short guide on selecting the right accordion for beginners
- Basic music theory
- Parts of the accordion
- Handling the instrument
- Correct accordion position
2. Playing music (right hand exercises)
- How the fingering are numbered
- Playing whole, half, dotted half, quarters (exercises)
3. Left hand exercises
- Bass Keyboard and the Bass Method We Will Use
- Left hand (bass) exercises
4. Playing together
- Whole notes with quarter bass notes
- Half notes with quarter bass notes
-Quarter notes with quarter bass notes
5. First songs
- How to practice songs (guide)
- My first song
- Ode to Joy
- Lightly row
- Jingle bells
6. Dotted half notes
- Dotted half notes exercise
- The waltz
- Ukrainian folk song
- Allegro
7. When the Saints Come Marching In
8. Introducing note “A”, new finger positions and playing new songs
- New hand position and new note "A"
- London bridge is falling down
- Carnival in Venice
- Oh Susanna
9. Staccato/Legato touch and introducing note “B”
- Staccato touch
- Introducing new note “B” and Old MacDonald song
- Legato touch
- Polka
- My Bonnie
10. Introducing note “C” and C major scale
- The C major scale
- The Can Can
11. The most common mistakes that accordion students make at this level
12. Introducing the second octave & Dynamic signs
- Introducing the second octave
- The Echo waltz & Dynamic signs
13. Que Serra, Serra & She’ll be coming round the mountain
- Que Sera, Sera
- She’ll be coming round the mountain
14. Right hand exercises (Hanons)
15. Eighths notes
- Exercises
- Milica has long eyelashes
16. Dotted quarter note
- Exercises
- Country gardens
17. Accidentals (Sharps, flats and naturals), G major and F major scale
- Whole & half step, accidentals (sharps, flats and naturals), and exercises
- G major scale and key signature
- Lullaby – J.Brahms
- 18.4 F major scale & Happy birthday song
18. Minor bass chord, Minka (Ukrainian song) and Drunken sailor
- Minor bass chord
- Minka (Ukrainian folk song)
- Drunken Sailor
19. Alternating major and minor bass chords
- Major alternating bass
- Playing old songs with alternating major bass chord
- Minor alternating bass
- Playing old songs with alternating minor bass chord
20. Katyusha
21. Seventh chords
22. Learning new songs (Bella Ciao, Wellerman, La Valse d'Amelie)
- Bella Ciao
- The Wellerman
- La Valse d'Amelie
23. Counter bass and C major scale (both hands)
- Counter bass
- C major scale (both hands)
24. Diminished bass chord
- Exercise
- Fascination
25. Major scales in two octaves (C, G, D, F, Bb)
26. Minor scales (a minor)
27. Chords (Inversions) & Arpeggios (Broken Chords) - Exercises
Additional content 1 - Ear training
Additional content 2 - How to Practice a Difficult Song: A Practical Guide (Katyusha example)
Additional content 3 - Different Types of Accordion Sheet Music and Where to Find It + How to play on Accordion from Piano Sheet music
Stefan Nestoroski
Graduated, friendly, extremely patient and experienced online accordion teacher since 2015. Stefan Nestoroski was born in 1992 in Struga, Macedonia, and started playing the accordion at the age of 7. He studied accordion performance at the Music High School DMU "Todor Skalovski – Tetoec" from 2007 to 2011.