Foreword 3 PrefaceGeleitwort byvon Lydie Lydie Auvray Auvray Y en aa quiqui disentdisent queque c’est c’est pas pas bon bon Qu’ils préfèrentpréfèrent lala flûteflûte ou ou l‘ l‘violon violon Ils prétendent mêmemême que que c’est c’est couillon couillon J’m’en fous,fous, jeje jouejoue d’l’accordéond’l’accordéon Copyright 2012 by AMA MusikverlagEt même sisi cece n’estn’est paspas d’bon d’bon ton ton Je n’vaisn’vais quandquand mêmemême pas pas me me mettre mettre au au basson basson Moi jeje vousvous disdis „vive„vive l’accordéon“ l’accordéon“ Bien sûrsûr jeje nene parleparle qu’enqu’en mon mon nom nom Play Accordion Vol. 1 MancheSome say, sagen, it’s not es seibeautiful nicht schön, SieThey bevorzugen prefer the Flöte flute oder or Geigethe violin SieThey behaupten even say sogar, it’s silly es sei- blöde SamplesMirDoesn’t ist es matter egal, ich to me:spiel I Akkordeon PLAY ACCORDEON UndAnd selbsteven ifwenn it’s “just es nicht not done”zum guten Ton gehört IchI won’t werde switch nicht to auf the Fagott bassoon umsteigen IchI tell sage you euch, – long es lebelive thedas accordionAkkordeon … AberBut I’m natürlich only speaking spreche ichfor nurmyself für mich fromaus JavaJava en – onon byvon Lydie Lydie Auvray Auvray 1995 1995 SeitFor the 18 past Jahren, 18 years so lange– in fact, gibt as longes meine my band Band “die „die (undThis wenigermethod book junge) is interesting Akkordeonisten for accordionists und solche, because it Auvrettes“,Auvrettes” has versuche been playing ich –das I have Image tried des to improve Akkordeons the diehas musices werden pieces möchten, in a wide variety freuen. of styles. And it is a well aufzupolieren.image of the accordion: Aufzuzeigen, to show thatdass it es is notnicht the dieses old- ver- Esthought-out ist für Akkordeonisten accordion method interessant, book which weilis fun es to viele play, altete,fashioned, biedere, fuddy-duddy, volkstümelnde folksy instrument Instrument which ist, many wofür Stückeas well. Beginningaus ganz studentsunterschiedlichen can play short Richtungen pieces from the esthink viele it is.halten. I am happy Ich freue when mich,young peoplewenn jungecome to Men- me, beinhaltet.very start and Und don’t es have ist toeine work gut through aufgebaute frustrating Akkor- finger schenbuy my zu music mir andkommen, say that theymeine can’t Noten wait to kaufen unpack und their deonschule,exercises in the die beginning Spaß machen stages. Plus, wird. ear Sehrtraining früh and kön- accordion and play my pieces. Sometimes they ask me to creativity are encouraged from the very start. sagen, sie hätten wieder Lust gekriegt, ihr Instru- nen die Schüler kleine Stücke spielen und nicht nur recommend a good accordion method book, one which has I wish Peter Haas much success and all accordionists who ment auszupacken und meine Stücke nachzuspielen. frustrierende Fingerübungen. Bemerkenswert ist more repertoire than just polkas and waltzes. learn from this book great fun. OftNow kommt I can finally auch recommend die Nachfrage such anach method einer book. guten auch, dass Gehör und Kreativität gefördert werden. AkkordeonschuleAccordionists young alsand Buch, old – and mit folks der whoman might andere just Ich wünsche Peter Haas viel Lydie Erfolg Auvray und allen Käu- Stückewant to becomeals die ewigenaccordionists Schneewalzer – have reason und to beCo. happy lernen fern viel Vergnügen mit „Spiel Akkordeon“. könnte.now. Jetzt kann ich eine solche Schule empfehlen. Über das Buch von Peter Haas können sich viele junge Lydie Auvray © 2012 by AMA Musikverlag 30)%,!++/2$%/.Play Accordion Thanks When a book like this is written, it is largely due to the help of a lot of friends. For photos I thank Yolanda Cvitak, Dr. Ute Hoffmann, Angelika Scheidhauer and Hans-Peter Zimmer as well as Rita Steffen-Frisch from the Spritztier Agency. Lisa Liebetrau helped as “model” for the photos of how to hold the Copyrightinstrument. Angelika 2012 Scheidhauer loaned by her 4 reed AMAItalian Musikverlag accordion for the recordings. Dieter Plinke offered much important help in the early stages; he also let us photograph instruments from his accordion museum. The Berlin trombonistPlay Marliese Sondermann Accordion tested the Vol. 1 manuscript for its suitability for self-study. The wonderful and cooperative accordionist Lydie Auvray gave me courage and purpose for the final spurt and the Berlin accordion teacher – and tango and jazz specialist – Melanie Ziesche gave me important tips which have made their Samplesway into the final version. Karin Stuhrmann of the AMA Publishers offered much welcome and detailed feedback in regards to the form and contents of the manuscript. Her vision and ideas were absolutely essential in the conception and development of this book. To all of you: many, many thanks! Peter M. Haas © 2012 by AMA Musikverlag Foreword 5 ForewordVorwort AlsWhen das writing Buch Spielthis book, Akkordeon I had twoentstand, goals: habe ich versucht zwei Dinge unter einen Hut zu bringen: –first, zum to einen devise ein an anregendesinteresting world music book and second, to construct a systematic accordion method book suitable to be used with or without a teacher, a method which would enable a step-by-step development towards a wholistic sense of musicianship. Many enthusiastic letters – and many sold books later – have let me know that this concept is successful. For the new edition I have changed one thing in particular: the fingerings for the left hand have been altered to conform with Copyrightcurrent pedagogical 2012 standards. Two practice by pieces AMA have also been added. Musikverlag Other than that, everything has been left as it was. The AMA publishers and I are always interested in feedback from readers. In fact, the number of letters posted to my website is quite astonishing … go have a look! But first and foremost: welcome to the club of accordionists – I wish you much fun and success! Play Accordion Vol. 1 Peter M. Haas [email protected] Sampleshttp://www.peter-m-haas.de Working with this book Small accordion button symbols help to organize the The more you can depend upon your hearing, the information: more flexible you are. Occasionally you will find a small hearing quiz, which is meant to motivate This button points to interesting tips and you. background information. The jumping kangaroo shows you ideas about Beware! Here you find important advice about testing things out for yourself, such as playing what “not” to do. improvised melodies. Don’t worry; the exercises are prepared in such a way that you will not be stretched too far! This star points to helpful little tips. In case you are learning without an accordion teacher, you will occasionally encounter situations in which it is difficult to play with both hands Almost all the music pieces are also on the CD. together. “Beware – slippery!” means: don’t Sometimes you have the chance to play along be bashful in asking for help ideally another with the CD … use the opportunity! accordionist. © 2012 by AMA Musikverlag 6 SPIELPlay AKKORDEON Accordion Contents Preface by Lydie Auvray.............................3 Now the barrel organ gets going.......................40 Thanks.........................................4 L’Aventure – third version............................41 Foreword.....................................5 Melodies that everyone knows – 2...................42 CD-Index......................................9 I’d like to have a little violin........................42 What size accordion is best for me?...................10 Hansel and Gretel...................................42 Copyright 2012 by AMAJingle BellsMusikverlag..........................................43 Chapter 1.........................................1 1 Handling the bellows................................44 Getting to know the accordion......................12 L’Aventure.........................................44 Fastening the instrument............................12 The bellow release button...........................13 Chapter 2..........................................45 The bass tone ...................................C 13 New keys and new buttons..........................46 The bass tone C – shortPlay notes........................ Accordion14 New keys and Vol. notes for the right1 hand................46 Notation for fingering..............................14 The D major chord..................................46 The bass tone C and its neighbors...................15 The circus march in G major..........................47 The bass tones and their corresponding major chords....16 Things worth knowing about registers.................48 Alternating between bass tones and chords...........Samples16 Squirrel’s evening song – second version................49 How to hold the accordion.........................18 New key position and new chord buttons..............50 The first accompaniments...........................19 A new position for the right hand.....................50 L’Aventure........................................19 The minor chords...................................50 The very first waltz................................20 L’Aventure in D minor...............................51 A circus march.....................................21 The left hand learns to spring........................51 Finding orientation on the keys.....................22 Hearing quiz: D minor..............................52 The registers.......................................22 A new symbol: the quarter rest.......................53 Keys and pitch names – “white keys”..................22