More chromatic button accordion progress
Dec. 21st, 2023 01:12 amManaged to get another good practice in, on this totally new to me system that I’ve been learning since June. Tonight I worked at length on core right hand exercises. Then enjoyed playing Sunrise Sunset fully, with all right hand harmonies as in my own arrangement (originally arranged for the piano accordion). Then played loads of tunes from my own arrangements. Lots of tunes I had never played on this wee chromatic button box. Generally tonight I was just playing the core melodies, and skipping most harmonies. But I was delighted by how I was finding the notes, over up to three octaves, and playing at a good generally reliable speed. I am now ready in the New Year to start working through Maugain tuition book 2 for the chromatic button accordion. Which among other things develops multi note skills on the right hand, with lots of repeated core exercises to build that tech wise up. And since that’s exactly what I want to play in my own arrangements this will be excellent timing for me. Rather staggered that I’ve got this far so quickly, especially with more intermittent play in recent months. But the skills are building and sticking.