Irish BC button accordion beginner lesson

Irish BC button accordion beginner lesson - finding notes / scales

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4 жыл бұрын

A quick lesson on what I find to be the most useful "scales" for learning the patterns of notes all the way up and down, starting with the "hexatonic" scale containing the notes common to G and D major, and then adding the notes that make the full G and D major scales.

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@brianmcdonald8150 Жыл бұрын

You are the best teacher I have found for the B/C accordion. You make it so easy to follow and understand. Thank you. Please do more.

@grahamowen2337 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul. Reviewing my entire fingering - what a help!

@debbiemurphy9498 Жыл бұрын

I agree with Brian McDonald-so clear and all chunked so I can keep up and pace is great. 😀

@patriciashanahan7185 9 ай бұрын

Hi Paul, thanks for re introducing me to my BC Button Accordion, haven't played since I was11yrs old only playing at beginner level, and at 73yrs old its my Winter project. great tutorial, thank you

@terrencebutler2232 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect...great explaining the notes carefully...cheers from newfoundland.

@dmacseain 4 жыл бұрын

Very much appreciated Paul. As a whistle player in line for my first box... I'm awaiting a BC. Your video makes it all a touch less intimidating. LoL. Anything more you can share is greatly appreciated. Cheers!

@mandosandradios 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent, more b/c videos please.

@waynedickerson4493 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video thank you very much Paul

@mikerapp8163 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. I’m a beginner on the BC box. I found your video extremely helpful in understanding the lessons in The Box. Thank you

@celticcreations4856 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul. I have been looking for lessons like this for a while. Please keep going.

@annmcardle6470 3 жыл бұрын

Just bought melodeon so desperate for lessons

@roystonwebster5794 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, that was very informative, very much appreciated and very well presented.

@BlueStamp_ 4 жыл бұрын

As soon as I can find one of these, I’m going to learn how to play it!

@emmasedgwick8385 Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful, thank you Paul !!!

@markyates2096 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you! I just received my new Saltarelle Aether III B C button accordion today. It's a beautiful instrument and I'm excited to learn it. I hope you will share other videos with specific tunes for us to learn.

@tony59able 3 жыл бұрын

That was really useful. Thanks very much.

@ego347 3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful. Thanks!

@other2535 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, very helpful, thank you for uploading!!

@paulyoungfolk 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

@Huh560 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul!

@dennisworrall1239 2 жыл бұрын

Just started today well explained system Thanks

@hikmatshaya2586 5 ай бұрын

A Very super & Excellent. Of Learning

@dairan1336 Ай бұрын

In the meantime, I found this.... It might help me understand.... Thanks

@c_farther5208 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for posting. I subscribed but haven't seen anymore.

@celticcreations4856 3 жыл бұрын

I have the little Garvey AAA. B/C 21 Button accordion. Does the job for now.

@BlueSkyLtd. Жыл бұрын

Ty! 🦋

@mauricerichard3611 4 жыл бұрын

Paul thank you for this, I play an AD box and have been considering picking up a BC box. This is an excellent explanation regarding note placement. A bit different of course. Really like your post !

@LMills259 3 жыл бұрын

BC is sweet because the two rows are only shifted off by a half-step, so while yeah, it's "diatonic", it does have all the sharps and flats. Not all keys are convenient to play in, of course, but it can be done. And like Paul says, keys of D and G are really convenient. Hope you like it!

@en3usiastfortesque368 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial.....!!.....personal journey is from decades of piano accordion. Just wondering about the history of the B/C button accordion : with much folk music being in the keys of D and G......

@robertjsmith7560 5 ай бұрын

Can you please explain which one is on the Pull and which ones on the Push ? thanks

@sheepgrenade6193 11 ай бұрын

I literally just taught myself accordion through learning songs by ear 😂

@zocco6265 3 күн бұрын

How? I can't understand😂

@maineroad7429 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely sound. Where is your accordion tuned?

@seanoregan998 8 ай бұрын

So the natural notes are all in the middle of the button board? And all the notes written off the natural scale are either above or below the button board?

@philasselstine7816 7 ай бұрын

Just woundering whats ur apinion on btween hohner pokerworks and hohner erica

@kevinbarry5134 11 ай бұрын

Paul, can you show us on sheet music how to identify that a song is in G major or D major, etc., so I will know what buttons to be ready for?

@mariandennehy5896 3 жыл бұрын

Paul I learning to play bc black dot honer accordion and find it difficult to get any basic lessons on how to play the bass. Can you help or guide me please.

@michaeldurkan5982 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much....Do you lice in Ireland and do you give lessons thanks Michael

@leswright3340 4 жыл бұрын

Very good video Paul. Is the standard bass layout on the bc ideal for this scale you are showing here? 😀

@paulyoungfolk 4 жыл бұрын

BC bass layouts vary quite a bit. Mine is McComiskey layout, which I think may be the most common, but Burke layout has all the same chords in the same directions, just arranged differently. They'll both let you do a decent job of accompanying tunes in all the common keys, especially if you have the thirds out of your chords.

@leswright3340 4 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Paul 👍🎼😀

@dazmick1111 Жыл бұрын

What's the best b/c accordion for an absolute beginner? What make?

@paulasbansode8799 3 жыл бұрын

Hi,Sir Im Paulas from India I want to bay this Accordion plz help me.

@MusicTeacherClassStuff 3 ай бұрын

Is this the same as a Melodeon? I have seen a B/C but with 22 buttons one row of 7, one of 8 then another 7

@paulyoungfolk 3 ай бұрын

Well, it's the same as what in Britain we'd call a melodeon, but BC layout instead of DG etc. But in Ireland and among players of Irish music it would always be called a button accordion and "melodeon" is reserved specifically to refer to one row instruments. You'll only really find BC boxes referred to as melodeons on some English retailers websites.

@rickdeboer6615 10 ай бұрын

I don’t understand it… I inherited my grandmothers 21 button melodeon, (Hohner Erica) as a kid played some tunes on it… but somehow I don’t have the notes in the same order as yours 🤔 It’s not that i’m “note-def”…. I play the guitar, drums, trumpet, piano, etcetera…. Could it be mine is tuned in a different way?

@paulyoungfolk 10 ай бұрын

Yes, very probably. Try my video on beginners DG melodeon. It could also be GC, CF, or various other things.

@Orourkebanjo 9 ай бұрын

I’m a fiddle and whistle player. Is this a difficult instrument to pick up and learn? I know dozens and dozens of jigs and reels already.

@res466 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul. Would love to Lear the basics and play a few tunes

@paulyoungfolk 11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@other2535 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could explain ornamentation? ie: rolls, cuts, etc. Thanks much

@paulyoungfolk 3 жыл бұрын

Here you go: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKuglqee17bNkoE.html

@seanoregan998 8 ай бұрын

How can the 6 notes sound different going up the scale?

@paulyoungfolk 8 ай бұрын

They're in different "octaves" as you go up and down. So compared to the A in the middle, the A at the top sounds sort of "the same but higher". Think of the notes as different colours but then the same notes in another octave as like different shades of that colour. If A is blue then high A is light blue.

@seanoregan998 8 ай бұрын

@@paulyoungfolk aha....tysm. I'm brand new to the whole thing and trying to learn in my own.