The Irish Accordion Tutor Vol 1: Reels, Jigs & Polkas for the B/C Accordion: Intermediate to Advanced - Softcover

Connolly, Mr. Damien

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1720599580 ISBN 13: 9781720599586

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

DVD SOLD SEPARATELY! (The DVD contains close-ups of the author as he plays slowly through each tune in the manual). This highly praised Irish Accordion Tutor, Vol 1, by All Ireland accordion Champion Damien Connolly: • Caters for reading both staff and BoxTab™ (a unique variation of the ABC notation system) notation styles. Each tune is written out both ways on facing pages. Not only will this make learning easy, but it can help musicians to understand both systems of music notation, by comparing one against the other. • Provides its readers with detailed fingering for each tune—even the grace notes! When learned and practiced, the suggested fingering patterns and techniques should give the player greater control of the accordion, and ultimately greater freedom of expression while playing. • Helps you learn in stages. Grace notes are indicated by smaller finger numbers. If a student wishes to “put off” learning the grace notes, he or she can concentrate on the main notes, and come back to the grace notes at a later stage. • Gives clear illustrations of how to play musical ornaments such as grace notes, triplets and rolls along with alternate ways of playing these same ornaments. For example, Damien introduces four types of triplet, four types of rolls in both the manual and video. • Uses color to teach how to play basses. Each bass and chord pair is indicated by a specific color symbol overlayed on the BoxTab of selected tunes. Many accordion students have a dread of basses. However, using this clear-cut system, the student will easily grasp how they are used. Perhaps the most innovative feature of The Irish Accordion Tutor is that it indicates the bellows direction by color coding. At a glance, the student can tell whether a certain note is produced by pushing or pulling. This will greatly speed up the learning process for most students. The Irish Accordion Tutor caters for all levels of accordion students. While no single fingering system can claim definitive status over another, this book provides one excellent technique from which the student may develop his or her own style.

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About the Author

Damien Connolly hails from Killaloe Co. Clare, Ireland. His father Martin--and All Ireland Champion on accordion and builder of the famed Kincora Accordions--taught him to play when he was 11 years old. Damien's uncle, Martin's older brother, is the renowned fiddler Seamus Connolly. In 1995, Damien took up the fiddle and in 1997 won two All Ireland titles, one on accordion and the other on the melodeon. In 1998 Damien recorded three tracks for his father's CD Back to Brooklyn. In 2000 he recorded his first accordion and melodeon album entitled Tippin' Away. This CD was generously praised by Joe Burke, Bobby Gardiner and Joe Derrane. In 2003 Damien moved to the United States where he began playing in sessions and taking on private students. In 2015 his second album, Inspired, was released, featuring many of his own compositions and a host of guest artists including Oisin MacDiarmada, Brendan Dolan and John Doyle. Damien has become highly sought after as a music instructor throughout the United States. He has taught and performed at the Swannanoah Gathering and the Catskills Irish Arts Festival to name but a few.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1720599580
• ISBN 13: 9781720599586
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96