I am learning to play accordion as well, and he is doing g very well, I mean the way he is teaching, EVERYONE, WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY ABILITY WITH THE MUSIC CAN LEARN TO PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT, JUST HAVE A TRY AND HAVE PASSION, JUST A BIT WITH A BIT, EVEN IF THE NOTES WILL NOT GET RIGHT, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T SOUNDS GOOD, JUST... DO NOT GIVE UP!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK I NEED My grandmother has an accordion that she is willing to let me borrow for some crazy shenanigans my bother and I have planned. It involves learning to play music from the pirates of the Caribbean on the accordion (he already knows guitar) and dancing around the Renaissance festival dressed as pirates from the 1600s I don't think I can get good at it in that time, but if the tune is at least recognizable it'll be worth it I don't even have the accordion yet because she lives six hours away, but I'm holding my piano synth upright to simulate accordion keys
My grandfather came over on a boat from Poland in the 20s and brought an accordion along it's still in excellent condition. I don't know why but I feel like I want to learn how to play it in honor of him. So here I am. Lots of Polish and German heritage in my family so let's see how far I can get haha.
The 1-4-5 is probably the most used chord progression ever. It just works. I play guitar, and use that progression more than any other. I was surprised to know it is also popular on the accordion.
I just purchased my first accordion; it's my dream instrument, that ive been longing for since I was small. It should arrive tomorrow, and I'm desperately excited, watching these in preparation.
@@austenshadle2577 actually it was rather easy to start playing! A bit of a challenge, to work keys and bellows at the same time, but now most of my struggle is just remembering which chord-key is which chord, lol!!
My husband, I play other instruments, I can not use the left hand of Akordeona. I do not speak English but I try to understand it by seeing it. By coincidence I found my video now. Very helpful thank you. TURKEY
Amazing!! I really really want to learn how to play the accordion, right now I only play the piano, but this is helping me get researching so I can consider seriously buying an accordion.
That awkward moment when you want to learn accordion but right now you only have a children's accordion with only chords and bass buttons + 23 piano buttons XD
Ive watched Janne Winblad,s lessons, i never learn i concentrate on the guitar instead. But i enjoy listen, you play very Good. Have a Great Weekend, David.
Just watching the vid right now, but I am going to learn tomorrow on my grandmas accordion that my grandpa gave to my dad. my gramps really wants me to learn it
First of all good morning I'm second of all I'm interested in learning the accordion I started off in school with the saxophone but then life threw a hard ball at me I ended up undergoing some major surgery and the doctors on the way out destroyed pinched or something the nerve on my left arm so now I cannot coordinate the guitar strings properly and the drums I tried to play also but the nervous messed up somehow where the coordination is not exactly what it used to be but I should be able to pull it off on an accordion it says the spreading of the fingers and stuff like that for a guitar I can't do so I will be following your tutorials thank you so much God bless and stay safe Sam from Ohio
I hope you're still there, but today my dad handed me down his old accordion. He says it's just a toy, it's only got like what 22 keys and 7 chord keys but goddamnit I'm really happy to own it.
All instruments take many hours to learn well, including the lips (whistling) the body (I consider dance as equivalent to music) accordion or whatever. The main limitation is the person's level of desire. It just takes time for the physical skill to become automatic so that you can focus on the musicality. If you love it, you'll get there.
+Jelley Peanuts - And then try playing a pedalboard with your feet! I've been doing it for years, but it took several years of playing on a single keyboard before I could manage pedalling and playing over multiple manuals!
If you know any keyboard instrument, you’ll have the right hand mastered already. If you have a basic idea of chords then the left hand is only a matter of finding those buttons quickly enough. I think accordion is easier than piano because you don’t necessary need to learn play chords manually. If your sheet music says A7 then you just press the A7 button.
Just got 1 for my son its an old Rivoli special red color and so pretty , and not being piano trained, I play percussions but this is a fun & amazing instrument!!
I may be getting an accordion that my grandfathers brother owns. He said something about getting rid of it so I decided (like a year later, I don’t even know if it’s still there) that I wanted to start learning how to play.
Great video, thank you for sharing. Can you please share the chords that you played at time 0:38 ? They were not the standard major / minor triads. Can you pleasee share the chords?
I gotta get some straps for mine. I bought a super old one on ebay and fixed it up so that it plays, but all the straps rotted to dust. My issue is that the bass strap is a different kind from what I have found available online. It attaches with metal plates that flatten it to the side. But I can only find straps that have some screw on one end.. Sorry it's a bit confusing. I'm a noob.
I took my mother's accordion and I've been annoying the heck out of her with my 1-4-5 for the whole day! Haha now I'm almost as good as her! (lie) Thanks! but really, this is an amazing lesson!
Hey, I know this video is 8 years old so I understand if you don't read comments on here anymore, but I'm seriously interested in learning the accordion, and want to know how much you think I should spend on an accordion just to start out learning. I'm not looking for the best accordion money can buy, because I'm a college student and I can't say for sure if I'll take the hobby very far. Thanks for reading if you did!
Thank you for the video. it's pretty good and useful for beginner~me!! I have a doubt: if I'm left handed, how can I play the accordion? or any special type for these kind of people?
Yu Ju Hsu You would play it the same as a right handed person. It could just take a bit longer to learn. It shouldn't make too much of a difference though.
speed150mph: there is a band ,which has two accordion players, one plays the accordion the right way with piano keys to the right, the other accordion players plays the accordion with the piano keys to the left! It would only require knowing which way is up scale and which is down scale , however most charts for lessons showing where notes are is written for piano keys to the right! So when you play keys going down , you actually go up the scale from lowest not to highest!
If you're left handed, do you turn the accordion around and play the keyboard with your left hand and the buttons with your right hand, or do you just play it the same as right handers?
Middle C on the accordion is not the C in the middle of the keyboard. It's the C in the middle of a piano keyboard and the lowest C on an accordion keyboard. Of course the actual note played depends on the reed(s) selected, but the lowest C is what's called middle C on an accordion. That's because the right hand of an accordion is usually played like the upper half of a piano, with the bass being handled by the left hand.
Yes you can learn that at Koocam. I teach one on one all around the world through Skype. Great way to learn. Go to www.macsaccordion.com you can contact me there. Cheers
I actually had the fortune of finding a custom 42 note social castle fidardo at an auction for 50$ and I don't know how to play so I suppose here I am because this accordion is a beautiful work of art and the second reason ile pursue learning for however long i may
Yes Italian or German Accordion. Come to my website macsaccordion Click the button on how to buy an Accordion. Also you can take accordion lesson with me thru Skype
When you’re cast in the production of Cabaret and the producers say “hey how would you feel about playing the accordion your character did in the 98 revival and we think it would be cool” even though you’ve told them you don’t play any instruments and you have 6 weeks to learn...
I have a huge accordion that belonged to my grandpa, but even if I'd love to try it out, it's so damn heavy... the leather straps are also extremely firm and tight, I might replace them...
Hi David, my husband inherited his mother's accordion, and it's sat in the case for about 50 years. I know the straps are in bad shape. Where would one find accordion repair?
Tate McIntyre it depinde where you live, just have a look on Google, type like this: Accordion centre(the city where you live). and you will find it, just Google it. The prices would be higher for repairing, because it take longer to repare them, to have a look at each of them chord, and check it and in case they will need to put new things in it, if it's old, or to make it sounds good. so everything depinde how the accordion is like, I had an accordion, and as new is worth £500 but now I can sell it with no more than £100.
You can google accordion repair in your local area and see if there is a repairman. If not you can send your accordion out to be repaired. I use Fred in Las Vegas
I want to get an accordion but I don't know if it would be hard or not. I'm left-handed, so are there any left-handed accordion? And would it be better for me to get a left-handed one or a right-handed one (since most likely all the tutorials would be for right-handed)?
As far as i know, there are no left-handed accordions. But i know quite a lot players that are right-handed and left-handed. They all play the same instrument type without a problem. You need to master both hands, so it doesn't matter.
As a little kid, I once tried pushing the keys on the "piano" part of a little child-type accordion by itself. Nothing happened. But notes were made when I did some squeezing and stretching on it.
My father-in-law is a good accordion player/tech, and when I watch him jam out I'm totally confused. Hey plays the piano and button versions. I have been playing bass and guitar since 9th grade ( late 30s now), but something about the accordion isn't clicking yet for me. I haven't put any actual time into besides messing around for a few minutes but it seems to have a steep learning curve or maybe I suck. either one.. lol
I really want to take this instrument up, my friend is giving me German accordion apparently from the 1930's, it looks nice it's covered in white celluloid. Unfortunately, the corners of nearly ALL the bellows are all ripped a little bit and some of the bass keys stick. Have any idea how much it'd cost to repair this assuming I could find someone to do it?
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My heart died a little when he said, "Now go and get your accordion!"
Why
Same
@@turbohappytoytime8156 because they don't have an accordion XD
I got an accordion for 120 bucks
Ik I don’t have an accordion either 😭
I LOVE THIS GUY. ITS LIKE A KIDS SHOW
David:"and how do you find the letter C? "
Me:'Uh-"
David:"THAT'S RIGHT!"
I feel so accomplished {:
I felt it when he said, “let’s all hit that F together.”
Gotta pay respect
Guitar beginners are punching the air rn
I am learning to play accordion as well, and he is doing g very well, I mean the way he is teaching, EVERYONE, WHO DOESN'T HAVE ANY ABILITY WITH THE MUSIC CAN LEARN TO PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT, JUST HAVE A TRY AND HAVE PASSION, JUST A BIT WITH A BIT, EVEN IF THE NOTES WILL NOT GET RIGHT, EVEN IF IT DOESN'T SOUNDS GOOD, JUST...
DO
NOT
GIVE
UP!
Stop yelling soyboy.
@@blamoduck6999 but the guy is yelling
first lesson I learned? holy cow, im holding it upsidedown XD
speed150mph as was I 😂
speed150mph not just me, then!!
........
Haha same!
I DID THAT TOO
The intro to this video deserves an award. Good job
Says go grab your accordion, but u have to face the fact that u don't own one 😢
Same 😞
I have old yugoslav one old around 50y
So go and BUY one! Jeez it is not hard!
Ive never even seen one in person or much less for sale.
Well then why did you click on the video then?
Those chords... Now here's a man who loves music.
is anyone planning on playing an accordion?
Skyla DeGrote I am
I'm playing it for almost 5 years now :)
I am
I do
But where can i buy it?
Skla DeGrote I'm planning to learn.
I accidentally landed here, halfway through the lesson. Never thought of buying an accordian and now I just bought one on ebay. Thanks a lot internet.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I THINK I NEED
My grandmother has an accordion that she is willing to let me borrow for some crazy shenanigans my bother and I have planned. It involves learning to play music from the pirates of the Caribbean on the accordion (he already knows guitar) and dancing around the Renaissance festival dressed as pirates from the 1600s
I don't think I can get good at it in that time, but if the tune is at least recognizable it'll be worth it
I don't even have the accordion yet because she lives six hours away, but I'm holding my piano synth upright to simulate accordion keys
James Mitchell is that still a plan? Did is happen? I need a follow up, because that is both ingenious and hilarious. I applaud you.
My grandfather came over on a boat from Poland in the 20s and brought an accordion along it's still in excellent condition. I don't know why but I feel like I want to learn how to play it in honor of him. So here I am. Lots of Polish and German heritage in my family so let's see how far I can get haha.
I have no interest in playing accordion, but you made this very interesting and fun to watch.
😂
The 1-4-5 is probably the most used chord progression ever. It just works. I play guitar, and use that progression more than any other. I was surprised to know it is also popular on the accordion.
I just purchased my first accordion; it's my dream instrument, that ive been longing for since I was small. It should arrive tomorrow, and I'm desperately excited, watching these in preparation.
Any updates lol
@@austenshadle2577 actually it was rather easy to start playing! A bit of a challenge, to work keys and bellows at the same time, but now most of my struggle is just remembering which chord-key is which chord, lol!!
Mr. David McAfee you are a music master. Thank you for your sophisticated way of instructing
Wow! That was a soooo good lesson. Got positively RIOTOUS when you increased tempo. Very nice!
My husband, I play other instruments, I can not use the left hand of Akordeona. I do not speak English but I try to understand it by seeing it. By coincidence I found my video now. Very helpful thank you. TURKEY
Amazing!! I really really want to learn how to play the accordion, right now I only play the piano, but this is helping me get researching so I can consider seriously buying an accordion.
wooowww. I want to learn how to play my grandpa's accordion. just watching this man play I learned a lot!! thanks man!!
Bet he wasn't expecting 430,000 views on a beginner accordion lesson
920 now!
That awkward moment when you want to learn accordion but right now you only have a children's accordion with only chords and bass buttons + 23 piano buttons XD
ikr
Grell Sutcliffe that feeling when you want to learn accordion but don't have an accordion.
same XD
Grell Sutcliffe XD i want to learn so much instruments doe! Like ocarina, bamboo flute, piano etc
Grell Sutcliffe
Hah I just got one for my toddler.
Enjoy your teaching style and the clear video! Now if only I owned an accordion!
I don't have an accordion but I came here to learn how this thing is being played. Thanks man
Ive watched Janne Winblad,s lessons, i never learn i concentrate on the guitar instead. But i enjoy listen, you play very Good. Have a Great Weekend, David.
She!
Shh!
Thank you. Someday i want to learn this beautiful instrument. Reminds me of classic italian music.
It's already 2020, mr. McAfee, I'll buy your antivirus just leave me alone
This part is easy but holy shit the bass keys.
Just watching the vid right now, but I am going to learn tomorrow on my grandmas accordion that my grandpa gave to my dad. my gramps really wants me to learn it
@@petrabriseno2899 How did you do Petra? Is there hope for us newbies? 😂
@@petrabriseno2899 thats why I decided to learn, I took my grandmas 120 Bass
It is easier than it looks!
Wanted to learn to play. Made it 2:00, its not for me. On to the triangle!
First of all good morning I'm second of all I'm interested in learning the accordion I started off in school with the saxophone but then life threw a hard ball at me I ended up undergoing some major surgery and the doctors on the way out destroyed pinched or something the nerve on my left arm so now I cannot coordinate the guitar strings properly and the drums I tried to play also but the nervous messed up somehow where the coordination is not exactly what it used to be but I should be able to pull it off on an accordion it says the spreading of the fingers and stuff like that for a guitar I can't do so I will be following your tutorials thank you so much God bless and stay safe Sam from Ohio
I hope you're still there, but today my dad handed me down his old accordion. He says it's just a toy, it's only got like what 22 keys and 7 chord keys but goddamnit I'm really happy to own it.
thank you, maestro. i'm learning to play. glad i spotted your video.
Thanks for this😁 My grandfather played The accordion and lately ive wanted to learn👍😊
I very much enjoyed this video. And it teaches you in an interactive way that makes me want to learn more! Good job!
this looks like the hardest musical instrument to play
All instruments take many hours to learn well, including the lips (whistling) the body (I consider dance as equivalent to music) accordion or whatever. The main limitation is the person's level of desire. It just takes time for the physical skill to become automatic so that you can focus on the musicality. If you love it, you'll get there.
Try a three keyboard organ
+Jelley Peanuts - And then try playing a pedalboard with your feet! I've been doing it for years, but it took several years of playing on a single keyboard before I could manage pedalling and playing over multiple manuals!
eclipse572 try an organ
If you know any keyboard instrument, you’ll have the right hand mastered already. If you have a basic idea of chords then the left hand is only a matter of finding those buttons quickly enough. I think accordion is easier than piano because you don’t necessary need to learn play chords manually. If your sheet music says A7 then you just press the A7 button.
Thanks for the tutorial it really helped me play my accordion. Now im even better on it. Good tutoring
Just inherited an old hohner la contessa and cannot wait to be able to play anything. What a good time this can be by a fire with some beers
This is on my bucket list, now is the perfect time.
Jeannine Marie omg I thought I need to learn a music instrument during self isolation lol
its my 1 time i see you video its very helpful and good i start to learn .thanks. pleace make more videos. you going be my teacher.bye
Just got 1 for my son its an old Rivoli special red color and so pretty , and not being piano trained, I play percussions but this is a fun & amazing instrument!!
1:30 "Škoda lásky"-Czech polka. My favourite accordion song.
accordion as an instrument in music is really popular in my country. (i'm from croatia) it's always there at weddings or other types of parties. :)
I may be getting an accordion that my grandfathers brother owns. He said something about getting rid of it so I decided (like a year later, I don’t even know if it’s still there) that I wanted to start learning how to play.
this actually looks fun!
I don’t have an accordion but I like to watch the lessons 😂
I’m not a nerd like Urkel, but I am Polish, so I’ve always wanted to learn this.
Accordions are so cool
You have 120 bass notes
Me a trumpet player: hold the fuck up what did you just say
Thankyou david, now i want to learn this instrument.
Great video, thank you for sharing. Can you please share the chords that you played at time 0:38 ? They were not the standard major / minor triads.
Can you pleasee share the chords?
Thanks, I'm planning on playing Amor Limosnero by Los Humildes, like the way the accordion sounds in the song
Less than a minute in and I've learned stuff. Great!
I want to learn the accordion so I can start a heavy metal accordion band when I retire.
I'm in.
I gotta get some straps for mine. I bought a super old one on ebay and fixed it up so that it plays, but all the straps rotted to dust.
My issue is that the bass strap is a different kind from what I have found available online. It attaches with metal plates that flatten it to the side. But I can only find straps that have some screw on one end..
Sorry it's a bit confusing. I'm a noob.
I took my mother's accordion and I've been annoying the heck out of her with my 1-4-5 for the whole day! Haha now I'm almost as good as her! (lie) Thanks!
but really, this is an amazing lesson!
One great regret in my life is not having learned accordian. It looks exciting to play.
You are sooo cool. I have to get the thing fixed. The woman who owned it played it on her lap.
This mind me of my dad playing when I was young ❤
Hey, I know this video is 8 years old so I understand if you don't read comments on here anymore, but I'm seriously interested in learning the accordion, and want to know how much you think I should spend on an accordion just to start out learning. I'm not looking for the best accordion money can buy, because I'm a college student and I can't say for sure if I'll take the hobby very far. Thanks for reading if you did!
this guy Is really cool
What a great view teaching!
Thank you for the video. it's pretty good and useful for beginner~me!!
I have a doubt: if I'm left handed, how can I play the accordion? or any special type for these kind of people?
Yu Ju Hsu You would play it the same as a right handed person. It could just take a bit longer to learn. It shouldn't make too much of a difference though.
Muy buena calse, Maestro!!! Thank you!!! Saludos desde Argentina.
best teacher ever ma man
speed150mph: there is a band ,which has two accordion players, one plays the accordion the right way with piano keys to the right, the other accordion players plays the accordion with the piano keys to the left! It would only require knowing which way is up scale and which is down scale , however most charts for lessons showing where notes are is written for piano keys to the right! So when you play keys going down , you actually go up the scale from lowest not to highest!
If you're left handed, do you turn the accordion around and play the keyboard with your left hand and the buttons with your right hand, or do you just play it the same as right handers?
Watching as someone who takes accordion lessons in music school is quite funny.
omg, why did i go for a guitar, this is just fantastic
This guy is on another level
Middle C on the accordion is not the C in the middle of the keyboard. It's the C in the middle of a piano keyboard and the lowest C on an accordion keyboard.
Of course the actual note played depends on the reed(s) selected, but the lowest C is what's called middle C on an accordion. That's because the right hand of an accordion is usually played like the upper half of a piano, with the bass being handled by the left hand.
I think that was awesome! Wish you would teach that at koocam. I would definitely pay to learn that from u to get suitable info
Yes you can learn that at Koocam. I teach one on one all around the world through Skype. Great way to learn. Go to www.macsaccordion.com you can contact me there. Cheers
I have just acquired an accordion, let's do this shit,David.
Is the brand Scandalli good?
I actually had the fortune of finding a custom 42 note social castle fidardo at an auction for 50$ and I don't know how to play so I suppose here I am because this accordion is a beautiful work of art and the second reason ile pursue learning for however long i may
Yes Italian or German Accordion. Come to my website macsaccordion Click the button on how to buy an Accordion. Also you can take accordion lesson with me thru Skype
I can play piano, so I know how to find the different notes. I want to know how to make the bellows work!
When you’re cast in the production of Cabaret and the producers say “hey how would you feel about playing the accordion your character did in the 98 revival and we think it would be cool” even though you’ve told them you don’t play any instruments and you have 6 weeks to learn...
How do you play and accordion base note versus piano music, I have accordion music but don't understand how the base applies to the piano cord?
played a accordion from 1945 at my uncles house, I'd love to play these
Thank you so much for these lessons
I'm only watching this because my step-father has an accordion that he's not playing. XD
There is a huge difference between the fourth and the four (IV) of C, likewise for the fifth and the five (V)
I have a huge accordion that belonged to my grandpa, but even if I'd love to try it out, it's so damn heavy... the leather straps are also extremely firm and tight, I might replace them...
???? how do you get your machine to produce a sound? im still waiting for you to mention expanding and contracting the bellows
Do I have an accordion: No
Am I watching this anyways: Absolutely
I have an heirloom left-handed accordion.. but I'm right handed. Can I play it upside down? Or should I just learn to play left handed?
I'd learn to play left handed, i am ambadextiours
Guess you'd have to learn to play it left handed.
Hi David, my husband inherited his mother's accordion, and it's sat in the case for about 50 years. I know the straps are in bad shape. Where would one find accordion repair?
Tate McIntyre it depinde where you live, just have a look on Google, type like this: Accordion centre(the city where you live).
and you will find it, just Google it.
The prices would be higher for repairing, because it take longer to repare them, to have a look at each of them chord, and check it and in case they will need to put new things in it, if it's old, or to make it sounds good.
so everything depinde how the accordion is like, I had an accordion, and as new is worth £500 but now I can sell it with no more than £100.
Catlin Andrew thank you
You welcome
You can google accordion repair in your local area and see if there is a repairman. If not you can send your accordion out to be repaired. I use Fred in Las Vegas
I'm right handed, is this the correct way to hold it or are you left handed?
Please suggest a use accordion that I can buy to get started...
I want to get an accordion but I don't know if it would be hard or not. I'm left-handed, so are there any left-handed accordion? And would it be better for me to get a left-handed one or a right-handed one (since most likely all the tutorials would be for right-handed)?
As far as i know, there are no left-handed accordions. But i know quite a lot players that are right-handed and left-handed. They all play the same instrument type without a problem. You need to master both hands, so it doesn't matter.
Excelent !!! 😉👍👏👏👏
As a little kid, I once tried pushing the keys on the "piano" part of a little child-type accordion by itself. Nothing happened. But notes were made when I did some squeezing and stretching on it.
My father-in-law is a good accordion player/tech, and when I watch him jam out I'm totally confused. Hey plays the piano and button versions. I have been playing bass and guitar since 9th grade ( late 30s now), but something about the accordion isn't clicking yet for me. I haven't put any actual time into besides messing around for a few minutes but it seems to have a steep learning curve or maybe I suck. either one.. lol
it shud be easy for you,,,
I have no musical ability but will try.
OK, Let me try!
@@Viktory2k1 updates?
I'm a bit confused because I thought that the middle C on an accordion is the one closest to the chin?
Well that's just wrong on most accordions
What do the buttons above the keyboard do?
I'm thinking about getting an accordion. What would you recommend?
Hohner!
I decided to start learning on a 24 bass accordian so my keyboard looks different to yours. How do I find middle C?
Middle C is he lowest C on your right side.
I really want to take this instrument up, my friend is giving me German accordion apparently from the 1930's, it looks nice it's covered in white celluloid. Unfortunately, the corners of nearly ALL the bellows are all ripped a little bit and some of the bass keys stick. Have any idea how much it'd cost to repair this assuming I could find someone to do it?
Is it weird for me to say that Weird Al is my inspiration for playing the accordion? (No pun intended 😆)