Basics with Gaël cadoret

Diatonic accordion

Dashboard

Here is a course especially created for rookie players to explore the basic techniques necessary and essential to properly handle your Accordion with simple step by step lessons.

 

Whether you want to start playing the Diatonic Accordion or practise the basics for a steady progression later, this course is for you.

Objectives

  • First steps with your Accordion in hand and feel comfy with it
  • Learn to manage the bellows
  • Understand the basics on the right and left hand.
  • Know the notes of your keyboard
  • Learn to play short and long notes
  • Play your first chords with your left hand
  • Learn to sing and play together with amusement dances

Prerequisites

  • Play with a diatonic accordion in G - C 2 rows

  • Practise regularly for 15 minutes

Videos for the course

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Handling the bellows

Gaël gives you some very useful hints to handle the air flow of the bellows

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Holding an accordion with no strap

Gaël gives you some advice to play with an accordion that does not have a strap.

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

How to handle the diatonic accordion 1/2

Gaël CADORET talks about how to handle your diatonic accordion.

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

How to handle the diatonic accordion 2/2

You will continue to learn about diatonic accordion with Gaël CADORET.

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

La danse des cuisinières 1/2

Gaël Cadoret presents this wedding dance from "Poher" country. It is called "The cooks' dance".

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

La danse des cuisinières 2/2

Gaël Cadoret presents the 2nd part of this wedding dance from "Poher" country. It is called "The cooks' dance".

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Les guédennes du Gouray 1/2

Gaël Cadoret takes us to the "Mené" with this dance for two.

The particularity of this tune is to introduce the no...

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Les guédennes du Gouray 2/2

2nd part of the "Guédennes" by Gaël Cadoret with a left hand proposal.

Gaël Cadoret focuses on the work of the lef...

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Les rats et les souris 1/2

Gaël Cadoret presents this dance for children

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

"Les rats et les souris" 2/2

Gaël Cadoret present this dance for children

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Toutouig, Breton lullaby 1/2

It's about learning a Breton lullaby that will allow us to discover a new way to support the left hand by bass - chor...

Diatonic accordion

Beginner

Toutouig, breton lullaby 2/2

We are together to add left hand on the lullaby Toutouig but first I have a few thoughts in relation to the managemen...