Progression with Alain Pennec

Diatonic accordion

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You want to progress on your Diatonic Accordion, to enhance your style and be less academic?

In this course for intermediate players, Alain Pennec gives you the techniques and tips that you'll need to leave the rookie section for good and give the dancers a thrill.

Objectives

  • Learn to use the pinky or cross play

  • Know how to invent variations

  • See how to diversify the left hand accompaniment to enhance your style

  • Master binary and ternary rhythms with the left hand - discover how and when to use them.

  • Learn triplet ornaments with all your fingers

Prerequisites

  • Play with a 2-row G/C Diatonic Accordion

  • Master the beginner courses
  • Practise regularly to progress

Videos for the course

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Introduction to the right hand chords

Alain Pennec shows a first way to play chords with the right hand.

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Gavotte ton double 1/2

The theme of this course is the gavotte mountains. Gavotte mountains but especially dual tone.

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Gavotte ton double 2/2

Now we will work on the accompaniment, on the left hand of this mountain gavotte, “ton double”.

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Riqueniée 1/2

The tune we will be working on today is called the “Riqueniée”.

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Riqueniée 2/2

Now we’ll study the rhythm and harmony of the “Riqueniée”.

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Ornaments on "Bal à quatre"

Ornament technique is explained by Alain Pennec

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Ridée 6 temps 1/2

Here is a "Ridée 6 temps" played by Alain Pennec, learned from Etienne Gandjean played in minor mode.
It was traditi...

Diatonic accordion

Intermediate

Ridée 6 temps 2/2

In this 2nd video Alain shows the accompaniment of the "Ridée 6 temps", playing with the rhythms to always keep energ...