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B/C Accordion Basics

Learn How to Play 16 Popular Irish tunes on the Button Accordion

B/C BUTTON ACCORDION - FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

B/C Accordion Basics is suitable for the absolute beginner and also more advanced learners who wish to add popular Irish tunes to their repertoire.

By the end of this B/C Accordion Basics course you will have a wonderful repertoire of 16 Irish traditional tunes and also knowledge of some of the most common ornamentation techniques used in Irish accordion playing such as cuts, triplets and rolls.  The course has 18 lessons, broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase.

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  • 18 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes
  • PDF sheet music & mp3’s to download & keep for each tune
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Your Tutor

Derek Hickey
Derek Hickey hails from Adare, Co. Limerick. He started playing accordion at a young age. By the age of 18 he joined the band Arcady and then at 21 was invited by Frankie Gavin to join De Dannan. He recorded two albums with the band during the time he spent with them. He is a regular tutor at The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. In his rich and varied performing experiences, he has shared the stage with some of world's greatest talents including Stephan Grappelli and The Rolling Stones.
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Course Structure

The course begins with the basics of the instrument and then moves onto teaching tunes and ornamentation. In each lesson the tutor plays the tune at two different tempos: slowly for the beginners and at a faster pace for the more advanced learners. Many of the tunes taught are rooted in the Sliabh Luachra area of Munster, these tunes include slides and polkas, as well as jigs, reels and hornpipes. 

The tunes taught in this course are:

  • Báidín Fheidhlimí
  • Dad’s Polka
  • The Brosnan Slide
  • The Rolling Wave
  • Downey’s
  • The Cuil Aodha
  • The Cliffs Of Moher
  • An Púca
  • Murphy’s Hornpipe
  • The Mist Covered Mountain
  • Touch Me If You Dare
  • Gan Ainm
  • The Drunken Tinker
  • Dennis Murphy’s Slide
  • New Custom House
  • If There Weren’t Any Women In The World
Sample Sheet Music
Download Download Báidín Fheidhlimí ABC Sheet Music. Download Download Báidín Fheidhlimí Standard Notation Sheet Music.
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B/C Accordion Basics Lessons

1
Basic
The Scale of D Major

The Scale of D Major

Melody
D Major
Focus on Technique
2
Basic
Báidín Fheidhlimí

Exercises on the Scale of D Major

Melody
D Major
Waltz
3
Basic
The Scale of G Major

The Scale of G Major

Melody
G Major
Focus on Technique
4
Basic
Dad’s Polka

Exercises on the Scale of G Major

Melody
G Major
Polka
5
Basic
The Brosnan Slide

Exercises on the Scale of G Major

Melody
G Major
Slide
6
Basic
The Rolling Wave

Exercise on the Scale of D Major

Melody
D Major
Jig
7
Basic
Downey’s

Rhythm in Polka Playing / Introduction to Cuts

Melody
E Minor
Polka
8
Basic
The Cuil Aodha

The Triplet

Melody
D Major
Slide
9
Basic
The Cliffs of Moher

Triplets

Melody
E Minor
Jig
10
Basic
An Púca

Melodic Triplets

Melody
G Major
Jig
11
Basic
Murphy’s Hornpipe

Ascending and Descending Triplets

Melody
G Major
Hornpipe
12
Basic
The Mist Covered Mountain

Derek introduces the ornament ‘The Roll’ in this lesson. He teaches the Jig ‘The Mist Cov…

Melody
A Minor
Jig
13
Basic
Touch me if you Dare

Triplets

Melody
G Major
Reel
14
Basic
Gan Ainm

Cuts

Melody
D Major
Polka
15
Intermediate
The Drunken Tinker

Rolls and Triplets

Melody
A Minor
Reel
16
Intermediate
Dennis Murphy’s Slide

Cuts

Melody
D Major
Slide
17
Intermediate
New Custom House

Rolls

Melody
D Major
Reel
18
Intermediate
If There Weren’t Any Women In The World

Chords

Melody
G Major
Polka
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