Gypsy Jazz Accordion Basics Vol. 1 – RisingReed Accordion School

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0. Getting Started – Swing 42 (C) 3 Lessons

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Getting Started – What to work on in Swing 42

Getting Started – Right Hand Chords for Swing 42

Getting Started – Melody to Swing 42

1. Swing 42 (C) 10 Lessons

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Goals and Homework – Class 1

Melody (Big 4) – with Backing Track and Solo

Chord Comping (Big 4) – The Three Basic Comping Rhythms

Improvisation (Big 4) – Starter Lick and Origin Phrase

Playing Time (Big 4) – Left Hand Patterns for Jazz Manouche

Music Theory for Swing 42

PDF Downloads for Swing 42

Suggested Listening for Swing 42

Backing Tracks for Swing 42

Recording of Zoom Class – Jan 11, 2022

2. La Vie en Rose (C) 14 Lessons

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Goals and Homework – Class 2

Melody (Big 4) – Articulations and Two Kinds of Ornaments

Chord Comping (Big 4) – Beginners

Chord Comping (Big 4) – Experienced

Improvisation (Big 4) – Swing Feel and Phrasing Exercise

Improvisation (Big 4) – Starter Lick and Origin Phrase

Playing Time (Big 4) – Beginners – How to play la pompe

Playing Time (Big 4) – Experienced

Solo Accordion – 4 Approaches to La vie en Rose Solo

Music Theory

PDF Downloads – La Vie en Rose

Backing Tracks – YouTube and Audio Track Download

Recording of Zoom Class 2 – Jan 18, 2022

3. Group Recording Project – La Vie en Rose and Swing 42 4 Lessons

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Homework and Learning Goals

Video Tutorial to Create First BandLab Project

Backing Tracks – ‘Stems’ for doing the project on your own

Recording of Zoom Class 3 – Jan 25, 2022

4. J’attendrai (C) 12 Lessons

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Learning Goals and Homework

Video Tutorial – Make your own “J’attendrai” project in BandLab

Melody – Video showing how to make it swing using 3 easy embellishments

Chord Comping – Beginners Chords in Right and Left Hands

Chord Comping – Experienced Right Hand Chords

Chord Comping – How comp around the melody (Beginner and Experienced)

Improvisation – Beginners – Adding one simple note to your root solo to make it sound way better

Improvisation – Experienced – Great sounding Ornaments 4 Levels of Enclosures

PDF Downloads – J’attendrai

Suggested Listening – Carlo Buti

Backing Tracks and Stem Downloads – ‘Stems’ for Making Your Own J’attendrai Recording Project

Recording of Zoom Class 4 – Feb 9, 2022

5. Settling in to Swing 42, La Vie en Rose, J’attendrai 7 Lessons

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Goals and Homework

Tutorial – How to use the 3 song backing track to practice everything

Chord Comping – Play with Dallas – Trade 2 Bars Comping (Beginners)

Improvisation – Play with Dallas – Trading 2 Bars with You; Soloing on Roots Only, Roots with Half Steps, Blues Scale Fun! (Beginners)

Improvisation – Trade with Dallas – Working through solo vocab licks, blues stuff, and using multiple approaches at a time (Experienced)

Backing Tracks – 3 Song Medley as videos and downloadable stems

Recording of Zoom Class 5 – Feb 15, 2022

6. Seul ce Soir (C) 13 Lessons

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Melody (Beg) – Video 3 Ways to Play Melody to J’attendrai

Melody (Exp): 3 Levels of Making the Melody Come Alive

Chord Comping (Beg)- Explanation of Chord Shapes, and Two Levels of Comping

Chord Comping (Exp): RH Chord Shapes and Comping Around the Melody

Improvisation – (Beg) 4 Levels for Beginners to Shred

Improvisation (Exp) – 2 Levels – Licks and Blues

Playing Time (Beg) – Shapes for Seul ce Soir and 2 levels

Playing Time (Exp): 2 Levels – LH 9th Chords and Walk Ups/Half Steps

PDF Downloads – Seul ce Soir

Backing Tracks – Video and Stem Recording

Recording of Zoom Class 6 – Feb 22, 2022

7. Minor Swing (Am) 13 Lessons

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Goals and Homework: Class 7

The Big 4 (Beg) – Dallas playing all the parts as a band

The Big 4 (Exp) – Dallas playing all the parts as a band

Melody (Beg) – Quick Explanation of things to know about the Minor Swing melody

Melody (Exp) – How to play the melody and the harmony to Minor Swing

Chord Comping (Beg) – Shapes and Rhythms from the Demo to Get You Going

Chord Comping (Exp) – Explaining what I did in the Demo video

Improvisation (Beg) – Using the 4 Different Approaches to make a solo

Improvisation (Exp) – Explanation of 4 Choruses of Soloing from Demo

PDF Downloads – Minor Swing

Backing Tracks- Videos and Stem Tracks

Recording of Zoom Class 7 – Mar 8, 2022

8. Joseph Joseph (Am) 14 Lessons

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Joseph Joseph – All Parts (Beginner)

Joseph Joseph – All Parts (Experienced)

Joseph Joseph – Melody – Ornaments to Sound Klezmer/Folk (Beginner)

Melody (Exp) – Explaining cool ornaments and other embellishments

Chord Comping (Beg) – Short Video on Chord Shapes

Chord Comping (Exp) – Rootless 9th Chords, Diminished Dominants, and other beautiful sounds

Improvisation (Beg) – Quoting Famous Melodies in Your Solo!

Improvisation (Exp) – Explaining the quotes and some new arpeggio shapes in the soloing for you

Playing Time (Beg) – Two Hands Accomp, cool walk ups and walk downs

Playing Time (Exp) – Explaining the cool accordion accompaniment stuff in Joseph Joseph Demo

PDF Downloads – Joseph Joseph

Backing Tracks – Stems for Homework and Video

Recording of Zoom Class 8 – Mar 15, 2022

9. Final Class – Continuing on in Gypsy Jazz 4 Lessons

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Resources – Fakebooks, Websites, Camps, etc.

Final Project – Play Gypsy Jazz with People

Final Thoughts to Keep with You

Recording of Zoom Class 9 – Mar 22, 2022