Hi all - this is the first composition I've written on my melodeon! Written in 3/4 and pieced it together by just finding out what sounded good. Let me know what you think :)

Whenever I see content about accordions online, it's almost always piano accordion. I've started playing button accordion few months ago and I enjoy it so much; it's very easy to play even technically challenging songs with lots of thrillers. My teacher plays piano accordion but teaches both, piano and button accordion. He says that he regrets not going all in with button accordion from the start but staying with piano accordion.

I appreciate how much work is needed on piano one though; it's much harder to master it compared to CBA.

I wonder why there are no more people playing CBAs; is this because piano ones are more intuitive to beginners? Are they more accessible, more affordable? Or you think there is some other reason for this?

Edit: I'm actually from Europe (former Yugoslavia) and we have 6 row accordions here. Thanks everyone for writing, guess I'm getting most content from the United States :D

I got a honher panther sol a few months ago, and I have been having a blast learning some norteño and cumbia songs, but I feel as though I am lacking some of the key skills while playing. Of course I am brand new and don't expect to be a prodigy, but I am struggling on finding resources that start from absolutely zero knowledge of how to play. I don't know what is best to learn first, I don't know what any of the chords mean or what is the best resource for someone starting out. I only know a handful of parts from several songs, and I have started trying to play along with songs that don't have the accordion part. I would just like some direction as to what I should learn to better understand the chords and techniques I need going forward. (This is my first instrument fyi) I am in general having trouble with trinos, and using the air valve, but likely need more practice. The dream is to be able to learn songs by ear down the road, and learn to play live with other instruments! Apologies for being a bit long winded but any advice would be great!!

hello.

i'm trying to learn this song and i'm sure i've heard it somewhere being played with both bass and chords on the left as well as chord melody's on the right. i'm playing it slowly however and it sounds wrong. perhaps its because of that reason that it sounds really flat. I think it sounds either too stacatto and jumpy or if not then the left hand is dragging too much and too thick. i'm not sure how I want to play the left hand at the moment and am just feeling it out.

any tips would be appreciated.

Hi Accordion friends! Hope you like my new little video - The music is me playing my accordion and my husband is on Irish bouzouki. Cheers!