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First
Thursday
of every month - Squeezebox
Circle get-together; Spartacus Books. The next
session will be January 2nd, 7.30 pm,
- 3378 Findlay(just off
Commercial Drive at 18th)
Contact: To
add your event, band, or other resource to this website - or for more
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Squeezebox
Circle
'homework' - songs played at the Squeezebox Circle:
Squeezebox Circle June 6 2013 - outside at Maclean Park
Squeezebox
Circle Nov 1 2012 - at the
Prophouse Cafe, featuring Sergiu Popa. Photo by Hiromi Iwase
Accordion Joe
Odessa Bulgar - West Coast
Accordion Babes
The Godfather Waltz played by a student accordion orchestra
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Accordion Bass
Notation - a scan of a page from the American Accordionists'
Association about how bass notation should
be written
Accordion Cafe is a growing
online resource with lessons, sheet music, how to improvise info and
more. Free registration required.
Accordion Sheet Music - a nice collection of arrangements of familiar tunes (and more) by Maestro Don Quattrochi
Accordion Orchestra Sheets - a
collection of scores for 'accordion orchestra' - typically
four-accordion parts plus bass score
Boxes
Without Borders offers a
growing set of sheet music for traditional tunes from many cultures,
with recordings of each.
Canadian Accordion Institute -
digital recordings from a 1957 LP of 24 accordion lessons by
Vancouver's Robert de Camillis (note - 100 MB download)
Celtic Instrumental
Workshop booklet - selected tunes from thesession.org
including songs: Annie Laurie, The Ash Grove, Bill Sullivan's
Polka,
The Blarney Pilgrim, The Butterfly, John Kelly, Carolan's Receipt,
Planxty Connor,Connaughtman's Rambles, Dennis Murphy's Polka, Drowsy
Maggie, Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom Do Lamh), John Ryan's Polka, The
Irish Washerwoman, Kerry Polka, The Kesh, Mairi's Wedding, The Rattlin'
Bog, The Road to Lisdoonvarna, The Swallowtail, The Wind that Shakes
the Barley
Diatonic Fingering App
- online app to convert abc notation into fingering notation for single
row and multiple diatonic button accordions. Free.
Finale Notepad
- the entry level version of this very good (commercial) music notation
software is now free and worth getting (Windows & Mac versions)
Forte Notation Free
- free version of this music notation program (Windows-only)
King Street Sessions
Tunebook
- giant (406 pages!) collection of reels (Irish and Scots),
strathspeys, hornpipes, polkas, jigs, marches, waltzes, and more....
Linkonardo Accordion
- great set of links for everything accordion - clubs, history, learn
to play, sheet music, and lots more.
MuseScore- free music
composition and notation software for Mac, Windows & Linux. And a get-started
tutorial. And - Lots of free, downloadable accordion charts at Musescore
Shelia Lee's Accordion Blog
- 'Accordion Playing Made FUN!' Includes hundreds of accordion
arrangements - solos, duets, and more. Some require a password for
downloading, which can be obtained (for free) by emailing Shelia Lee.
Here's her new index to
the songs on her site
Sofege Cheat Sheet - translate
French-style do-re-mi lead sheets to North American standard C-D-E
chords
Superpartituras
- Brazilian website with 300+ accordion charts for download and lots
more.
Texas Folklife Accordion Performance sheetmusic
collection-
Beer Barrel Polka, Cielito Linda, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Yellow
Rose of Texas, El Rancho Grande, German Waltz Medley, Jole Blon, Lili
Marlene, That's Amore, The Wedding Tarantella, Waltz Across Texas,
Jambolaya
Yann Tiersen's La Noyee -
- duet versions to
this Yann Tiersen/Amelie tune: Accordion
1 and Accordion 2 parts or both parts together Note:
Accordion 2 is both easier and the
melody! Here's Edmonton's Heinz Frank and June playing
this duet. And here's another duet arrangement.
Oblivion duet - arrangement of this gentle Astor Piazzola tango
Fear of the South - in 5/4 time
from the movie 'Everything is Illuminated' (listen
on YouTube) as arranged by Katheryn Petersen
Gena the Crocodile x 2 - two
Russian animation tunes: Gena's Birthday Song and Gena's Train Song. Watch
Gena the
Crocodile's Russian Birthday Song
(w. English lyrics!)
Accordion Cafe
library of musette sheet music (free registration required to download)
sheet music for most of Yann Tiersen's songs in movie Amelie- many of the songs from
the film, of varying complexity
and accordion-friendliness: a 9 MB download - or check the Yann Tiersen Sheet Music Archive
La Noyee - duet version to
this Yann Tiersen/Amelie tune: Accordion
1 and Accordion 2 parts or both parts together Note:
Accordion 2 is both easier and the
melody! Here's Edmonton's Heinz Frank and June playing
this duet. Here's another duet arrangement.
Under Paris Skies (Sous le Ciel de Paris)
- chart with the passing tones in the bass. Give it a try (Note that F-
chord = Fminor, Bb7/Ab chord means play a Bb7 chord + an Ab bass note.
A F#°7 chord is an F# diminished!)
Under Paris Skies (Sous le Ciel de Paris) - 2 revised arrangements by Andy Fielding: Simpler (recommended for Squeezebox Circle) and 'Concert Lead'
Celtic Instrumental
Workshop booklet - selected tunes from thesession.org
including songs: Annie Laurie, The Ash Grove, Bill Sullivan's
Polka,
The Blarney Pilgrim, The Butterfly, John Kelly, Carolan's Receipt,
Planxty Connor,Connaughtman's Rambles, Dennis Murphy's Polka, Drowsy
Maggie, Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom Do Lamh), John Ryan's Polka, The
Irish Washerwoman, Kerry Polka, The Kesh, Mairi's Wedding, The Rattlin'
Bog, The Road to Lisdoonvarna, The Swallowtail, The Wind that Shakes
the Barley
King Street Sessions
Tunebook
- giant (406 pages!) collection of reels (Irish and Scots),
strathspeys, hornpipes, polkas, jigs, marches, waltzes, and more....
Fischia Il Vento
-
Russian tune (Katyusha) that became an anthem for Italian partisans in WWII. (w.
Italian/English lyrics). See (accordion-less) YouTube
clip
Cheerful Little Earful
- jaunty little piece. Here's
a 1930 big band recording - note the accordion solo near the end!
Play the minor 7th chords with the bass note + the major chord two rows over: Fm7 = F
bass + Ab Maj chord
Cute- jazz tune for comping
and improvising. Here's virtuoso accordionist Art Van Damme playing
it...
Scott Joplin rag (simplified versions, but piano
score): The Entertainer
Favela
(aka O Morro Nao Tem Vez) - bossa nova. Included is a sheet on how to
play the 'jazz chords' on accordion. No good accordion versions, so listen
to Stan Getz
More work on jazz chords: Manha
de Carnival (from Black Orpheus): more complex arrangement (now with chart showing
how to play the complex chords)
- and YouTube link
Scott Joplin rag (simplified versions, but piano
score): Maple Leaf Rag
Midnight in Paris
- theme from the Woody Allen movie, also known as I Remember When or Si
Tu Vois Me Mere (by jazz great Sidney Bechet). Here's a version in a
different key. See it here
Take Five - two versions: Eb minor or C minor (The Eb
minor version is the 'right' key but the C minor version might be
easier to play!) Hear it on
accordion or by the Dave
Brubeck Quartet
Duet arrangement by Andy Fielding: Freylach No. 2
(also named Freylach Zain, Le Marriage, Der Rebe Hot Geheysn, Ma Yofus,
Tanz Tanz Yidelekh and probably other
names!)... YouTube
clip. (Even newer revised
version!)
Cachita - perky Latin tune for
two accordions - here's a Cuban (non-accordion) version
Brazilian choro Cheguei by
the great Alfredo da Rocha Viana aka Pixinguinha - arranged by Andy
Fielding. Listen here
El Choclo- tango standard - watch
it + El Choclo (Kiss of Fire) - well
known tango scored for accordion orchestra (4 treble parts + bass
accordion). Here's an 'easy' accordion arrangment with fingering, etc.
Favela
(aka O Morro Nao Tem Vez) - bossa nova. Included is a sheet on how to
play the 'jazz chords' on accordion. No good accordion versions, so listen
to Stan Getz
Mystery French Tango
- does anyone know the real name to this tune?
More work on jazz chords: Manha
de Carnival (from Black Orpheus): more complex arrangement (now with chart showing
how to play the complex chords)
- and YouTube link
Rosa - Brazilian waltz by master
Choro composer Pixinguinha. To play m7b5 chords: Play the bass note as
written, combined with the minor
chord 3 rows down (i.e. Dm7b5 = D + Fmin). See YouTube
accordion/violin duet
Chattanooga Choo Choo - see the classic
clip with the Glen Miller Orchestra + the fabulous Nicholas
Brothers & Dorothy Dandridge dance routine (but no accordions!)
Che Sera Sera - duet arrangement. Thanks to the Big Squeeze Band from Melbourne!
Clairene Waltz - a Frank
Yankovic tune as arranged by Andy Fielding
Colonel Bogey's March - accordion trio arrangement - familiar from the film Bridge on the River Kwai
or leadsheet - as played at the rainy Accordion Noir
Fest opening parade - and here it's played
by the Liberty Bellows accordion orchestra with guest dancer
Dill Pickle Rag -
duet. Listen to the 1911 Guido Deiro version! And here's
Dill Pickle Rag
- a new arrangement (by Andy Fielding) of this classic ragtime tune. Here's
a 1906 player piano version.
