Irish BC button accordion beginner lesson - finding notes / scales

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  • čas přidán 25. 03. 2020
  • A quick lesson on what I find to be the most useful "scales" for learning the patterns of notes all the way up and down, starting with the "hexatonic" scale containing the notes common to G and D major, and then adding the notes that make the full G and D major scales.
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Komentáře • 65

  • @brianmcdonald8150
    @brianmcdonald8150 Před rokem +3

    You are the best teacher I have found for the B/C accordion. You make it so easy to follow and understand. Thank you. Please do more.

  • @grahamowen2337
    @grahamowen2337 Před 3 lety +5

    Thanks Paul. Reviewing my entire fingering - what a help!

  • @debbiemurphy9498
    @debbiemurphy9498 Před rokem +2

    I agree with Brian McDonald-so clear and all chunked so I can keep up and pace is great. 😀

  • @mandosandradios
    @mandosandradios Před 4 lety +9

    Excellent, more b/c videos please.

  • @dmacseain
    @dmacseain Před 4 lety +6

    Very much appreciated Paul. As a whistle player in line for my first box... I'm awaiting a BC. Your video makes it all a touch less intimidating. LoL. Anything more you can share is greatly appreciated. Cheers!

  • @mikerapp8163
    @mikerapp8163 Před 3 lety +1

    Fantastic. I’m a beginner on the BC box. I found your video extremely helpful in understanding the lessons in The Box. Thank you

  • @waynedickerson4493
    @waynedickerson4493 Před 3 lety +2

    Absolutely fantastic video thank you very much Paul

  • @roystonwebster5794
    @roystonwebster5794 Před 3 lety +2

    Cheers mate, that was very informative, very much appreciated and very well presented.

  • @markyates2096
    @markyates2096 Před 3 lety

    Very helpful! Thank you! I just received my new Saltarelle Aether III B C button accordion today. It's a beautiful instrument and I'm excited to learn it. I hope you will share other videos with specific tunes for us to learn.

  • @terrencebutler2232
    @terrencebutler2232 Před 2 lety +1

    Perfect...great explaining the notes carefully...cheers from newfoundland.

  • @patriciashanahan7185
    @patriciashanahan7185 Před 10 měsíci

    Hi Paul, thanks for re introducing me to my BC Button Accordion, haven't played since I was11yrs old only playing at beginner level, and at 73yrs old its my Winter project. great tutorial, thank you

  • @emmasedgwick8385
    @emmasedgwick8385 Před rokem

    This is wonderful, thank you Paul !!!

  • @celticcreations4856
    @celticcreations4856 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you Paul. I have been looking for lessons like this for a while. Please keep going.

    • @annmcardle6470
      @annmcardle6470 Před 3 lety

      Just bought melodeon so desperate for lessons

  • @BlueStamp_
    @BlueStamp_ Před 4 lety +3

    As soon as I can find one of these, I’m going to learn how to play it!

  • @tony59able
    @tony59able Před 3 lety

    That was really useful. Thanks very much.

  • @other2535
    @other2535 Před 3 lety +2

    Great video, very helpful, thank you for uploading!!

  • @ego347
    @ego347 Před 3 lety +1

    Super helpful. Thanks!

  • @dennisworrall1239
    @dennisworrall1239 Před 2 lety

    Just started today well explained system Thanks

  • @Huh560
    @Huh560 Před 4 lety

    Thank you Paul!

  • @c_farther5208
    @c_farther5208 Před 3 lety

    Great video, thanks for posting. I subscribed but haven't seen anymore.

  • @hikmatshaya2586
    @hikmatshaya2586 Před 6 měsíci +1

    A Very super & Excellent. Of Learning

  • @celticcreations4856
    @celticcreations4856 Před 3 lety

    I have the little
    Garvey AAA. B/C 21 Button accordion. Does the job for now.

  • @en3usiastfortesque368
    @en3usiastfortesque368 Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent tutorial.....!!.....personal journey is from decades of piano accordion. Just wondering about the history of the B/C button accordion : with much folk music being in the keys of D and G......

  • @mauricerichard3611
    @mauricerichard3611 Před 4 lety +2

    Paul thank you for this, I play an AD box and have been considering picking up a BC box. This is an excellent explanation regarding note placement. A bit different of course. Really like your post !

    • @LMills259
      @LMills259 Před 3 lety

      BC is sweet because the two rows are only shifted off by a half-step, so while yeah, it's "diatonic", it does have all the sharps and flats. Not all keys are convenient to play in, of course, but it can be done. And like Paul says, keys of D and G are really convenient. Hope you like it!

  • @dairan1336
    @dairan1336 Před měsícem

    In the meantime, I found this.... It might help me understand.... Thanks

  • @BlueSkyLtd.
    @BlueSkyLtd. Před rokem

    Ty! 🦋

  • @sheepgrenade6193
    @sheepgrenade6193 Před 11 měsíci +2

    I literally just taught myself accordion through learning songs by ear 😂

    • @zocco6265
      @zocco6265 Před 14 dny

      How? I can't understand😂

  • @res466
    @res466 Před rokem

    Thanks Paul. Would love to Lear the basics and play a few tunes

  • @mariandennehy5896
    @mariandennehy5896 Před 3 lety

    Paul I learning to play bc black dot honer accordion and find it difficult to get any basic lessons on how to play the bass. Can you help or guide me please.

  • @leswright3340
    @leswright3340 Před 4 lety

    Very good video Paul. Is the standard bass layout on the bc ideal for this scale you are showing here? 😀

    • @paulyoungfolk
      @paulyoungfolk  Před 4 lety +1

      BC bass layouts vary quite a bit. Mine is McComiskey layout, which I think may be the most common, but Burke layout has all the same chords in the same directions, just arranged differently. They'll both let you do a decent job of accompanying tunes in all the common keys, especially if you have the thirds out of your chords.

    • @leswright3340
      @leswright3340 Před 4 lety

      Thankyou Paul 👍🎼😀

  • @kevinbarry5134
    @kevinbarry5134 Před rokem

    Paul, can you show us on sheet music how to identify that a song is in G major or D major, etc., so I will know what buttons to be ready for?

  • @maineroad7429
    @maineroad7429 Před 2 lety

    Lovely sound. Where is your accordion tuned?

  • @robertjsmith7560
    @robertjsmith7560 Před 5 měsíci

    Can you please explain which one is on the Pull and which ones on the Push ? thanks

  • @michaeldurkan5982
    @michaeldurkan5982 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you so much....Do you lice in Ireland and do you give lessons thanks Michael

  • @seanoregan998
    @seanoregan998 Před 8 měsíci

    So the natural notes are all in the middle of the button board? And all the notes written off the natural scale are either above or below the button board?

  • @dazmick1111
    @dazmick1111 Před rokem

    What's the best b/c accordion for an absolute beginner? What make?

  • @paulasbansode8799
    @paulasbansode8799 Před 3 lety

    Hi,Sir Im Paulas from India I want to bay this Accordion plz help me.

  • @philasselstine7816
    @philasselstine7816 Před 7 měsíci

    Just woundering whats ur apinion on btween hohner pokerworks and hohner erica

  • @Orourkebanjo
    @Orourkebanjo Před 9 měsíci

    I’m a fiddle and whistle player. Is this a difficult instrument to pick up and learn? I know dozens and dozens of jigs and reels already.

  • @other2535
    @other2535 Před 3 lety

    Any chance you could explain ornamentation?
    ie: rolls, cuts, etc.
    Thanks much

    • @paulyoungfolk
      @paulyoungfolk  Před 3 lety +3

      Here you go: czcams.com/video/vEpcDmrPibM/video.html

  • @rickdeboer6615
    @rickdeboer6615 Před 10 měsíci

    I don’t understand it… I inherited my grandmothers 21 button melodeon, (Hohner Erica) as a kid played some tunes on it… but somehow I don’t have the notes in the same order as yours 🤔
    It’s not that i’m “note-def”…. I play the guitar, drums, trumpet, piano, etcetera….
    Could it be mine is tuned in a different way?

    • @paulyoungfolk
      @paulyoungfolk  Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yes, very probably. Try my video on beginners DG melodeon. It could also be GC, CF, or various other things.

  • @PLECATARIAN
    @PLECATARIAN Před rokem

    For song notes check out martin dardis he was a life saver for me

  • @MusicTeacherClassStuff
    @MusicTeacherClassStuff Před 4 měsíci

    Is this the same as a Melodeon? I have seen a B/C but with 22 buttons one row of 7, one of 8 then another 7

    • @paulyoungfolk
      @paulyoungfolk  Před 4 měsíci

      Well, it's the same as what in Britain we'd call a melodeon, but BC layout instead of DG etc. But in Ireland and among players of Irish music it would always be called a button accordion and "melodeon" is reserved specifically to refer to one row instruments. You'll only really find BC boxes referred to as melodeons on some English retailers websites.

  • @seanoregan998
    @seanoregan998 Před 8 měsíci

    How can the 6 notes sound different going up the scale?

    • @paulyoungfolk
      @paulyoungfolk  Před 8 měsíci +1

      They're in different "octaves" as you go up and down. So compared to the A in the middle, the A at the top sounds sort of "the same but higher". Think of the notes as different colours but then the same notes in another octave as like different shades of that colour. If A is blue then high A is light blue.

    • @seanoregan998
      @seanoregan998 Před 8 měsíci

      @@paulyoungfolk aha....tysm. I'm brand new to the whole thing and trying to learn in my own.

  • @kateherdman5805
    @kateherdman5805 Před rokem

    Is the draw and push the same note on a botton?

  • @laurieticguingan7231
    @laurieticguingan7231 Před 4 lety

    play a song, so that we hear if its good

  • @DrMerle-gw4wj
    @DrMerle-gw4wj Před 2 lety

    This guy's accent is so thick I can hardly understand what he says.

    • @renderizer01
      @renderizer01 Před 2 lety +2

      You're joking, right? Or is something wrong with your ears maybe? I think he's perfectly easy to understand. Nothing thick about his accent at all.

    • @jerrycargill4847
      @jerrycargill4847 Před 2 lety

      I'm American and I understand every word. He has an accent, yes, but it's not like he's speaking Cockney here.

  • @andrewr888r
    @andrewr888r Před 3 lety +2

    You talk too much