This first lesson is designed for beginners with no previous experience with accordion playing. No music reading ability is needed. A piano accordion is required. Ryan demonstrates playing techniques used commonly in jam sessions, such as accompanying singers, fiddlers and other instrumentalists. He shows how to play rhythm accompaniment similar to that which a guitarist would use. Techniques include: right hand chord rhythms, left hand basses, working the bellows, and circle of fifths. 51 minutes. DVD ISBN 0-931877-49-0
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Ryan Thomson won a Boston Music Award Nomination for his accordion playing with his band - the Crawdad Wranglers. His accordion playing can be heard on the CDs Chicken Gumbo, and Chile! and also on a sound sample clip at this link.