Getting into the Accordion Book and CD

This book is designed for the person who is returning to the accordion after a few idle years and needs a “crash” review. Included with the book to facilitate the review process is an instructional recording by the author! This effective, exceptional teaching aid will motivate and guide the review process very quickly. The minimum size instrument for this breakthrough teaching book is an 80 bass piano accordion. No lyrics included.

About the Author
Gary Dahl is widely known as a virtuoso accordionist as well as a composer, arranger, recording artist and music educator, with an extensive background in music theory, composition and harmony. Gary has now developed an impressive body of work including hundreds of individual arrangements and more than a dozen books currently in publication by Mel Bay Publications. As a recognized teacher, Gary provides specialized training for all levels of students. Gary’s students have won national and state competitions as well as achieving professional status. While Gary resides in Puyallup, Washington near Seattle he provides lessons by correspondence for students worldwide. Gary currently performs as a single for private functions. The Gary Dahl trio plus vocalist performed regularly at private clubs, hotels and the lounge circuit from 1960 through 1991. Gary is a graduate of the University of Washington specializing in composition and theory and is a former commerical corporate pilot, flight instructor and corporate sales manager.

• 12th Street Rag
• A Mighty Fortress
• Accordion Terminology
• Alternating Basses
• Amazing Grace
• America
• America the Beautiful
• Article, A Brief Guide to Slow Practice
• Article, Popular Music in Today’s Society
• Bass Keyboard
• Bass Solo Warm-ups
• Before Playing
• Beginning Chord Memorization Exercises
• Blue Danube Waltz
• Cavaquinho
• Come Back to Sorrento
• Eighth Note Counting Theory
• Fascination
• German Folk Song
• Ja Da
• Just a Closer Walk
• Left Hand Exercises
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart
• Maria Mari
• Marijana
• Mattinata
• Meadowlands
• More Bass Patterns
• More Treble Notes
• Nessun Dorma
• O Mio Babbino Caro
• Old Time Waltz
• Peg O’ My Heart
• Polka
• Red River Valley/Home On The Range
• Review Basic Theory
• Review Coordination
• Right Hand Position
• Rockin’ the Blues
• Scale Technique
• Signs, Tempo, Dynamics
• Stranger in Paradise
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game
• Tango of the Roses
• Tarantella Napoletana
• The Moldau
• The Triplet
• Three Chord Song
• Treble Keyboard
• Triads
• Un Bel di Vedremo
• Waltz
• Whole & Half Steps, s’s, f’s, n’s