Free improvising on the standard-bass accordion. An easy-to-understand instruction book for beginners and advanced players.

Jazz chords on the standard-bass accordion! Whoever formerly thought that music pieces could be played only with the usual “um-pah-pah” accompaniment in the bass line on the traditional accordion will learn something new here. The author shows how you can evolve from the standard accompanying harmonies of major, minor, and seventh chords, to achieve quite new, e...

From the contents:

• 10 Rules for Improvising
• Basics
• Chord Terminology and Symbols
• Tips for Playing with Jazz Chords
• Practical Examples
• Chord Chains with Upper-Part Melodies
• Traditional Accordion Bass Notation and Jazz Chord Notation
• The History of Chords
• Chord Tables, Interval Position Charts, Chord Fingering Position Tables