June Is National Accordion Awareness Month

weirdalfan95 · Post by **weirdalfan95** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:35 am

I think you meant it can't be bigger than you, Kristine? Accordions only come in sizes between 19 and a half inches to 15 inches... So that's sorta impossible for it to bigger than you.

Post by **Kristine** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:36 am

weirdalfan95 @ Jun 9 2006, 06:35 AM wrote: I think you meant it can't be bigger than you, Kristine? Accordions only come in sizes between 19 and a half inches to 15 inches... So that's sorta impossible for it to bigger than you.

nah, i just mean that i need to be able to hold it up on my little 110lbs body.

weirdalfan95 · Post by **weirdalfan95** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:40 am

Oh... Well, accordions usually weigh from (I think) 29 pounds to 15... I have a two register accordion *which means I can choose between 1 reed or 2 reeds per note) and it weighs about 20 pounds... I can lift it without struggling... Btw, knowing how to play piano's good cause you know how to play the main part of the accordion. The treble notes... The bass buttons shouldn't be hard since it's bass then chord over and over...

Post by **NovaGreensocks** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:11 pm

I finally bought an accordion today

It's being shipped, but... Woo!
And... I'm *pretty* sure... that today kinda forms a 27...
6+13+2+6 ['cause zero doesn't count XP]

jake waters · Post by **jake waters** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:19 pm

weirdalfan95 @ Jun 8 2006, 10:40 PM wrote: Oh... Well, accordions usually weigh from (I think) 29 pounds to 15... I have a two register accordion *which means I can choose between 1 reed or 2 reeds per note) and it weighs about 20 pounds... I can lift it without struggling... Btw, knowing how to play piano's good cause you know how to play the main part of the accordion. The treble notes... The bass buttons shouldn't be hard since it's bass then chord over and over...

And if you're familiar with the circle of fifths, you won't need to memorize the buttons on the bass side.
As with any instrument, there are lots of little tricks to learning the accordion, but NOTHING compares to hours and hours of practice. I've been playing for close to ten years, and practice is still very important.

Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:57 pm

Yeah, I know it's July, but still... the accordion gets some love

I love the bit where the number that brings the house down is "Bohemian Rhapsody." That Weird Al... always ahead of the trend.

Limecat · Post by **Limecat** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:45 pm

I thinking of trying to get/learn to play an accordion. Are they hard to learn how to play?

ducttapeearth · Post by **ducttapeearth** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:36 am

That Main Squeeze place looks so cool!

Post by **KnottyEmily** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:02 am

I now have two accordions, a 24 bass and a 120 bass which is huge. I also got a complete set of lesson books for free with the smaller accordion. They are really old, the print is typewriter style and quotation marks are used weirdly, like "piano accordion", "music" and "shoulder straps"....

Post by **algonacchick** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:19 am

That's great, Emily! Good luck woth the lesson books. Hubby would kill me if I even thought about buying an accordion. He hates Al, and he would know that was the reason.