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DO YOU HAVE AN ACCORDION LAYING AROUND THE HOUSE? "Non omnes qui habent citharam sunt citharoedi." (Not all those who own a musical instrument are musicians.) - Marcus Terentius Varro
As men tioned in my bio, the accordion was my first instrument. A door-to-door salesman visited our home when I was 7, selling small 12-bass accordions like the one pictured at left, and lessons were included! I begged my parents to get me an accordion and let me take lessons. My parents loved the instrument - my older brothers and our dogs, not so much! They all, including my brothers, whined whenever I practiced. But, practice I did! When I graduated to a120-bass accordion (like in the photo below), I had to play my first solo sitting down so that I wouldn't tip over under the weight of the larger accordion hanging from my shoulders. But I did grow into it, and played for years in my instructor's accordion band (really!) in annual concerts at Santa Rosa's Veteran's Memorial Building, where our guest artists were always notables from The Lawrence Welk Show - Myron Floren, Bob Ralston, Joann Castle among them.
LESSONS FOR CHILDREN OR ADULTS - PIANO ACCORDION ONLY!
 If you'd like to learn to play button accordion, diatonic accordion, or any other variation that differs from a piano accordion, then I wish you the best of luck - but I can't help you! But, if your accordion looks similar to this one (keyboard on the right, 2-5 rows of buttons on the left, bellows in between), I can show you how to make music with that squeezebox of yours! Call for a free consultation. ACCORDION JOKES ABOUND...
It turns out you have to have something of a thick skin and a well-developed sense of humor about your hobby once you start to play accordion (at least, once your family and/or friends know about it...)And, yes, if you have a great accordion joke...I've probably already heard it, and can probably top it. I'll save the best for after I've gotten to know you, but here's a few to get you started: -2,400,000 Americans play the accordion - hopefully not at the same time. (Found inside a Pepsi cap.) - What is the definition of a gentleman? Someone who knows how to play an accordion, but doesn't. - How many accordions can you fit in a phone booth? 101, if you chop them up fine enough. - What do you call an accordion player with a pager? An optimist. - What is the difference between an accordion and a cat? Only the cost, they both make the same sound when you squeeze them. - What is the most frequent request made of accordionists? Can you play Far, Far Away? |
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