Accordion Chords.

[BT FIDO]

At the inspiration of Mr. Linnel, I picked up a 120 bass accordion a little
while back. I'm enjoying playing it. Try as I might, though, I cannot find a
chart that shows which button does which chord. For those of you unfamiliar
with the accorion, there is a keyboard on the right hand side, and the left
hand side has 120 buttons, and every one of them is a chord. Does anybody know
where I can find a chart that lists the chord of each button? Also, how about
accordion tabs for TMBG? Or am I just dreaming?
~Brent

[Ramso]

"BT FIDO" it was always there...

>Try as I might, though, I cannot find a chart that shows which button does
which >chord.

http://www.accordionlinks.com/play.cfm

>Also, how about accordion tabs for TMBG? Or am I just dreaming?

I just use the guitar chords that you can find pretty easily on my
accordion.

Ramsey

[Thomas Zeitner]

BT FIDO wrote in message <20010902164500...@mb-fg.aol.com>...

In reference to accordion or keyboards tabs, keep dreaming. Very few TMBG
pieces have been written out for either instrument, the closest being the
sheet music for "Boss of Me" which has the keyboard written out in standard
notatation, and this piece from twistid.com/tmbg, which provides the
seperate notes from the solo. Most TMBG songs are available as chords,
though, especially www.tmbg.org or www.twistid.com/tmb/tabs.cfm , so
learning to play "rhythm" for a song is easy like kindergarten.

As for the bass bauttons on your accordion, here's a chart of a 120-bass
accordion. It's not my favorite, but you will get the general idea.
http://www.accordionpage.com/basar.html .If you're going to pick up the
accordion, or any keyboard instrument, I reccommend taking a crash course in
music theory first. It's not neccesary, but the relationships between
chords becomes more intuitive after a simple class.

Of course, nothing will ever replace actual lessons. It's like being a
Jedi.

ps. The Phauxharmonic, already.

[Katie In Shoes]

I heard somewhere that Linnell mostly uses the keyboard, and doesn't work as
much with the buttons as most accordionists do.

I'm sure that's not terribly helpful.

But I'm never terribly helpful.

Good luck with it, though. Accordions are sexy. Or something like that.

Katie

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[Doctor Worm]

Thomas Zeitner wrote:
> In reference to accordion or keyboards tabs, keep dreaming. Very few > TMBG pieces have been written out for either instrument, the closest
> being the sheet music for "Boss of Me" which has the keyboard written > out in standard notatation, and this piece from twistid.com/tmbg,
> which provides the seperate notes from the solo.

The thing is, it wouldn't be hard at all to write "tabs" for the
keyboard. You could just write the letter for the note, or use a system
like C=1, D=2, E=3, et cetera. You can write chords such as C/E/G. Also,
you can specify the octave (is that what it's called?) by using B1, B2,
B3. I learned how to play Robot Parade from a MIDI file, but if anyone
is interested, I can translate it into my "tabbing" system. I don't know
of many TMBG songs where the keyboard is the main instrument.

[Alex Simko]

> I don't know
> of many TMBG songs where the keyboard is the main instrument.

Mammal, Dinner Bell, Why Must I Be Sad, James K. Polk (EP Version), I'm A
Human Head, Working Undercover, Piece Of Dirt, Kiss Me Son Of God
(Alternate), Hope That I Get Old Before I Die, 32 Footsteps, to name a few.
--Lex