Expert with Alain Pennec

Diatonic accordion

Dashboard

More and more rapid, more and more technical, this course ends the series offered by Alain Pennec to learn how to play the Diatonic Accordion.

If you enjoyed the previous courses, this one should get you even more excited.

Objectives

  • Play complex accompaniments with the left hand

  • Ornament with the little finger

  • Master staccato to match the style of the dance

  • Improve your ternary rhythm skills on the left hand

  • Discover the walking bass technique

Prerequisites

  • Play on a 2-row G-C Diatonic Accordion.

  • Not for beginners

  • Play intermediate level tunes comfortably

Videos for the course

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Laridés Gavotte 1/2

Alain Pennec teaches "Laridés gavotte", one of the fastest dances in Brittany.

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Laridés Gavotte 2/2

Play chords and harmony with left hand, in a fast dance is not really easy. Here you have a proposition from Alain Pe...

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Là-bas dans la prairie 1/2

Melody that can be played as a march too. Alain Pennec has collected it with Albert Poulain from Pipriac.

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Là-bas dans la prairie 2/2

In this video, Alain Pennec works on the harmonies and on the rhythm. Alain shows you how you can use your left hand ...

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Kas a barh 1/2

A lot of people play this tune for the dancers.

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Kas a barh 2/2

A lot of people play this tune for the dancers.

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Bal à quatre 1/2

This "Bal à quatre", classic of the peninsula of RHUYS in the southwestern of Brittany

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Bal à quatre 2/2

This "Bal à quatre", classic of the peninsula of RHUYS in the southwestern of Brittany

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Kost ar c'hoad 1/2

Alain plays a Kost ar c'hoad, it is a dance that was practiced in the communes that adjoin the Quénécan Forest near L...

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Kost ar c'hoad 2/2

Kost ar c'hoad 2/2

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Scottish du Père Rouxel 1/2

This "Scottish" was learnt from "Père Rouxel" who was an accordion player and a butcher in Sérent, Morbihan. A great ...

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Scottish du Père Rouxel 2/2

2nd part of the "Scottish" with Alain PENNEC

The main difficulty is the coordination between the eighth notes on t...

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Ton double Plinn 1/2

It's a tune in a minor key that requires a lot of crossed row with work on ornemantations.

Diatonic accordion

Advanced

Ton double Plinn 2/2

It's a tune in a minor key that requires a lot of crossed row with work on ornemantations.