This book is a mixture of traditional and contemporary tunes from the Scottish accordionists' repertoire.

It explores the common tune types played in Scotland, i.e. the Jig, reel, strathspey, slow air, waltz, march and polka. Some tunes are arranged in a traditional, dance music style where others have been set with a more contemporary feel as used by the author and many of the ?new age? of Scottish accordionists. Strong emphasis has been placed on the use of the left hand to enhance the style and arrangement.

Ian Lowthian was brought up steeped in the Scottish accordion tradition; he is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music who, since leaving, has concentrated mainly in traditional music as a performer, teacher and composer. / Musiques du monde / Partition CD / Agrafé /

David DiGiuseppe's Learn Blues Accordion is a unique method that features 34 blues compositions for the Accordion as well as numerous exercises that have been carefully designed to help you master thestyle. The exercises increase in difficulty and introduce concepts and techniques that specifically target both hands. With this method you will explore blues scales chord progressions and learn common techniques such asgrace notes slides pedal points double stops and tremolos. Left hand accompanying rhythmic styles are taught and used throughout the material including boogie-woogie the blues shuffle New Orleans and walking basslines. This book also features exercises on comping chords in common blues keys using various rhythmic patterns. The included online audio tracks are recorded in stereo format separating the left and righthands.