4 Ways of Using The Counterbass Row 

Wonderful!!

Great idea! I like that ending idea.... Hold on right and movement on left. Thanks

Yes!! That's a good one! Putting in the counterbass every once in a while adds a little spice :)

Thank you Daisy!

That's a great idea!

Congrats!

Contra and Counter are the same I think

LIFE CHANGING?! :D

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Thanks!

I just had a look. I think I was just improvising over some chords for that Russian style of music 😊

Thanks for clarifying! Beautiful improvisation 👍

Thanks Raajeev!

If you're starting new, go with 4/3. If you already play with 3rd finger on the bass row, stick to it. I made a video about it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O1XX9qP8xmg.html

Lots to try with volume control. One thing to try is to have a light touch with your left hand so you can "fit" the right hand melody in there. I have a few lessons on volume control: accordionlove.com/course/playing-dynamics-and-volume-control/

A 12 bass doesn't have a counterbass row 😞

Play around with it... Different rhythms will require different depression of the buttons. Usually the "oom" is heavy, while the "pa" is staccato and light.

People will understand you regardless of what you call it 😅

Yup! As long as I know the song, or have heard it before, I play it :)

Sure! Blues in C, let's say, is C to F F to C then the G, F, C G hit, back to C. You can apply the I IV there whenever you go from C to F, and that final G to C. The blues is special, though, because you can have walking bass lines, not just "oom-pa". I have a section on blues left hand patterns here: accordionlove.com/course/how-to-play-the-blues/

Here's a video I did about moving songs over from piano with sheet music to accordion: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a52PK_Rkc78.html It depends on the song, really. And re: the two C notes, you can only play one bass note on the accordion's left hand, so even if two are written, just play the C :)

@@moshezuchter Much obliged. I was thinking easier to switch from other C sometimes. Started to figure that but I couldn't find Piano to accordion sheet music video so thank you. I'll check it out.

Yeah!! I have some favourite progressions that use slash chords on accordion. In Por Una Cabeza, the tango, there's a beautiful bass walk-down (Gm to Dm over F to Eb to Bb over Dm), etc. They sound beautiful on any instrument, but especially on accordion :)

I haven't heard of it, so can't say

@@moshezuchter which make do you recommend sir pls?

Sorry for the long text. I hope you understand the question.

@@TM-jv8vb Yeah... so you're speaking about split chords, or slash chords, correct? Typically we don't need to do TOO big of a stretch for them. There's an example in Por Una Cabeza where the stretch is big and real... it's a F in the bass, with a Dm under it. And then we do it again later with a Bb with a Gm under it (same distance). It really comes down to practice. Smaller hands use the pinky finger and second finger, while I can manage with a fourth finger and pinky. In terms of chord JUMPS (not stretches), it's a matter of practice as well. For example, going from an E to an F (without using the counter-bass row) is doable. Let me know if that's what you were talking about.

@@moshezuchter Thanks for your fast response and your good explanation. Yes, exactly, I was asking about slash chords. Thanks for answering my question and keep going on! Great RU-vid channel!

Only the inventor from Stradella in Italy will know I guess !

Not sure?