If you have a good sense of harmony, phrasing and soloing comes more naturally. Understanding a bit more of that stuff will also help get you to the point where you can comfortably play from a lead sheet without needing to really prep beforehand. I also like The Mighty Accordion, which while not strictly about jazz helps you make your way around the Stradella bass machine, which is a big obstacle in being able to play extended chords comfortably.īut there are a ton of free resources out there, on the wider Web as well as on YouTube, that deal with the idea of Jazz Harmony, which is the deepest well IMO in terms of playing in a style that sounds and feels recognizably jazzy.
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Both of these are useful because they deal specifically with how to interpret things on the accordion, which takes some getting used to if you're, say, reading off of a lead-sheet as opposed to a full grand-staff score. There are a few good resources out there: the Gary Dahl Chord Melody Method book for accordion (which focuses more on the right hand but is a decent resource for thinking about Harmony), or the Ralph Stricker Jazz Theory and Improvisation Studies for Accordion book.
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