The Jazz Accordion Complete Book

This work wants to explore a relatively new field that is that of the jazz accordion. The level of reference is for those who already have sufficient mastery of the instrument as well as basic knowledge of major and minor scales tonality intervals chords in order to start a course in this specific field so one can organize one's studies. The work is basically articulated in three parts. The first is dedicated to the basic technique through exercises on musical scales arpeggios finger independence thumb passage. The second instead deals with various arguments of functional harmony through the use of the seventh chords with respective inversions the practice of II-V-I cadences voicings modes and scales used in jazz. The last part consists in the creative application of the technical-theoretical baggage acquired through the construction of appropriate performances and improvisations of standard jazz and blues.