Hello!
I am a total beginner, don’t know much about music theory, nor about accordions.
I got a Hohner Morino Club N diatonic accordion from my grandfather who passed away recently, which is why I wanted to learn to play a bit.
Buttons on the accordion:
For treble
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1st line/row has 12 buttons
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2nd line/row has 11 buttons
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3rd line/row has 10 buttons
For base:
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1st line/row has 4 buttons
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2nd line/row has 4 buttons
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3rd line/row has 4 buttons
I have many questions, I don’t know what C/F means and if my Hohner is truly C/F. I tried to identify the treble notes on each line, which are (I think):
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1st line/row pulling out: C-F-A-C-D#-G-A-C-D#-G-A-A#
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1st line/row pulling in: A#-D-F-A#-D-F-A#-D-F-A#-D-F
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2nd line/row pulling out: G#-A-D-F-G#-A#-D-F-G#-C-D
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2nd line/row pulling in: D#-G-A#-D#-G-A#-D#-G-A#-D#-G
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3rd line/row pulling out: F#-C#-B-E-F#-B-C#-F#-B-C#
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3rd line/row pulling in: E-C-C#-G#-E-C#-C-E-C#-C
I found the base notes to be harder to identify as there seemed to be lots of undertones (don’t know if that is the correct term):
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1st line/row pulling out: F-A-A#-D
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1st line/row pulling in: A#-E-G-B
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2nd line/row pulling out: C-F-A#-A#
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2nd line/row pulling in: A#-A#-A#-A# (all seem to be the same a#, but with different undertones??)
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3rd line/row pulling out: *here I gave up because the previous line/row was so weird.
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3rd line/row pulling in:
I want to know how I can learn about how to think about this system of notes. There has to be some logic behind, but I don’t get it. Can anyone suggest anything on how to approach this, how to understand it?
Thank you!