Coordination and Bass

The left hand, bass and chord buttons, bass-chord accompaniment and keeping both hands together through bellows changes.

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1. 1Left-hand basics: bellows and bass buttonsLearn what your left hand does: it moves the bellows, works the air button and plays the 12 bass buttons. Hear how one bass button changes with the bellows direction.Free · 12 min
2. 2Bass notes and chord buttonsTell single bass notes from chord buttons, read the printed bass labels, and find the bass and chord for the C row in both bellows directions.Members · 14 min
3. 3Bass, then chord: the tun-taPlay the basic two-beat accompaniment: bass on beat 1, chord on beat 2. Practice it in C on the push and pull, then learn the G and F versions.Members · 16 min
4. 4Hands together, slowlyCombine a simple treble line with tun-ta: the treble note sounds with the bass on beat 1, and the chord answers on beat 2.Members · 18 min
5. 5Simple accompaniment patternsExpand tun-ta into three beginner patterns: plain bass-chord, alternating bass, and bass with two short chords.Members · 16 min
6. 6Bellows changes with both handsChange bellows direction cleanly at the start of a bar, so the new treble note, the new bass and the new chord all arrive together.Members · 18 min