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FOREWORD

Gary Dahl is widely known as a virtuoso accordionist as

well as a composer, arranger, recording artist and

music educator, with an extensive background in music

theory, composition and harmony. Gary has developed

an impressive body of work including hundreds of

individual arrangements and more than a dozen books

currently in publication.

As a recognized teacher, Gary provides specialized

training for all levels of students. Gary's students have

won national and state competitions as well as

achieving professional status. Lessons are available via

computer MP3 for students worldwide.

Gary currently performs as a single for private functions.

The Gary Dahl trio plus vocalist performed regularly at

private clubs, hotels and the lounge circuit from 1960

through 1991. Gary is a graduate of the University of

Washington specializing in composition and theory and is

a former commercial corporate pilot, flight instructor and

corporate sales manager.

Numerous requests from students and friends searching

for HIGH LEVEL PROFESSIONAL ACCORDION

ARRANGEMENTS inspired Gary Dahl to create this

series of musical collections in eBook form with the

following goals:

Creativity, good taste, harmonically/melodically correct

Music with a sensible degree of difficulty, such that any additional difficulty

would not improve the overall sound of the arrangement

Guaranteed audience appeal and playing enjoyment

Utilizing the full orchestral capabilities of the accordion

Music that will excite and challenge intermediate through professional

Convenient and accessible PDF format

DENNIS O’TOOLE

The artistic and easily read engravings throughout this book were provided by Dennis

O’Toole, a professional music engraver specializing in the accordion and other keyboard

instruments. Dennis can be reached at [email protected].

Your lesson opportunity with Gary Dahl

LESSONS via mp3: Why not take real accordion lessons from one of the few remaining qualified teachers? Why not discover your full potential? You only live once...why waste your opportunity and never experience confident, advanced playing skills from amateur teachers. Your lessons will be an exciting and rewarding experience that features fast track advancement. Sadly, there are very few qualified accordion teachers and most likely not in your area. I am one of the very few teachers who can teach all styles accurately...and, I wrote the books! (see below) All of my published arrangements are free to students for extra value. There are far too many published junk arrangements that can actually hurt a student’s progress by enforcing harmony errors and inaccurate style awareness. Learning from professionally creative and musically correct music will motivate you and your listeners while teaching competent musicianship.

E-mail: [email protected] for more information.

Using Skype? You are locked into an inconvenient schedule. MP3 lessons: Less expensive and crystal clear recordings... and no inconvenient schedule. Stay away from the so-called free lessons on-line like the plague. They are conducted by amateurs and it will be obvious in your playing. Some of my students choose to use YOUTUBE and again no inconvenient schedule required.

mp3 Lesson Testimonial from Richard Sosinski M.D:

To prospective mp3 students:

I am a 57 year-old physician who took accordion lessons for five years in the early 1960s. I would pick up my old Noble once in awhile, but have recently decided to play again in earnest. I thought that I would buy some new music and just work on my own. Oneof the books that I bought was Gary Dahl's Chord Melody Method Book with instructional CD. I worked on it and the other music for a while and actually made good progress. (I thought) I then realized that I wanted to understand the music as well as play it, and that my playing technique was not going to get better without professional instruction. Finding any accordion teacher, much less ahighly skilled and experienced one, can be quite challenging. 9 After listening to the instructional CD, I began to think about Gary's mp3 lessons, but I had some reservations. I wasn't really sure that I wanted to be a student again. I didn't see how sending digital music files back and forth would be a very efficient way of learning. And could this guy really critique my playing without seeing me? Nevertheless, I decided to take the leap of faith; really, I had little to lose. I am happy to report that I am actually having a great deal of fun with these lessons. I have found that there are many advantages to taking lessons in this manner. As an adult

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student who has a busy career, I can record the lesson when it fits my schedule instead of having a preset date and time. If I'm out of sorts and having a bad day playing, I just start over and record thenext day. Gary usually responds to my lesson in about 2 days with anmp3 file of his own. This file has me playing and his verbal critique as I go. He then outlines what he wants me to play for the next lesson and plays examples himself. It is an extremely relaxed process. I'm relaxed because I don't have an instructor in front of me, and his criticism is done in a very considerate and witty manner. He teaches a very efficient method, and builds on your positives. Plus, you have all of the lessons recorded in your music files and can play them again and again so nothing is missed or forgotten as it might be with 'live' lessons. I suppose there are some limitations to Gary not actually seeing me play, but he is so experienced that he knows what I am doing incorrectly just by listening. The bottom line is that in just three short months my technique is approaching far more brilliance than the previous five years and I'm learning the 'real world' of musicianship with the Chord Melody Method. (this particular skill level is the 'missing link' for accordionists) If you are like me and are returning to the instrument, and are willing to put in the practice time, you'll catch up fast and have great fun with these lessons. If you are new to the accordion, you will learn the correct way to play from the critical beginning by anexperienced teacher who has taught hundreds of beginners to professionals. And, if you are an accomplished player, you can refine your technique and musicianship using Gary's sophisticated, published arrangements while taking lessons. I couldn't be more positive about Gary Dahl's MP3 Accordion Lessons.

Richard Sosinski, MD

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PREFACE

The arranging goal for this eBook is to provide favorite popular polkas in

varying degrees of difficulty. Clarinet, Achtung Los and Beer Barrel polkas

represent professional stylings and are designed for spectacular sounding

performances. All of the arrangements are entertaining and playable for the

intermediate player while providing valuable material for the professional

accordionist. The selections use both 4/4 and 2/4 time signatures for

traditional presentation and all of the polkas are to be played with similar

tempo and interpretation.

The Polka and the Accordion are inseparable. Every accordionist must by

popular demand, have a reasonably extensive polka repertoire. This eBook

will provide hours of enjoyment and entertainment for the accordion student,

recreational player and professional accordionist.

Gary Dahl

CONTENTS

The sample page is the first page of each arrangement.

A BRIEF GUIDE TO SLOW PRACTICE ........... 1

FERRYBOAT SERENADE ....................................... 4

ACHTUNG LOS ............................................................ 8

BEER BARREL POLKA .......................................... 13

BEER BARREL POLKA (ADV) ........................... 15

CHAMPAGNE POLKA .............................................20

CLARINET POLKA .................................................. 24

JUST BECAUSE .........................................................28

LIECHTENSTEINER POLKA .............................. 31

WIENERSCHNITZEL POLKA ......................... 35

MUSS I DENN ZUM STADTELE HINAUS ......38

This e-Book is a copyrighted work. You may print pages for your own use and may make backup

copies of the file also for your own use. It is a violation of federal law to distribute this e-

Book or any portion of it to others in any form, either printed or electronic.

1

A BRIEF GUIDE TO SLOW PRACTICEBy Gary Dahl

I decided when I started teaching thirty-seven years ago, each student would be required to demonstrate slow practice tempos in selected sections of a piece assigned a week earlier. At first, these tempos are rather like slow-motion and gradually increase only when the skill level is ready. I have neverregretted this decision because it has produced many confident, satisfied accordionists.

What are the benefits of this kind of practicing?

• The student actually learns the piece faster, having had time to read the correct notes, time values, dynamics, etc.

• Performance slips are greatly reduced (a slip is not a mistake). A mistake is playing the same wrong notes at every performance, while an occasional slip sometimes just happens.

• Slow practice eliminates practice mistakes. Why should we practice a mistake? Not too logical is it?

• Control, especially in fast rhythmic pieces is much more secure. This is especially true in long scale-like passages.

• Because dynamics are exaggerated during slow practice, they retain their color at tempo.

• Slow practice and repetitions of short passages is essential to increase learning speed and to eliminate mistakes.

There are many more points I could list but these are the basics. Occasionallymy students think I am some sort of Psychic because I can tell immediately ifthey have not done their slow practice. If it is a fairly new piece, the fingers are searching everywhere for the notes. Slow practice will enable you to learnquickly while fast practice will produce very slow results or none at all. Slow practice is not particularly fun but it is part of the discipline we must observe. I tell my students I am not asking them to slow practice because it isfun, in fact it can be boring. You have to bleed a little, pay the price to realize the exciting benefits. You can’t learn in your sleep.

To the Adult Student: Music is for all to enjoy, both for listening pleasure and the thrill of playing the accordion confidently and musically. Music is a way of expressing ourselves. Many people would give anything to play an

instrument with authority. Don’t let your age get you down. It is literally true; you are never too old to learn. Many adults are happier now and gettingmore out of life by learning music.

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Adult students will learn more at lessons using these suggestions:

• Make believe you are 10 years old again. Forget preconceived ideas.

• Don’t talk too much–concentrate on listening.

• Let the teacher lead with the best sequence for you to reach your particular goals.

• Don’t let your ego get in the way, even if you are an experienced player.

• Study harmony to dramatically enhance your current skills. You will then be able to produce your own arrangements–this is where the real fun is!

• Don’t try to pick pieces way beyond your capability. It is always better to play a less difficult piece well than a more advanced selection sloppy; just experience the pleasure of high–quality music–making!

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