Acordeon de Botones Diagrams

Remember: I make all of my diagrams from the Player's Perspective:

How you would look down at your instrument and see the shapes.

There's no reason to make you flip the shapes around in your head, and memorize them in orientations other than what you see when you look down at your instrument!

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Quick Navigation Table of Contents:

Note Chart for Acordeon in Fa (FBbEb)

Note Chart for Acordeon in Mi (EAD)

Note Chart for Acordeon in Sol (GCF)

First Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

First Letter Tono Major Scale in Sencillas

2nd Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

2nd Letter Tono Major Scale en Sencillas

3rd Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

4th Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

4th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sencillas

5th Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

5th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sencillas

Major Scales en Terceras

1st Letter Tono en Terceras

2nd Letter Tono en Terceras

3rd Letter Tono en Terceras

4th Letter Tono en Terceras

5th Letter Tono en Terceras

The Chromatic Scale

1st Octave Chromatic Scale Pattern

Notes for Each Tuning

2nd Octave Chromatic Scale Pattern

Notes for Each Tuning

Major Scales en Sextas

1st Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

2nd Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

3rd Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

4th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

5th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

Primera Segunda y Tercera Acorde Shapes for Button Accordion

1st Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Theory

1st Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Shapes and Options

2nd Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Theory

2nd Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Shapes and Options

3rd Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Theory

3rd Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Shapes and Options

4th Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Theory

4th Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Shapes and Options

5th Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Theory

5th Letter Tono 1era 2nda 3era Shapes and Options

Note Chart for Acordeon in Fa (FBbEb)

Note Chart for Acordeon in Mi (EAD)

Note Chart for Acordeon in Sol (GCF)

There's no point or benefit to trying to memorize the notes on the board at the start, since we can start to memorize them in reference to our escalas once we learn them. So start with learning these patterns for your 5 Main Tonos!

First Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

First Letter Tono Major Scale in Sencillas

Mi, Fa, or Sol depending on your accordion

2nd Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

2nd Letter Tono Major Scale en Sencillas

La, Sib, or Do depending on your accordion

3rd Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

Re, Mib, or Fa depending on your accordion

4th Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

4th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sencillas

Sol, Lab, or Sib depending on your accordion

5th Letter Tono Major Scale Theory

5th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sencillas

Si, Do, or Re depending on your accordion

Major Scales en Terceras

Here are videos showing the Escalas en Terceras, the fundamental scales we use for intros and musica.

Copy of 1st Tono Pulling Major Scale en Terceras.mp4

1st Letter Tono en Terceras

Copy of 2nd Tono Pulling Major Scale en Terceras.mp4

2nd Letter Tono en Terceras

Copy of 3rd Tono Pulling Major Scale en Terceras.mp4

3rd Letter Tono en Terceras

Copy of 4th Tono Pulling Major Scale en Terceras.mp4

4th Letter Tono en Terceras

Copy of 5th Tono Pulling Major Scale en Terceras.mp4

5th Letter Tono en Terceras

The Chromatic Scale

After you learn your main Major Scales in Sencillas and Terceras, you can learn the Chromatic Scale to fill in the gaps that we jump over in these scales. This pattern is really good to start getting your fingers to move more fluidly as well.

1st Octave Chromatic Scale Pattern

Notes for Each Tuning

2nd Octave Chromatic Scale Pattern

Notes for Each Tuning

Major Scales en Sextas

Once you know the patterns and shapes of the escalas en Terceras, you kind of already know the escalas en Sextas! The "Sexta" note is literally just the lower octave of the Tercera note we harmonize the escalas en Sencillas with.

6tas 1st Tono Pulling Major Scale.mp4

1st Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

6tas 2nd Tono Pulling Major Scale.mp4

2nd Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

6tas 3rd Tono Pulling Major Scale.mp4

3rd Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

6tas 4th Tono Pulling Major Scale.mp4

4th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

6tas 5th Tono Pulling Major Scale.mp4

5th Letter Tono Major Scale en Sextas

Primera Segunda y Tercera Acorde Shapes for Button Accordion

Theory information and shapes you can use to play the Primera Segunda y Tercera acordes for the different tonos we have the most access to on our accordions. These chord shapes are useful to have something to play during songs when it isn't time for the intro or for adornos. It also helps you identify the tono of the song if you line up all 3.