![]() ![]() So in order to reach the bass buttons properly you do have to shift your arm farther in through the bass strap to be in a good position to play (and this is a good thing). There’s only really one-and that is when you first start learning to play the bass buttons, it doesn’t feel as natural to begin with (because finger four isn’t as long as finger three.) Using fingers 4 & 3 is also much faster and efficient, AND the quality of the sound is also improved because you have more control. ![]() When your fingers are properly placed above each bass button where each finger has a single job, there is less chance to miss the note. This fingering with finger four on the bass button, three on the major chord and two on the alternating bass is a position which allows you to be more accurate. One reason is that it allows THE WRIST to be at a better angle for playing and maneuvering around the bass buttons especially for more advanced playing positions. So why do we at Accordion Life Academy teach our students the 4-3 method for the accordion bass buttons? While everyone else has two legs to run the race you are stuck hopping! This would be like trying to run a race using a gunnysack. This causes constant crossovers AND leaves a lot more room for errors because this one finger is designated to play all the deep bass notes. Now the cons to the 3-2 method are that when you get outside of the very basic rhythm patterns for the bass you run into trouble because the 3rd finger has to do double duty playing the accordion bass buttons and what we call the alternate bass buttons. The second reason to use this would be in advanced music when you need to use the fifth finger to reach distances-you have a wider spread between fingers 3 and 5 than you do between fingers 4 and 5. I find most self-taught accordion players use this fingering because it’s the easiest as a beginner and the layout seems logical. At first glance, it seems like the most logical fingering to use since on the accordion the bass note button rows are farther forward than the chord buttons. ![]() If you look at the anatomy of your fingers, the third finger is longer than the second finger. ![]() This method places finger three on the bass and finger two on the chord. We teach the 4-3 method, and I’ll explain in a second why I recommend it, but there is another way that some people play the basses and that is with the 3-2 method. There are two schools of thought for which fingers you should use on the bass buttons of the accordion. ![]()
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