An A to Z of the Accordion - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 These are the first ever books dedicated to the accordion published in the UK, offering a wealth of articles and biographies. Included are articles written by such eminent authorities as Gary Blair, Charles Camilleri, Gerald Crossman, Adrian Dante, Jack Emblow, Pearl Fawcett, George Garside, Ingrid Gould, Conway Graves, Johnny Handle, John Kirkpatrick, Charles Magnante, Mike O'Regan, Toralf Tollefsen, Douglas Ward, Charlie Watkins, Francis Wright, Rosemary Wright, etc

An A to Z of the Accordion: Articles - Advice for the Aspiring Accordionist; Be a Better Player; Competing at Accordion Festivals; Composing & Arranging; Famous People Who Have Played the Accordion; French Musette; Looking after Your Harmonica; Improve Your Playing; Irish Traditional Music; Let's Play Jazz; Magnante the Magnificent!; MIDI; Nostalgia; Playing For Others; Relaxation; Scotland's Accordion Heritage Biographies - Larry Adler, Jimmy Blair, Chiz Bishop, Pearl Fawcett, Martin Lukins, Dermot O'Brien, Tommy Reilly, Jimmy Shand, Toralf Tollefsen.

An A to Z of the Accordion, Volume 2: Articles - The Story of the Accordion Bands; Accordion Heritage; Which Accordion - Button or Piano?; The Art of Accompaniment; Bellows Control; British Chromatic Accordion; Diatonics & Dancing;  French Musette Stars, Past & Present; Inside Your Accordion; Instrument Reviews; Ireland's Accordion Heritage; A History of the Concertina;  Looking After Your Accordion; Memorising; Memory Lane; Playing for Scottish Country Dance Classes; Scottish Scene; Some Hints On Sight Reading, etc Biographies: Allodi family, Tom Alexander, George Barton, Harriet Bartlett, Joe Burke, Capaldi Brothers, Mick Foster, Geraldo, Conway Graves, Lisa-Lee Leslie, Art Van Damme, Charles Wheatstone, Colin Whitfield

An A to Z of the Accordion, Volume 3: Articles - Accordion Clubs, Accordions - Then & Now; Accordion Tunings; Accordion Festivals Revisited; Accordions in the Theatre; The Art of Busking; The Art of Conducting; Bal Musette; Diary of a Visit to Paris; Irish Ceili Bands; From Russia With Love; Memorising & Aural Training; The Musical Heritage of Thomas Hardy; Practising (3 archive articles, by Pearl Fawcett, Tollefsen, Ken Hacking); Roland Virtual Accordion; Scottish Dance Bands; Tales & Trivia; The White Heather Club; Use Those Couplers!; Vocal Accompaniment; Writing & Arranging, etc Biographies: Peter Ayers, Joss Baselli (Jo Basile), Julie Best, Ronald Binge, Bill Black, Charles Camilleri, Will Hannah, Lindsay Ross, Heather Smith, etc...

An A to the Z of the Accordion, Volume 4: Articles - Accordion - a few playing tips; Accordion in Retrospect; Accordion Manufacturing Process; Accordion Museum; The accordion with other instruments; Beltona Records; Diatonic Musings; Double Acts; International Stars of the Accordion; Irish Traditional Playing; The Italian Connection; The Jazz Accordionists; Memories of Don Destefano; Memorising; Paris Musette;  Playing From Piano Music; Getting to grips with the Roland Virtual Accordion; Shand Morino; Tips for Practising and Playing Solos, etc  Biographies: Elaine Beecham, Blair Douglas, Emilio, Richard Galliano, Ron Hodgson, Eddy Jay, Owen Murray, Máirtín O'Connor, Billy Reid, Donal Ring, Pete Shutler, Will Starr, Emile Vacher, Valentino, Mika Väyrynen, Romano Viazzani, Douglas Ward, etc

A grand total of 900+ articles & biographies, and 700 pictures!!

 £15 per volume (post free, UK), cheques payable to Rob Howard
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Special offer - all 4 volumes ordered together for £45 (post free, UK) 
 
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