The Art of Accordion Playing

The Art of Accordion Playing by Friedrich Lips

Prof. Friedrich Lips is one of the most famous performers as well as a very famous teacher at the prestigious Gnesin Institute in Moscow.

A "must have" book for every teacher, enthusiast and student.

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The reprinted book is more solid and with a more valuable binding: The high-quality content corresponds to the outward appearance of the book: four color printing on high quality hard cover in exclusive design with lamination and paper binding with long lasting thread-stitching.

Printed on chlorine-free, bleached, acid-free, stable and age resistant, high quality, matte, non-reflective paper for fatigue-free reading paper made in Germany. The major technical difference of the new print run comparing to the old one is the cover and the binding: high quality hard cover with lamination now instead of plain softcover previously and thread-stitching instead of simple gluing.

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Contents of the Book

Below is a copy of the contents pages of this most informative and important book. From the Contents, you can see the in depth and detailed approach taken with this book, that makes it such a specially useful book for everyone, from the beginner to the artist.

Editor's Introduction to the German Edition
 Music and Bayan-Accordion in Russia

Introduction to the Russian Edition
 About the Author and His Book
 
I Creating Tone     
1. Forms of Articulation: Bellows_Fingers, Coordination Keystrokes.
- Pressing
- Tapping
- Striking
- Glissando.

Bellows Techniques     
- Bellows Shake, Tremolando
- Bellows Triplets, Triple Bellows Shake
- Bellows Ricochet
- Combined Bellows Techniques

Vibrato     
- Vibrato in the Treble
- Vibrato in the Bass
- Simultaneous Vibrato in Treble and Bass

Performing Various Types of Articulation     
- Legatissimo
- Legato
- Portato
- Tenuto
- Détaché
- Marcato
- Non legato
- Staccato
- Martellato
- Staccatissimo

2. Registers and Their Combinations     
- Dynamics
- Tonal Perspectives
- Phrasing
 
II Playing Technique     
1.Playing Comportment
2.Elements of Technique
- Creating Tone
- Ornamentation
- Scales and Scale -like Passage
- Arpeggios in All Forms
- Two-Tone Combinations
- Chords
- Jumps
- Polyphony
3. Fingering
4. Work on Technique

III    Interpreting a Musical Composition
The Artistic Picture     
1. Content
2. Tempo
3. Rhythm
4. Interpretation
        
IV    Particulars of Concert Activity     
1. Selecting and Repertoire
2. Before the Concert
3. Concert Day
4. The Concert
5. After the concert

Epilogue

Biographical Register

List of Musical Examples

List of Names

References

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