Beginner Looking For Polka Excercise

[dave53144]

I am looking for advice for a base line or a drone that will let me get the hang of Polka timing on a concertina. I am new to concertinas and I have D40 hohner and I am looking for something that will let me get used to a polka rhythm while making the bellows movement secondary so I can start to learn the instrument. I would greatly appreciate a simple exercise and a recommended song(s) so that I can get off the home base. I don't care if its as simple as playing one note on a draw and then push two notes in time. I am looking for a 'simple' excercise to start. Thanks in advance.

[wntrmute]

Ok, first off I don't know jack. But maybe this could help:

Use the air button to open up your bellows, start counting off one-two-three one-two-three, then on one press the C:

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On the two and three press the E and G:

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Do that again.

Then start to draw on the bellows, and on the one pull a D

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On the two and three press the F and A:

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While still drawing pull a B on the one

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and on the 2 and 3 pull the F and A again

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Repeat as needed.

 

At least I guess that would be a polka line of a sort. Maybe someone else knows a better one.

[dave53144]

You might not know jack.. but at least you tried to help. Thank You I will try it.

[David Barnert]

Polkas aren't in three, they're in two. If you follow this scheme, you won't play a polka, you'll play a waltz. Instead of oom-pa-pa, play oom-pa oom-pa, where oom is the bass note and pa is the chord. The same chords should work.