TEX-MEX

ACCORDION

FLACO JIMENEZ &

TIM ALEXANDER

Accordion Tuition DVD

Whether you call it Musica Nortena, Tejano, Conjunto or Tex-Mex, this exciting, accordion-fuelled music makes you want to dance!  Flaco Jimenez and Tim Alexander show you how to play it on a three-row diatonic accordion in note-for-note detail.  Even complete beginners will master several popular Tex-Mex tunes after working with this DVD.

Flaco explains that accordion playing is based on a variety of patterns.  Once you've learned them making music becomes as natural as breathing.  He and Tim teach basic chord and rhythm patterns, along with a variety of ornaments - grace notes, trills, bellows shaking, hammer-ons, glissandos - which Flaco says add flavour to songs "like spices to food."  You'll also learn the arpeggios, harmonies, scale patterns, solos and endings that define this musical style.

With the help of split-screens, you'll watch Tim play a simple melody while Flaco covers the more advanced fills and ornaments as they tie together everything you've learned.  This inspiring DVD gives you an invaluable look into playing Tex-Mex music.

• La Napolera
• La Piedrera
• Atotonilco
• Viva Seguin
• Tuna
• La Paloma
• Flor Marchita