A beginner's guide to the Irish traditional button accordion, with sections on music reading, technique and a selection of tunes.  The contents are:

• What type of accordion
• Reading music
• How to play it
• The air valve
• Learning a tune
• Notes higher than D
• Types of tunes
• Playing the bass
• Ornamentation
• Ornamentation in tunes
• Playing by ear
• Speed
• Other points
• Box players on record
• Tunes for learning
  • Humours Of Glendart (jig)
  • Cooley's Reel
  • The Fairies Hornpipe
  • The Pigeon On The Gate (reel)
  • Off To California (hornpipe)
  • The Ship In Full Sail
  • Drowsy Maggie (reel)
  • Deirdre's Fancy (slip jig)
  • Pretty Maggie Morrisey (hornpipe)
  • The Green Fields Of America (reel)
  • The Foxhunter's Reel
  • The Ships Are Sailing (reel)
  • Caislean Ui Cheallaigh (Castle Kelly) Reel
  • Jenny's Chickens (reel)
• The C/C# keyboard
• The B/C keyboard