HOW TO USE THIS BOOK This book is a series of programmed project lessons designed to give the bandoneon student a regimented program to develop right hand technique, as well as improve his chordal Playing by improvising lines with arpeggios over a pre-recorded set of chords. Why improvising? In most cases, the violin or piano student is working from music which was written by someone else. The psychology behind his studies put him in a relatively safe Place. "If you don’t like it, don’t blame me. Paganini wrote it; | didn’t’. The improvisor, however, faces the risk of criticism not only of his technique, but of his choice as well. This working condition can create a double bind effect, causing a sort of mental paralysis which quickly translates into an inability to carry out the motor skill. It is toward the resolution of this problem that this book is directed. In addition, those bandoneon players who already have an established technique will find this book useful to maintain it. Doing the project lessons as outlined in the book, 50 minutes per day, 6 days a week, will keep your chops in shape during the periods when you are not actively playing. This program has been tested in numerous individual situations, and without exception has worked for those who actually followed through an did the work as it is laid out here. Read the instructions carefully. Follow the directions. Do the work an it will work for you too. The Open/Closing dilemma As you will see pretty soon, all the arpeggios included in this book have fingerings for OPEN only. Itis my intention that you investigate and use the charts to write down the CLOSE fingerings for yourself. This activity will give the right tools to know better the keyboards in all directions and will develop a good habit on the long term.PRELIMINARY STUDIES The exercises comprising the main boy of this book consist of selected chord progressions representing common harmonic movements. They reflect a broad cross-section of chord progressions common to the diatonic system, the kind of progression we must deal with on a daily basis. But before you can start with the SUPERCHOPS PROGRAM, you should exercise carefully the first section of this book: the ARPEGGIOS. The arpeggios are divided on MAJOR, MINOR, DOMINANT, HALF DIMINISHED and DIMINISHED, in all 12 keys. | have written down the suggested fingerings for those arpeggios OPENING, but you must take your time and try to play them CLOSING too, and if possible, write down the fingering on the same charts. Once you feel you can play the arpeggios UP and DOWN with acceptable dexterity, you can step forward to the 5 weeks program. So, go to the first section and check how you manage the arpeggios. Have fun!ay J. Hasse Bm Chromatic scale up and down both hands Opening = 302030 2 3 4 2 3 2 4 3 J ce f aL Sel el lL Pea Pe. ; 30-DAY BANDONEON WORKOUT® 2004 / www.tangoshop.org4 Chromatic scale up and down both hands closing J. Hasse 30-DAY BANDONEON WORKOUT® 2004 / www.tangoshop.org,Major and Minor Arpeggios (opening) Cmajor a4 sa sas as aan Amir | 4 ay F Major s2e@34 Dminor 5 > 30-DAY BANDONEON WORKOUT® 2004 / www-tangoshop.org,Se D major 23 30-DAY BANDONEON WORKOUT® 2004 / www-tangoshop.orgDominant seventh arpeggios openingEbm7S 2 2 s Half diminished arpeggios opening Fm7b5Bom7b5 , | | , | |DK Diminished arpeggios opening C°/ Eb? /Gb* / Ae 30203 4 8 2 a 4 Gg CH / E°/G?/ Bb? 32 4 2 3 4 5 2 D°/F°/ Ab?/ Be 32 3 4 5 2 4 5 3B THE DIMINISEHD SCALE Looking at its structure, the dimished 7th chord it made up entirely of minor third intervals stacked on top of each other. This produces an unusual result: a Diminished 7th chord may have 4 different names (sce example below). That's why Ive only included 3 diminished arpeggios. By D7 Fo? Abe7Drills for warm-up etc, VA 2323232 23232323 24343434 3434343 4 Play the whole scale using fingers 2-3, then 3-4 and finally 4-5 (be careful with the transition). Play slowly, with legatto and stacatto articulation, Left hand technique, Repeat exercise 3 times. Play slowly, with legatto and stacatto articulation. Increase speed as fast as you can, streching Pare re BA a43 43435 45d baa sak aaa Fe tee Pedal: is a sustained sound over which other sounds or chords appear. This exercise must be played pressing the B note with finger 2 and then playing the scale without releasing the B note. ‘www, julianhasse.com.ar, 20048 / TangoShop Ed.4A Pedal exercise left hand: press G note with finger 2, play the scale without releasing G note. $4345 343443534 94 254345 345 5-A — Octaves apoggiaturas i vn. GA pivot exercise Fm ee ae FenDrills for warm-up‘THE SUPERCHOPS® PROGRAM A. The program is made up of a series of project lessons, each lasting 50 minutes per day, running six consecutively days per week, with one day off. The objective is to gradually increase the tempo over the course of 5 weeks (30 days) maintaining precision and accuracy at all times. B. Equipment. In order to start the program you will need: 1. Your bandloneon, which must be on mint conditions. Try to keep it on tune and listen to any “flaws' caused by dry leathers or leaks problems on the belly 2. A metronome, which you will put nearby the recording system, so you can use it as a click track. 3. A playback recording system (tape, minidisc, reel-to-reel, computer, etc) 4. An alarm clock or timer. You'll need to pre-record yourself for 10 minutes, so it will be a good idea to have a timer close so you'll know when to stop! C. Once you have pre-recorded the chord progression of the lesson you are on, you will need arpeggios to play over with eight-notes. | have written tonal key centers over the chords so you know which arpeggios you should play. Anyways, you can also investigate by playing other arpeggios or “substitutions' D. If you complete the program and want to increase difficulty, you can start it again and play eight-notes triplets instead of eight-notes. E. Line Shaping. In that the studies of this book are deliberately limited to rhytms uninterrupted duple or triple time, interesting rhythmic figures or motifs cannot be used to brighten the solo lines. Therefore, your choice of melodic tone sequences will become the major devide for creating interesting lines. | recommend you to use some basic line shaping elements like arpeggios, interval skips, common tones, major and minor scales and sometimes, the chromatic scale. NOTE: think of this program as training with the Chicago Bulls, as compared to joining a health spa. Trust the program. Do the work exactly as prescribed. then stand back and watch it work. You should see dramatic progress at the end of the 5 weeks.Week one / Project lesson 1-A Preparation Step 1 Clear your work area of all things not pertaining to this lesson. Step 2 Get your bandoneon and find a relaxed position. Step 3 Warm up with drill number 1-A. Objective: to eliminate tension on your hands 50 minute program Step 4[2min.] _ Play eight notes once through the progression to establish your tempo of the day, the speed at which you can play through the piece without mistakes. Mark down the day’s tempo in the appropiate box below. LOG OF DAILY METRONOME SETTINGS (week end tempo objective 4-62) pay 1 DAY 2. Day 3 Dav 4 Day 5 bar 6. Day 7. FREE Step 5 (10 min.] Pre-record yourself playing the chord changes (sustained) with the metronome nearby so that it will sound on the recording. Repeat the progression non-stop for 10 minutes. Step 6 [2 min.] Break! Set the bandoneon down and listen to the recording. Step 7 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the Progression as it is played back. Step 8 [2 min.] _ Break! Set the bandoneon down. Stand up and strech. Step 9 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 10[2min.] Break! Rest away from the bandoneon. Lie down, etc. i Step 11 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. ml. Step 12 [2 min.] Break. Lie down. Relax all parts of the body. Close your eyes. Practice visualizing yourself playing the project the way you wish you had. Total 50 min. Check off each step as it is finished. re.Week one / project lesson 1-A D Eb ape 3 Daj? Fm? qT Fm? | Une « BYA > Fem? Tem? Eh pap Ems ae 5 Dinaj™ VW rtn7 pre Vt LU tansWeek two / Project lesson 2-A Preparation Step 1 Clear your work area of all things not pertaining to this lesson. step 2 Get your bandoneon and find a relaxed position. Step 3 Warm up with drill number 2-A. Objective: to eliminate tension on your hands. 50 minute program Step 4[2min.] _ Play eight notes once through the progression to establish your tempo of the day, the speed at which you can play through the Piece without mistakes. Mark down the day’s tempo in the appropiate box below, LOG OF DAILY METRONOME SETTINGS (week end tempo objective J=70) Day 1 pay 2. pay 3 Day 4 DAYS Day 6. Dar7, FREE Step 5 [10 min.]_Pre-record yourself playing the chord changes (sustained) with the metronome nearby so that it will sound on the recording. Repeat the progression non-stop for 10 minutes. Step 6 [2 min.] _ Break! Set the bandoneon down and listen to the recording, Step 7 [10 min.) Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 8 [2 min] _ Break! Set the bandoneon down. Stand up and strech. Step 9 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 10 [2 min.] Break! Rest away from the bandoneon. Lie down, etc. Step 11 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 12 [2 min.] Break. Lie down. Relax all parts of the body. Close your eyes. Practice visualizing yourself playing the project the way you wish you had. Total 50 min. Check off each step as it is finished.Week two / project lesson 2-A Bb Be ips Bhai? bmp | ge 3 ‘ bo 2 AyB—— AbLyEb Dmaj Dé 1 7 uWeek three / Project lesson 3-A Preparation Step 1 Clear your work area of all things not pertaining to this lesson. Step 2 Get your bandoneon and find a relaxed position. Step 3 Warm up with drills number 3-A, 4-A and 5-A Objective: to eliminate tension on your hands. 50 minute program Step 4[2min.] Play eight notes once through the progression to establish your tempo of the day, the speed at which you can play through the piece without mistakes. Mark down the day’s tempo in the appropiate box below. LOG OF DAILY METRONOME SETTINGS (week end tempo objective J=80) Dav. bay 2 bar 3 Daya. DAY 5: DAYS DAY 7, FREE Step 5[10 min] Pre-record yourself playing the chord changes (sustained) with the metronome nearby so that it will sound on the recording, Repeat the progression non-stop for 10 minutes. Step 6 [2 min.] _ Break! Set the bandoneon down and listen to the recording. Step 7 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 8[2 min.] _ Break! Set the bandoneon down. Stand up and strech. Step 9 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 10 [2 min.] Break! Rest away from the bandoneon. Lie down, etc. Step 11 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 12 [2 min.] Break. Lie down. Relax all parts of the body. Close your eyes. Practice visualizing yourself playing the project the way you wish you had. Total 50 min. Check off each step as it is finished.SO a a 1 a Dm? Week three / project lesson 3-A Dm mi 2? 3 Dm ‘ B Em?s Cm? Dm abe pap 1, Dmip Bb Fe B Bb a vetinap a oe «Se 7 Cm (harmonic) cba Dm AfbWeek four / Project lesson 4-A Preparation Step 1 Clear your work area of all things not pertaining to this lesson. Step 2 Get your bandoneon and find a relaxed position. Step 3 Warm up with drills number 6-A, 7-A and &-A Objective: to eliminate tension on your hands, 50 minute program Step 4[2min.] Play eight notes once through the Progression to establish your tempo of the day, the speed at which you can play through the piece without mistakes. Mark down the day’s tempo in the appropiate box below. LOG OF DAILY METRONOME SETTINGS (week end tempo objective +90) Dav 1 Day 2 Days Daya ~ DAYS Dave DAY 7 FREE Step 5 [10 min.) Pre-record yourself playing the chord changes (sustained) with the metronome nearby so that it will sound on the recording, Repeat the progression non-stop for 10 minutes. ons Step 6 [2 min.] _ Break! Set the bandoneon down and listen to the recording. at Step 7 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the Progression as it is played back. al Step 8[2min.] Break! Set the bandoneon down. Stand up and strech. aol Step 9 [10 min] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Ee | Step 10[2 min.) Break! Rest away from the bandoneon. Lie down, etc. ‘]Step 11 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as itis played back. ‘Step 12 [2 min.] Break. Lie down, Relax all parts of the body. Close your eyes. i Practice visualizing yourself playing the project the way you wish you had. : 5 50 min. Check off each step as it is finished. a)Week four / project lesson 4-A Ab Db Fu? > Bhu? Bhs om an “1 = Abney? abyp Van abs yy Gai? Bhs |Daa a, | - Week five / Project lesson 5-A Preparation Step 1 Clear your work area of all things not pertaining to this lesson. Step 2 Get your bandoneon and find a relaxed position. Step 3 Warm up with drills number 9-A, 10-A, L1-A and 12-A Objective: to eliminate tension on your hands. 50 minute program Step 4 (2 min.] _ Play eight notes once through the progression to establish your tempo of the day, the speed at which you can play through the piece without mistakes. Mark down the day's tempo in the appropiate box below. LOG OF DAILY METRONOME SETTINGS (week end tempo objective J=100) DaY 1 pay DAY 3 DAY 4 bay 5 DAY 6 Dav? FREE Step 5 [10 min] Pre-record yourself playing the chord changes (sustained) with the metronome nearby so that it will sound on the recording. Repeat the progression non-stop for 10 minutes. Step 6 [2 min.) _ Break! Set the bandoneon down and listen to the recording. Step 7 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 8[2min] Break! Set the bandoneon down. Stand up and strech. Step 9 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 10[2 min.] Break! Rest away from the bandoneon. Lie down, etc. Step 11 [10 min.] Play uninterrupted eight-notes over the progression as it is played back. Step 12 [2 min.] Break. Lie down. Relax all parts of the body. Close your eyes. Practice visualizing yourself playing the project the way you wish you had. Total 50 min. Check off each step as it is finished.Week five / project lesson 5-A Eb Ab cm? >. Fw 5 Bh , omp Wyn | Ab G Atma abe Warm abe Gay?” am? Bn? 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