Here I talk about the official notation for the standard accordion approved by the American accordionist association or AAA for short.

When I first started learning to read sheet music, this topic felt absolutely terrible. I honestly thought I didn’t understand anything. So don’t get upset if it doesn’t click for you right away. It can take time for it to settle in your head, and that’s completely normal.

Here is what I went over in this video. • The musical alphabet • Black and white keys/buttons • Sharps, flats, double sharps, and double flats • G-clef basics • Lines and spaces on the staff • How pitch moves up and down • Ledger lines • How to memorize and use the musical alphabet • Note durations and how they are written • Time signatures • Dotted notes

Fingering are right here is for the 5 row B system chromatic accordion. But the same principles apply for the C system and piano accordion.

Here’s a video I made and the sheet music that you can download.