Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
🪗 Welcome to your first **B/C Button Accordion lesson**!
In this beginner-friendly video, you’ll learn your **first tune on the B/C accordion**, guided step by step in a clear, musical way. This lesson is designed for complete beginners — no previous accordion experience needed.
Use the chapters to navigate through the different sections:
00:00 Welcome
00:44 Introduction to the instrument
03:51 Your first notes on the accordion
09:17 Your first tune: The Kerry Polka
11:23 First part taught phrase by phrase
19:28 Frequently asked questions
21:38 Meet your tutor
23:36 Second part taught phrase by phrase
35:16 Whole tune practice
This video is taken from our full **B/C Button Accordion Basics** course on the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM), where everything is taught **phrase by phrase**, through real Irish tunes.
Inside the full course, you’ll learn:
• How the B/C system works
• Bellows control and fingering
• Playing jigs, polkas, marches, and reels
• How to build confidence and fluency from the very start
You’ll also get access to **multi-speed backing tracks**, notation, diagrams, and tutor support — so you’re never left guessing.
👉 **Start your 14-day free trial today** and unlock the full course, plus 1,000+ lessons across 14 instruments:
https://oaim.ie
Whether you’re brand new to the B/C accordion or returning after time away, you’re very welcome here. Let’s get started with your first tune 🎶
🪗 Welcome to your first **B/C Button Accordion lesson**!
In this beginner-friendly video, you’ll learn your **first tune on the B/C accordion**, guided step by step in a clear, musical way. This lesson is designed for complete beginners — no previous accordion experience needed.
Use the chapters to navigate through the different sections:
00:00 Welcome
00:44 Introduction to the instrument
03:51 Your first notes on the accordion
09:17 Your first tune: The Kerry Polka
11:23 First part taught phrase by phrase
19:28 Frequently asked questions
21:38 Meet your tutor
23:36 Second part taught phrase by phrase
35:16 Whole tune practice
This video is taken from our full **B/C Button Accordion Basics** course on the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM), where everything is taught **phrase by phrase**, through real Irish tunes.
Inside the full course, you’ll learn:
• How the B/C system works
• Bellows control and fingering
• Playing jigs, polkas, marches, and reels
• How to build confidence and fluency from the very start
You’ll also get access to **multi-speed backing tracks**, notation, diagrams, and tutor support — so you’re never left guessing.
👉 **Start your 14-day free trial today** and unlock the full course, plus 1,000+ lessons across 14 instruments:
https://oaim.ie
Whether you’re brand new to the B/C accordion or returning after time away, you’re very welcome here. Let’s get started with your first tune 🎶
