I especially appreciate this sort of discussion. I’m not as old as old as Bernie, only 78, and my musical education was pretty much limited to about 18 months in the early 50’s accordion mills. I played in a band in the 50’s, after the big band era, the accordion player was initially relegated to mashing chords to emulate the big band background. So, although I had been playing out about 3X/week of late, I am a neophyte and still learning.
Not too long ago, I believe it was John C, (bruno123), suggested to someone to just learn and practice the D,G,C,F and maybe Bb scales and learn the relative II-V-I progressions and that has been my current undertaking. It seemed to be just enough for me to bite and chew comfortably. Again, thanks and keep those little bites coming …
Ciao,
Jerry