What's the best exercise to master 2-5-1 or cycle of 5ths on a chromatic accordion (B-system)
When I started learning jazz on the piano, I was shown a very good exercice to learn voicings in all scales. It started Am7-D7-G7M-C7M-F#dim-B7-Em7-Bb, then it went on the same from Bbm7-Eb7-... It was pretty hard to get it all right, but in the end it got to teach you good voicings for every single 2-5-1.
Is there something similar for the chromatic accordion? (ideally with fingering for B-system)
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I would say, take a standard piano exercise and go through all keys following the cycle of 5ths. Some keys would be more difficult that others, just work on them more. Then you may want to exercise: 1) Chords, 2) Arpeggios, 3) Phrases. You can find plenty of exercises on the Internet, e.g. www.scoreexchange.com/scores/124828.html. Piano voicings work perfectly on accordion. Then you could further explore and use drops and play wider intervals, something that cannot be physically achieved on a piano keyboard. Find what chords sound great to YOU and work on them.
what I did on guitar was to learn three different voicings of each chord (min7, maj7, dom7) and then do 2-5-1 then after it make the 1 a min7 ex . Dmin7 -> G7 -> C maj7 -> Cmin7 -> F7 -> Bb maj7 ... etc, I mean you can just do this pattern and write as long as a progression as you need, while also using any chord voicings you know
Spell the chords in your head so that the notes in each chord are second nature
Work out the fingerings
Simply practice moving through each one of the progressions.
Learn tunes and analyze the changes and make note of the corresponding numbers
Play each tune in different keys;
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