Accordion Tips and Tricks - Swell

Video to go with "Accordion Tips and Tricks" on my website:
georgewhitfield.co.uk/accordio...
Swell
Play a chord and then move the bellows, very gently at first, but ending very loud. Take your hand off the keys at the loudest point for a Glen Miller style wwhhuuUUPPPP!!!! You can do it the other way round to give a piano style decay…get the bellows pressure on before playing a chord and immediately relax to nothing.

[@MonsieurVersatile]

These tips videos are all incredibly useful, thank you!

[@LordArie92]

Hi there, maybe a very a dumb question but how do I practise this without ripping the accordeon apart? Feels like I would put too much strain on it.
Thanks in advance! much love

[@georgeaccordion]

Ha ha! Well accordions are pretty stong but I suppose you can play too hard! It's more about the difference between your soft and loud than how loud the loud is - in the demo I do go for it a bit because I was worried that the automatic compression on the phone video would wipe out any volume changes I was trying to demonstrate.