many thanks boys and girls. i do agree that for traditional music simple chords are best. Its just that in my current role as melodeon player for Dawson Smith and the Exiles, www.dawsonsomith.com, I am playing accompinament to dawsons excellent songs and I havent the money to lash out on different instruments. The meloedon chords sound great on the right hand. Some of them need you to play one note on the push and the others on the pull, like playing D major on the G row, d push, f s and a on the pull. Because of the bellows you need to be able to play chords with some planning.

Ed Rennie looks like the man for the job and compiling some material so thanks for that link.

best wishes

stevethesqueeze