I'd recommend reading the "Technique: Piano Accordion for The Recycled Muso" thread.

I don't want to repeat it all here - many of the techniques mentioned are transferable to the melodeon *** too.

The keyboard allows many useful skills, and if you learn that first, then the P/A is relatively easy to pick up.

A small 32 or 48 Bass one is sufficient for most Folk Music - though you are limited to the range of 'common' keys.

Small ones are lighter too.


Spell checker insists on 'melodrama' ... :-)