breathe the accordion with the music just as you would sing -- the only rule is, don't "break back" the bellows (go in or out suddenly) in the middle of a phrase. (I have an expert friend who has just sold me his accordion upon leaving the country (not because of his accordion playing) and given me a lesson or two, and this was his advice). He also said that the tendency early on is to keep tight in as you are trying to get the fingering correct on the basses, going in and out with each change of chords: you need to consciously lengthen out the bellows through the chord changes.

I would also like some folk instruction -- or, dare I say it, musette music -- as everything my friend dumped on me is polkas and waltzes. Nice, but.....

yours, Peter T.