Accordion lessons: a guide for pros
What customers ask, how to win the job, and what to put on your profile.
Offering accordion lessons
You teach accordion to students who want bellows control, the right button layout and folk or polka tunes. This page covers how to win those students and what to have in order before you take them.
What customers ask
- Do you teach piano accordion or button accordion?
- How do you teach bellows control?
- Can you teach polka or folk tunes?
- Do you teach children, and do you run background checks?
- Can you help with straps and posture?
- Do you teach group play?
How to win the job
- Ask which accordion the student owns and what tunes they want, then build the first lesson around both
- Demonstrate even bellows control on the student's accordion so they hear the difference
- Name the accordion type, the style and the first two tunes in the quote
- Explain how you teach the bass or left hand so the student knows the plan
- Check the student's straps in the first lesson and say plainly when a fit change is needed
What to put on your profile
- Post a photo of you playing with the bellows and straps visible
- List whether you teach piano or button accordion, and the styles you cover
- Add your folk, polka or group performance background
- Note whether you teach at home, in a studio or online
- Post a short tune clip only with written permission
Follow-up that helps the customer
- Send a bellows control drill and a tune for the next lesson
- Recommend a tune book or recording that fits the student's style
- Suggest joining a polka or folk group once the student can play through a tune
Licenses and permits
No license is usually required to teach accordion. Have proof of your playing and teaching background ready, such as performance history, group experience or references, and check your state or local rules for business or home-based teaching.
Questions
Do I need to play polka to teach accordion?
No. List the styles you know well so students can find you.
Can I teach both piano and button accordion?
Yes, if you can teach both well. List each type so students know what you cover.
How do I get my first students on infinibell?
Fill out your profile with the accordion types and styles you teach. Pros join free and pay only for the leads they accept. You can decline any request, and your profile is reviewed before it goes live.
Pro reviewers
Pros who offer accordion lessons remotely can improve this guide, like Wikipedia. We check every edit before it goes live. Every approved edit is credited in the edit history and on the pro's profile.
Edit history
- Oct 29, 2026: Drafted by infinibell to our content guidelines.
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