accordion
Sign in to saveAccordions (from 19th-century German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame). The essential characteristic of the accordion is to combine in one instrument a melody section, also called the diskant, usually on the right-hand keyboard, with an accompaniment or Basso continuo functionality on the left-hand. The musician normally plays the melody on buttons or keys on the right-hand side (referred to as the keyboard or sometimes the manual), and
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An accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument that produces sound by forcing air past reeds as the musician operates a bellows, originating from 19th-century Germany. It combines a melody section on the right-hand keyboard with an accompaniment section on the left-hand side, allowing a single musician to play both melody and harmony simultaneously.
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Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Accordion
- Instrument.image
- A convertor free-bass piano-accordion and a Russian bayan.jpg
- Instrument.caption
- A piano accordion (top) and a chromatic button accordion (bottom)
- Instrument.background
- keyboard
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 412.132
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Free reed aerophone
- Instrument.developed
- Early 19th century
- Instrument.range
- Depends on configuration: Right-hand keyboard Chromatic button accordion Diatonic button accordion Piano accordion Left-hand keyboard Stradella bass system Free-bass system
- Instrument.related
- Hand-pumped: Bandoneon, concertina, flutina, garmon, trikitixa, Indian harmonium, harmoneon Foot-pumped: Harmonium Mouth-blown: Claviola, melodica, harmonica, Laotian khene, Chinese shēng, Japanese shō Electronic reedless instruments: Digital accordion, Electronium
- Instrument.musicians
- Accordionists (list of accordionists).
Article
39 sectionsContents
- Original name
- History
- Construction
- Universal components
- Bellows
- Body
- Pallet mechanism
- Variable components
- Right-hand keyboard systems
- Left-hand keyboard systems
- Reed ranks and switches
- Classification of chromatic and piano type accordions
- Straps
- Electronic and digital
- Unusual accordions
- Manufacturing process
- Use in various music genres
- Use in traditional music
- Use in jazz
- Notable jazz accordionists
- Left hand techniques
- Use in popular music
- Use in rock music
- Use in classical music
- Australia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- China
- Colombia
- Czech Republic
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- North Korea
- United States
- Other audio samples
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Accordions (from 19th-century German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame). The essential characteristic of the accordion is to combine in one instrument a melody section, also called the diskant, usually on the right-hand keyboard, with an accompaniment or Basso continuo functionality on the left-hand. The musician normally plays the melody on buttons or keys on the right-hand side (referred to as the keyboard or sometimes the manual), and the accompaniment on bass or pre-set chord buttons on the left-hand side. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist.
The accordion belongs to the free-reed aerophone family. Other instruments in this family include the concertina, harmonica, and bandoneon. The concertina and bandoneon do not have the melody–accompaniment duality. The harmoneon is also related and, while having the descant vs. melody dualism, tries to make it less pronounced. The harmonium and American reed organ are in the same family, but are typically larger than an accordion and sit on a surface or the floor.