Music Instruments - the accordion

A mild summer night, perhaps in a restaurant, you can hear the sound of a soft accordion playing love songs. Some memories are triggered by sound some by smell and yet some by photos. I have them all when it comes to accordion music.

One thing that is so wonderful with an accordion is, that you can bring it. Use your own music instrument always and bring joy to people.

Some people say that accordion players are boring. It is said that an accordion player never smiles when he is playing. But I have met and seen players that can both smile, laugh, stamp the feet and sing along while they are playing. You have to give them credit for this!

An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox.

The accordion is played by compressing and expanding the bellows, while pressing buttons or keys to allow air to flow across reeds, thereby producing tones and chords.

Modern accordions consist of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a bellows. On each part of the body is a keyboard containing buttons, levers or piano-style keys. When pressed, the buttons travel in a direction perpendicular to the motion of the bellows (towards the performer). Most, but not all modern accordions also have buttons capable of producing entire chords.

Five stars accordion CD

French music and others

There is no way I can describe Ransäter Accordion festival for you. You just have to go there and see this! Thousands of tents and trailers with different musicians and all kinds of instruments. They come from all over Europe and the Swedish summer night is smiling. If you do want to sleep - bring ear plugs...

An instrument called accordion was first patented in 1829 by Cyrill Demian in Vienna. Demian's instrument bore little resemblance to modern instruments; it only had a left hand keyboard, with the right hand simply operating the bellows. One key feature for which Demian sought the patent was the sounding of an entire chord by depressing one key. His instrument also could sound two different chords with the same key: one for each bellows direction (press, draw); this is called a bisonoric action.

This Amazon accordion has the full, resonant sound you expect from Hohner and it features a celluloid-covered wood keyboard, double strap brackets, improved bellows straps, an adjustable bass strap, and a set of padded shoulder straps.

Amazing Grace, Bringing in the Sheaves, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, Kum Ba Yah, Nearer My God to Thee, Faith of Our Fathers & many more.

Waltz Amore, Here is My Heart, Ave Maria, Eternity, Memories, Santa Lucia, Voice in My Heart & many more!

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Piano accordions usually range from 12 bass, 20 key up to 160 bass, 45 key, but there are smaller and larger designs also.

Reed Specifications can be : 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 treble reeds 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 bass reeds

The piano keyboard was first put on an accordion by Bouton of Paris in 1852. From that time until the early 1900's the piano accordion was not given much attention or development, but from 1910 onwards the piano accordion came into prominence almost worldwide.

With the development of the Stradella bass system (a standardisation of the bass button layout) the piano accordion became the first truly standardised universal accordion. This means that a piano accordionist can play any type or make of piano accordion without a change in system. This had not been possible before as there were so many different button accordions with different systems.

The Honor Bravo 48 Accordion is a rugged and musically versatile instrument that is an ideal beginners instrument.

Alexander s Ragtime Band Baby Face The Entertainer Give My Regards to Broadway Sweet Adeline Take Me out to the Ballgame Danny Boy Mexican Hat Dance Havah Nagilah Away in a Manger America the Beautiful Star Spangled Banner Amazing Grace Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Beer Barrel Polka Clarinet Polka Little Brown Jug Greensleeves Oh Susanna Scarborough Fair Brahm s Lullaby Blue Danube Can Can Ode to Joy Waves of the Danube Wedding March & many, many more...

Adios Muchachos; Amapola; Amor; Beseme Mucho; Brazil; Maria Elena; Tico-Tico; Solamente; Una Vez; Perfidia; Cuando Calienta El Sol.

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