They fail to define front or side. Your way does not require the definition of side or front. Do not let people who cannot remember what perpendicular means make you become less precise and clear in plain engineering language. Depending how you hold it the side might be the top after all. Concertina Try This: R. Broadly speaking, concertinas fall into two categories: bisonoric models produce different notes depending on whether the bellows are pressed or drawn; unisonoric concertinas play the same note on the press and draw Button Accordions Try This: Planet Squeezebox 3-Row button accordion Button accordions come in a variety of styles and configurations, although all devote buttons on one side to single notes and on the other to bass and chords.
Piano Accordions Try this: Hohner Bravo III 72 bass accordion Piano accordions are perhaps the most well-known accordion system and are often the choice of pianists and organists who enjoy the familiarity of the piano-style keyboard. Digital Accordions Try this: Roland FR-5b V-accordion Squeezeboxes have been pushed and pulled into the Age of the Microchip, thanks to the addition of onboard electronics.
Sharing Facebook Twitter Email Print. Tags accordion , concertina. Related posts. This too is a hand-held instrument and adopts the same stretch-and-press action of the Accordion. The notes are sounded by the stud-type buttons located on the side of the Concertina.
The Concertina is smaller than the Accordion and in the shape of a hexagon. Images Courtesy: Pixabay. Coming from Engineering cum Human Resource Development background, has over 10 years experience in content developmet and management. I liked the part of your article that mentioned how accordions are regularly used for folk music arrangements. Your email address will not be published.
Both are played by pushing and pulling the instrument while pressing buttons… right?? The truth is, the accordion and concertina are two different instruments. Accordions and concertinas come from the same free-reed, hand-held bellow family. Think of them more like siblings! Why should we care to learn about the accordion and concertina??
For starters, these two instruments are used in over 40 different styles of music across the world, spanning over 30 countries and regions from Argentina to Kenya to Thailand. The expansive reach of the accordion and concertina demonstrates their importance to many different cultures. The accordion and concertina lineage began over years ago with a Chinese instrument known as the scheng. The scheng produces sound under the same principle as the accordion and concertina: airflow passes over a free vibrating reed that resonates, or creates, a tone.
The tone that sounds is based on the length of the reed. Fast forward to ! Sir Charles Wheatstone patented the design of the first concertinas and Cyrill Demian patented the accordion that year.
The origin and meaning of the two words help describe their roles:. To begin, three major physical characteristics distinguish the difference between an accordion and a concertina. Ask yourself:. For this blog, I will discuss the piano accordion, the button accordion, and the concertina. Use the flowchart below for quick reference! I think the key is to get Paul McCartney to play one on a big hit. I mean, it worked for the mandolin, right?
But perhaps that's for another topic. Interesting about the early one-sided accordion! I suppose you'd really have to call it a "proto-accordion", because for a century and a half now, the things we call "accordions" have had two playable ends. And one end still has chord buttons! Bass accordion - cello-accordion - are these truly accordions? Or are they just so dubbed , as the "bass fiddle" is so dubbed because it "wants" to belong to the violin family, although it's basically a fretless viol?
And the flutina is honest enough to call itself a "flutina" As to free-bass accordions - the only kind I know personally is the Russian bayan, with a "convertible" left end, switchable between chord-button and note-button systems. So it's still an accordion by my definition, though with distinctly enhanced in my opinion, improved! I suppose a large, rectangular, strapped-on free-reed instrument with identical fingering systems left and right would be best termed a "duet accordion".
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Concertina, Accordion Difference. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Reply to this topic Start new topic. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Posted August 31, What is the difference between a concertina and a accordion? Are there any types very close where you might call it either How and where do you draw the line?
Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Some are called after the town or where they were made eg Chemnitz, Klingenthal, So the main feature is free reeds, Then is it unisonic or bisonic? Richard Morse Posted August 31, Concertinas have keys operating parallel to the bellows travel and accordions have keys operating perpendicular to the bellows travel. My favorite T-shirt:. Larry Stout Posted August 31, Posted August 31, edited. Edited August 31, by Larry Stout.
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