accordians

[stevie-p]

real random i no but does
anybody on here no anything about accordians brands, prices etc?

cheers steve

[amz]

google it :)

[stevie-p]

google ftw

The accordion is a portable box-shaped musical instrument (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument) of the hand-held bellows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellows)-driven free-reed aerophone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_reed_aerophone) family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squeezebox). A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist.
It is played by compressing or expanding a bellows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellows) whilst pressing buttons or keys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_keyboard), causing valves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve),called pallets, to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel, called reeds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_(music)), that vibrate to produce sound inside the body.[notes 1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion#cite_note-1)
The instrument is sometimes considered a one-man-band (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-man-band) as it needs no accompanying instrument. The performer normally plays the melody on buttons or keys on the right-hand manual (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_(music)), and the accompaniment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accompaniment) — consisting of bass and pre-set chord buttons — on the left-hand manual.
The accordion is often used in folk music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music) in Europe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe), North America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America) and South America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America). It is commonly associated with busking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busking). Some popular music acts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion#Use_in_popular_music) also make use of the instrument. Additionally, the accordion is sometimes used in both solo and orchestra performances of classical music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music).
The oldest name for this group of instruments is actually harmonika, from the Greek harmonikos, meaning harmonic, musical. Today, native versions of the name accordion are more common. These names are a reference to the type of accordion patented by Cyrill Demian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion#History), which concerned “automatically coupled chords on the bass side”[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion#cite_note-2).

lol :D

thats real helpfull:roll:

[Southie]

I Know feck all about them lol

try these though.

http://www.accordion.co.uk/ (http://www.accordion.co.uk/)for prices


and here for help. CLICKY (http://accordionist.org/cms//index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=91) :thumb:

[Asa-James]

them prices are a bit of a stretch...

[ade]

always played by pikey Romanian/east eurpopean old ladies on Glasgow/city street corners.

Hundreds of the feckers where I live.

Like walking down the some Paris Street!

You thinking of becoming a Pikey Romanian old Man?

http://www.friedart.com/images/AccordionPlayer_Paris.jpg

[L14MNP]

That's so true about Glasvegas centre lol. Reminds me of the South Park episode with the Peruvian flute bands!

them prices are a bit of a stretch...
r de r r

[Southie]

them prices are a bit of a stretch...
Oooo that's bad lol

[stevie-p]

no lol jus foiund one at me nans as she been put in a home so it needs a new home

[General Baxter]

http://www.fastestonemanband.com/images/fastest_one_man_band.jpg

[StephanieSu01]

I don't have any article with accordians, but you might want to learn the piano keyboard layout (https://musicadvisor.com/piano-keyboard-layout/) instead?

[totalnova]

Of all the threads to revive you pick one about accordions :confused:

[Southie]

FFS a 10 year old thread :facepalm: