admin | April 3, 2009
Accordions come in a variety of forms and styles. There are the diatonic accordions, the chromatic accordions, the piano accordions and the button accordion among others. The button accordion was adapted from the simpler melodeon in the nineteenth century.
It has one more row of buttons than the melodeon and its pitch is set a [...]
admin | March 26, 2009
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=David_A_Robinson]David A Robinson
Accordions probably conjure up images of a street player in Paris, his fingers wandering through a wistful waltz on some street corner, working the bellows of his accordion expertly while the music wafts out a romantic atmosphere. Sorry, but Roland digital accordions have changed all that. Accordions have finally come of age.
The [...]
admin | March 12, 2009
The accordion is a potable acoustical musical instrument that is box shaped, and is derived from the hand held bellows-driven family of free-reed aerophone instruments. The accordion is sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays this particular instrument is known as an accordionist. The accordion is played by compressing or expanding the [...]
admin | March 7, 2009
When it comes to accordion music, Italy is the leader. In fact, Italy has been considered as the worldwide leader in quality and production of accordion. This title has remained undisputed for a long period of time, and Italy should say “thank you” to the high quality of this instrument for which the production first [...]
admin | February 27, 2009
Love to play the accordion? Well, I have here a few information for you to consider while you are learning how to play the accordion.
The Fundamentals of Accordion
First things first – know the fundamentals of accordion: Sit down on a chair. Set the accordion on your left knee. The right hand operates the keyboard, while [...]
admin | February 22, 2009
Learning how to play accordion is a lost art that has fallen out of vogue in the past 20 or so odd years. Today however the art of playing the accordion is experiencing somewhat of a revival with more people than ever wanting to learn how to play this fun instrument. Everyone loves to watch [...]
admin | November 5, 2008
There is one special instrument that is often unnoted, but has proved its vogue time and time again. Anyone who has taken up the accordion, and wishes to learn how to play accordion, will find this article helpful. The accordion is suitable beautifully with other instruments, and can be a good supersession for the electronic [...]