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  2. Chromatic button accordion - Wikipedia

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    Chromatic button accordion; Classification: Free-reed aerophone: Playing range; Right-hand manual: The Russian bayan and chromatic button accordions have a much greater right-hand range in scientific pitch notation than an accordion with a piano keyboard: five octaves plus a minor third (written range = E2-G7, actual range = E1-D9, some have a 32 ft Register on the Treble to go even lower down ...

  3. Diatonic button accordion - Wikipedia

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    Various terms for the diatonic button accordion are used in different parts of the English-speaking world. In Britain and Australia, the term melodeon (Scottish Gaelic: meileòidean or am bogsa) is commonly used, [1] regardless of whether the instrument has one, two, or three rows of melody buttons.

  4. Stradella bass system - Wikipedia

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    96-button Stradella bass layout on an accordion. C is in the middle of the root note row. The Stradella Bass System (sometimes called [1] standard bass) is a buttonboard layout equipped on the bass side of many accordions, which uses columns of buttons arranged in a circle of fifths; this places the principal major chords of a key (I, IV and V) in three adjacent columns.

  5. In accordance with its goal to uplift the accordion as a serious music instrument, the organization began a World Accordion Festival where players were nominated to compete for the "Coupe Mondiale" award. In 1961 the awards were expanded to include Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals for a variety of categories. [1]

  6. Accordion reed ranks and switches - Wikipedia

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    How many reeds an accordion has is specified by the number of treble ranks and bass ranks. For example, a 4/5 accordion has four reeds on the treble side and five on the bass side. A 3/4 accordion has three reeds on the treble sides and four on the bass side. Reed ranks are classified by either organ 'foot-length' stops or instrument names ...

  7. Template talk:Those Darn Accordions - Wikipedia

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  8. Button accordion - Wikipedia

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    All accordions and concertinas have three main components: the reeds, bellows, and buttons or keys. Pushing or pulling the bellows slower or faster makes the sound softer or louder, respectively. [1] The accordion has free reeds [3] on both the treble and bass sides. In modern accordions, the free reeds are generally made of tempered steel. [3]

  9. File:Accordion button mechanism.svg - Wikipedia

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