Encyclopedia - Free Reed Aerophone: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Reed Aerophone - History
The most likely precursor to free reed aerophones is the Jew's harp, an instrument known to many cultures throughout the world, and by ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Reed Aerophone: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Reed Aerophone - History
The most likely precursor to free reed aerophones is the Jew's harp, an instrument known to many cultures throughout the world, and by ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reed Organ: Encyclopedia Ii - Reed Organ - Stops
Reed organs of European and U.S. design nearly always have a split keyboard, with one set of stop controls for the bass register at E3 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia - Accordion
An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - History
The accordion is one of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows; notable among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Harmonica Types
Harmonica - The diatonic harmonica. The diatonic harmonica is the most widely known type of harmonica. It has ten holes which offer the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Harmonica Types
Harmonica - The diatonic harmonica. The diatonic harmonica is the most widely known type of harmonica. It has ten holes which offer the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - History
The accordion is one of several European inventions of the early 19th century that used free reeds driven by a bellows; notable among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Free Bass Systems
There are various free bass systems in use; most consist of a rotated version or mirror image of one of the melody layouts used in chroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Related Instruments
The unrelated glass harmonica is a musical instrument formed of a nested set of graduated glass cups mounted sideways on an axle and part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Related Instruments
Accordion - Squeezeboxes. Concertina Bandoneon Flutina Accordion - Other free-reeds. Harmonica Harmonium Melodica Sheng Khene ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Stradella Bass System
The Stradella Bass System uses rows of buttons arranged in a circle of fifths; this places the principal major chords of a key in three a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Free Bass Systems
There are various free bass systems in use; most consist of a rotated version or mirror image of one of the melody layouts used in chroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Button Accordions
On button accordions the melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons (rather than piano-style keys.) There exists a wide variati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Parts Of The Harmonica
The basic parts of the harmonica are the comb, reed-plates and cover-plates. The comb is the term for the main body of the instrument. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - History
The harmonica developed from the intense interests in free-reeds which arose in Europe in the early 19th century. While free-reeds had be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques
Harmonica - Bending and other techniques. In addition to the 19 notes readily available on the diatonic harmonica, players can play oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Physical Description
Modern accordions consists of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a bellows. On each part of the body ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Stradella Bass System
The Stradella Bass System uses rows of buttons arranged in a circle of fifths; this places the principal major chords of a key in three a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Button Accordions
On button accordions the melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons (rather than piano-style keys.) There exists a wide variati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Piano Accordions
The piano accordion is the instrument most often indicated by the term "accordion", but it is one of the most recent inventions among acc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Physical Description
Modern accordions consists of a body in two parts, each generally rectangular in shape, separated by a bellows. On each part of the body ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Free Bass Systems
There are various free bass systems in use; most consist of a rotated version or mirror image of one of the melody layouts used in chroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Related Instruments
Accordion - Squeezeboxes. Concertina Bandoneon Flutina Accordion - Other free-reeds. Harmonica Harmonium Melodica Sheng Khene ....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Related Instruments
The unrelated glass harmonica is a musical instrument formed of a nested set of graduated glass cups mounted sideways on an axle and part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - History
The harmonica developed from the intense interests in free-reeds which arose in Europe in the early 19th century. While free-reeds had be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques
Harmonica - Breaking in Harmonicas. The brass reeds of a harmonica are subject to stress from note bending, which causes reed distortio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harmonica: Encyclopedia Ii - Harmonica - Parts Of The Harmonica
The basic parts of the harmonica are the comb, reed-plates and cover-plates. The comb is the term for the main body of the instrument. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Accordion: Encyclopedia Ii - Accordion - Piano Accordions
The piano accordion is the instrument most often indicated by the term "accordion", but it is one of the most recent inventions among acc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Free Reed Aerophone: Encyclopedia Ii - Free Reed Aerophone - Operation
The following illustrations depict the type of reed typical of harmonicas, accordions and reed organs as it goes through a cycle of vibra...   » Read the article