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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Free reed aerophone | | | |  Free reed aerophone: Encyclopedia II - Accordion - Piano accordionsThe piano accordion is the instrument most often indicated by the term "accordion", but it is one of the most recent inventions among accordion types, appearing late in the 19th century and not accepted worldwide until the early 20th century. It has a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano; this facilitates learning for musicians already familiar or proficient on the piano.
The left hand keyboard is usually configured in the Stradella system, a combination of chords and single notes, arranged in a uniform series by harmonic rel ...
See also:Accordion, Accordion - Physical description, Accordion - History, Accordion - Piano accordions, Accordion - Button accordions, Accordion - Stradella bass system, Accordion - Free bass systems, Accordion - Audio samples, Accordion - Related instruments, Accordion - Squeezeboxes, Accordion - Other free-reeds Read more here: » Accordion: Encyclopedia II - Accordion - Piano accordions |
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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 is a keyboard containing buttons, levers or piano-style keys. When pressed, the buttons travel in a direction perpendicular to the motion of the bellows (towards the performer). Most, but not all modern accordions also have buttons capable of producing entire chords, where ...
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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 chromatic button accordions. One notable exception is the Titano line of convertor bass, which repeats the first two bass rows of the Stradella system one and two octaves higher moving outward from the bellows.
Skillfull use of the free bass system enabled the performance of classical piano music, rather than music arranged specifically for the accordion's standard chorded capability. Beginning in the 1960 ...
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: Encyclopedia II - Accordion - Related instruments
Accordion - Squeezeboxes.
Concertina
Bandoneon
Flutina
Accordion - Other free-reeds.
Harmonica
Harmonium
Melodica
Sheng
Khene
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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 partially immersed in water, and played by touching the rotating cups with wetted fingers, causing them to vibrate.
The pitch pipe that used free reeds for pitch is the ancestor of harmonica. In fact, the first harmonica consisted of pitch pipes that were binded together.
The concertina, diatonic and chromatic accordions and the melodica are all free-reed instruments which were developed alongside ...
See also:Harmonica, Harmonica - Parts of the harmonica, Harmonica - Harmonica types, Harmonica - The diatonic harmonica, Harmonica - The chromatic harmonica, Harmonica - The bass harmonica, Harmonica - The chord harmonica, Harmonica - The Tremolo Harmonica, Harmonica - The Octave Harmonica, Harmonica - Toy harmonicas, Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques, Harmonica - Breaking in Harmonicas, Harmonica - Bending and other techniques, Harmonica - History, Harmonica - Related instruments, Harmonica - Harmonica community, Harmonica - Some famous harmonicists Read more here: » Harmonica: Encyclopedia II - Harmonica - Related instruments |
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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 been fairly common throughout East Asia for centuries and known in Europe for some time before this period, around 1820 there was a virtual eruption of new free-reed designs in Europe and North America. While a young Friederich Ludwig Buschmann is often cited as the inventor of the harmonica in 1821, it was almost certainly a case of simultaneous development amongst several inventors working independently wit ...
See also:Harmonica, Harmonica - Parts of the harmonica, Harmonica - Harmonica types, Harmonica - The diatonic harmonica, Harmonica - The chromatic harmonica, Harmonica - The bass harmonica, Harmonica - The chord harmonica, Harmonica - The Tremolo Harmonica, Harmonica - The Octave Harmonica, Harmonica - Toy harmonicas, Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques, Harmonica - Breaking in Harmonicas, Harmonica - Bending and other techniques, Harmonica - History, Harmonica - Related instruments, Harmonica - Harmonica community, Harmonica - Some famous harmonicists Read more here: » Harmonica: Encyclopedia II - Harmonica - History |
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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 distortion and hairline cracks. This results in an off tune note. To extend the life of a harmonica and temper the reeds, it is recommended that the harmonica be played for several hours with no note bending.
One method was devised by Florida harmonica player Lance Monlux using a 12 volt car vacuum to easily break in a harmonica (120 volt vacuums draw too much air and can damage ree ...
See also:Harmonica, Harmonica - Parts of the harmonica, Harmonica - Harmonica types, Harmonica - The diatonic harmonica, Harmonica - The chromatic harmonica, Harmonica - The bass harmonica, Harmonica - The chord harmonica, Harmonica - The Tremolo Harmonica, Harmonica - The Octave Harmonica, Harmonica - Toy harmonicas, Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques, Harmonica - Breaking in Harmonicas, Harmonica - Bending and other techniques, Harmonica - History, Harmonica - Related instruments, Harmonica - Harmonica community, Harmonica - Some famous harmonicists Read more here: » Harmonica: Encyclopedia II - Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques |
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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. These are traditionally made of wood, but plastic (ABS) and metal combs are perhaps more common today. The comb contains the air chambers which house the reeds - the name comb comes from the fact that in simple harmonicas it does indeed resemble a hair-comb. In some designs, however, the comb is in fact very complex in arranging how the air is directed, particularly more modern custom and experimental designs ...
See also:Harmonica, Harmonica - Parts of the harmonica, Harmonica - Harmonica types, Harmonica - The diatonic harmonica, Harmonica - The chromatic harmonica, Harmonica - The bass harmonica, Harmonica - The chord harmonica, Harmonica - The Tremolo Harmonica, Harmonica - The Octave Harmonica, Harmonica - Toy harmonicas, Harmonica - Harmonica Techniques, Harmonica - Breaking in Harmonicas, Harmonica - Bending and other techniques, Harmonica - History, Harmonica - Related instruments, Harmonica - Harmonica community, Harmonica - Some famous harmonicists Read more here: » Harmonica: Encyclopedia II - Harmonica - Parts of the harmonica |
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| | | | | Free reed aerophone: 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 accordion types, appearing late in the 19th century and not accepted worldwide until the early 20th century. It has a right-hand keyboard similar to a piano; this facilitates learning for musicians already familiar or proficient on the piano.
The left hand keyboard is usually configured in the Stradella system, a combination of chords and single notes, arranged in a uniform series by harmonic rel ...
See also:Accordion, Accordion - Physical description, Accordion - History, Accordion - Piano accordions, Accordion - Button accordions, Accordion - Stradella bass system, Accordion - Free bass systems, Accordion - Audio samples, Accordion - Related instruments, Accordion - Squeezeboxes, Accordion - Other free-reeds, Accordion - Trivia Read more here: » Accordion: Encyclopedia II - Accordion - Piano accordions |
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