The accordion is a portable instrument, a bellows, with a portable air pump, which filters air into melody and harmony with the help of free reeds, metal tongues that vibrate within the frame. Novices adore its ability to be a one-person band:…
Accordion is popular in folk music everywhere, and it squeezes soul into the beat of Irish jigs and Argentine tango. Its bellows-worked reeds are voice-like, high wailing, bass rumbling,–dances to tell a story. Folk and Traditional Powerhouse Irish/Celtic sessions are filled with…
Polka brings the performance of European dance- energetic 2/4 time bass with oom-pah, accordion playing jumping music. It was born in Bohemia in the 1830s and was disseminated by the immigrants to Texas (conjunto) and Midwest (Slovenian twists of Frankie Yankovic). Bellows…
The accordion, which was invented in 1829 Vienna, spread to other parts of the world through the immigrant population, bringing portable music and harmony to folk cultures. Its bellows breath spoke dances, and localized sounds were changed into the world genres. European…
The accordion is the beating heart of folk music—the bellows that puts the breath of melodies that cross continents and centuries into the music. Its free reeds invented in Vienna in 1829 make a harmony by straining air, with the solo voice…
