accordionists
Polka band members
Accordionists are musicians who play the accordion, a portable bellows-driven instrument with keys or buttons on both ends.
The term appears in contexts ranging from folk music and polka bands to classical performance and street busking: A group of accordionists gathered for the annual festival.
Handheld device forcing air
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- keyboardArray of input keys
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- trebleHigh frequency range
registers · buttons · keys · straps · reeds · chromatic · diatonic · musette
Bouncy partnered folk step
Unaccompanied performer
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- recitalSolo musical performance
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
- stageRaised performance platform
audience · applause · encore · concert · interpretation · showmanship · bandleader · accompanist
Inherited cultural legacy
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- hoedownLively rural dance gathering
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
dance-hall · fiesta · verbena · milonga
Note-playing hand technique
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- articulationClear vocal expression
ornamentation · improvisation · tremolo · glissando · staccato · legato · countermelody · accompaniment
bellows
Handheld device forcing air
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- keyboardArray of input keys
- bassDeep pitch or fish
treble · registers · buttons · keys · straps · reeds · chromatic · diatonic · musette · coupler
polka
Bouncy partnered folk step
musette · folk · norteño · chanson · fado · cumbia · merengue
soloist
Unaccompanied performer
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- recitalSolo musical performance
- repertoireWorks ready to perform
stage · audience · applause · encore · concert · interpretation · showmanship · bandleader · accompanist · busking
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
- hoedownLively rural dance gathering
- festivalOrganized public celebration
carnival · dance-hall · fiesta · verbena · milonga
Galliano
Italian anise-vanilla spirit
fingering
Note-playing hand technique
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- phrasingManner of expressing something
articulation · ornamentation · improvisation · tremolo · glissando · staccato · legato · countermelody · accompaniment · sight-reading
accordionistspianists
Keyboard instrument performers
percussionists · drummers · violinists · guitarists · string players