accordions
Pleated musical instruments
Accordions are portable musical instruments with a bellows, keyboard, and free reeds.
The player compresses and expands the bellows while pressing keys or buttons to force air past reeds, producing sound.
The accordion is associated with folk music, polka, tango, and French café music.
As a verb, to accordion means to fold or compress like the bellows: The car accordioned on impact.
Collapsible bellows instrument
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- keyboardArray of input keys
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
tango · musette · melodeon · diatonic · chromatic · bass · treble · straps
squeezebox
Collapsible bellows instrument
polka · tango · musette · melodeon · diatonic · chromatic · bass · treble · straps · zydeco
expandable
Able to be enlarged
- collapsibleAble to compress compactly
- panelsFlat rectangular sections
- toggleTwo-position switch
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- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- RussiaRussia, Moscow, Kremlin, Red Square, Siberia
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- Cajun LouisianaAcadiana, Cajun, bayou, crawfish, Cajun culture
- European Folkloremaypole, Morris dancing, folk dancing, folk costume, folk costumes
- interactivesbuttons, clicks, taps, swipes, gestures
accordionsgrand pianos
Large horizontal keyboard instruments
pipe organs · church organs · carillons · pianos · harps
accordionspianos
Large stringed keyboard instruments
drums · percussion instruments · violins · orchestral strings · guitars
- piano accordionKeyed free-reed bellows instrument
- accordion filePleated multi-pocket folder
- accordion foldZigzag paper creasing method
- accordion doorCollapsible hinged panel barrier
- accordion folderPleated paper organizer
- accordion playerMusician with bellows instrument
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