melodeon
Small reed organ
A melodeon is a small reed organ, similar to a harmonium, operated by foot-pumped bellows.
Popular in homes and small churches during the 19th century before pianos became affordable: The old melodeon in the parlor still worked.
The term also refers to a type of button accordion, particularly the diatonic kind used in folk music.
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- concertinaBellows-driven button instrument
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
- diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
bellows · reeds · buttons · keys · bass · treble · register · octave
Scottish social dance gathering
- jigSpirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
- mazurkaPolish folk dance
waltz · shanty · ballad · session · hoedown · zydeco · klezmer · tango
Paid venue for social movement
- festivalOrganized public celebration
- gigShort-term paid work
- bandGroup playing music together
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
jamboree · singalong · pub · busking · stage · repertoire · audience · entertainer
accordion
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- concertinaBellows-driven button instrument
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
diatonic · bellows · reeds · buttons · keys · bass · treble · register · octave · strap
ceilidh
Scottish social dance gathering
mazurka · waltz · shanty · ballad · session · hoedown · zydeco · klezmer · tango · folklore
dancehall
Paid venue for social movement
ensemble · jamboree · singalong · pub · busking · stage · repertoire · audience · entertainer · performer
accordionist
Bellows instrument performer
phrasing · dynamics · expression · fingering · pumping · drone · accompaniment · rhythm · tempo · musette
organ
Body's working component
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- English Folktraditional ballads, Greensleeves, Scarborough Fair, Morris dancing, folk clubs
- folk instrumentsbanjo, bodhrán, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle
- Morris dancinghandkerchief dance, jig, hey, caper, capers
- keyboard instrumentspiano, organ, harpsichord, clavichord, spinet
- Americana Musicspirituals, folk ballads, hymn books, Camptown Races, Beautiful Dreamer
melodeonpiano accordion
Keyed free-reed bellows instrument
melodeongrand piano
Large horizontal keyboard instrument
pipe organ · piano accordion · harpsichord · Steinway · cathedral organ