squeeze box
Concertina, less formally
A squeeze box is an accordion or concertina—any musical instrument that produces sound by compressing bellows to force air through reeds.
The name comes from the squeezing motion required to play it: He pulled out a battered squeeze box and started playing polkas.
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- concertinaBellows-driven button instrument
- melodeonSmall pump organ
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
keyboard · diatonic · chromatic · musette · registers · treble · bass · coupler
Bouncy partnered folk step
Handheld device forcing air
compression · expand · contract · push-pull · fingerwork · chord · arpeggio · drone
accordion
Bellows-driven reed instrument
- concertinaBellows-driven button instrument
- melodeonSmall pump organ
- harmoniumFoot-pumped keyboard instrument
bellows · keyboard · diatonic · chromatic · musette · registers · treble · bass · coupler · octave
polka
Bouncy partnered folk step
norteño · musette · folk · shanty · klezmer · cumbia · milonga
bellows
Handheld device forcing air
airflow · compression · expand · contract · push-pull · fingerwork · chord · arpeggio · drone · tremolo
folk
Regular common people
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- buskerPublic-space entertainer seeking donations
ceilidh · fête · verbena · cantina · pub · dance-hall · immigrant · working-class · maritime · sailors
- folk instrumentsbanjo, bodhrán, mandolin, harmonica, fiddle
- polkapolka, polka band, polka bands, accordion, oom-pah
- musical instrument nicknamesaxe, fiddle, ivories, skins, sticks
- street instrumentsguitar, harmonica, accordion, banjo, fiddle
- pocket instrumentsharmonica, kazoo, ocarina, penny whistle, tin whistle
- Zydecozydeco, Cajun music, Creole music, accordion, accordion music
squeeze boxpipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
piano · drum · drums · percussion · electronic keyboard
squeeze boxStradivarius
Prized antique string instrument
violin · cello · symphony orchestra · harpsichord · pipe organ