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Button accordions may be traditional instruments, but they enjoy as strong a popularity as ever before.
The accordion family includes a wide variety of styles and forms. The piano, diatonic and chromatic accordions are just a few of the most popular choices. Another important branch on the family tree, the button accordion, has been popular since it was first developed in the late nineteenth century. The button accordion is an adaptation of an older and more basic instrument called a melodeon. Physically, the button accordion is unique in that it has an extra row of buttons that have been pitched a semi-tone above or below those of the melodeon. It's possible for the musician to manipulate the bellows and actually create two notes from one single button. This is what gives the button accordion greater articulation, and economy of fingering. There are some variations within the family of button accordions. The widest variations can be seen on the basic construction, keyboard systems, tuning and action of the individual instruments. The diatonic is one of the most notable styles of button accordion. A diatonic accordion has a melody-sized keyboard that is limited to the notes of diatonic scales. A small number of keys, or even just one key, provides these notes. It is interesting to note that the bass side of the diatonic usually contains the principal chords of the instrument's key, including the root notes of those chords. Most diatonic button accordions are bisonoric, so every button produces a couple of notes. One note is produced by compressing the bellows, and another note is created when the bellows are expanded. Some diatonic button accordions, however, are unisonoric. In other words, each button on the garmon produces the same note, regardless of the direction of the bellows. Others offer a combination of the two styles. Another well-known variation of the button accordion is the chromatic. This instrument has a melody-sized keyboard composed of uniform rows of buttons. These buttons are arranged to provide a chromatic pitch increase along the diagonals. The bass side keyboard of this instrument typically uses a Stradella system, which is one of many converter or free-bass systems. There are some instruments in this class that are known simply as "chromatic" accordions. Other types, including the piano accordion, can also be fully chromatic. Ever since the chromatic buttons were introduced, this type of accordion has become the choice of many classical music performers. The treble keyboard is denser than that of a piano accordion to provide a much greater musical range. The accordion is popular around the world, and various cultures have developed their own versions of modern button accordions. These unique inventions have been adapted to suit their unique traditional styles of music. Russia alone has many styles, including the Garmon, Saratovskaya Garmonica, Livenka and the very popular Bayan accordion. If you love the unique sound that an accordion lends to traditional and popular music, pick up a button accordion and try your hand at playing this age-old and ever-popular instrument.
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