Accordion
The accordion in five languages — accordion, fisarmonica, Akkordeon
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 手风琴 |
| English | accordion |
| Italian | fisarmonica |
| German | Akkordeon |
| French | accordéon |
The accordion is a portable keyboard instrument in which bellows drive air across free reeds, with a piano or button keyboard on the right hand and bass buttons on the left. English accordion and German Akkordeon share a root; Italian fisarmonica and French accordéon are the traditional names in those languages; the Chinese 手风琴 stresses two-handed bellows work.
Watch out: accordion and bandoneon are both free-reed bellows instruments, but the bandoneon is usually square, with a different button layout and a drier tone, and is tied to tango; calling both 手风琴 hides the difference (a common usage).
Read deeper → Accordion · The bandoneon
Sources
- 各语种乐器名依通行音乐术语词典（参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Accordion"）；本文为原创表述
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