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- What is the difference between diatonic and chromatic accordions?
- Are accordions chromatic?
- How does a button accordion work?
What is the difference between diatonic and chromatic accordions?
Ranging from a single rows of buttons up to multiple rows of buttons, the fundamental difference between the Diatonic Accordion and the Piano/Chromatic Accordions is in the reeds – they are bisonoric, meaning that if you pull the bellows the notes are different then when you push.
Are accordions chromatic?
A chromatic button accordion is a type of button accordion where the melody-side keyboard consists of rows of buttons arranged chromatically.
How does a button accordion work?
The press of a button or key opens a valve to allow air to pass through the reed or reeds to make a sound when the bellows are pumped in or out. In the diatonic button accordion, reeds are fixed in pairs so that one note sounds when air moves in, and a different one when air moves out.
