Category:Melodeons (accordion)
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- See also category: Melodeons (organ).
Various terms for the Diatonic button accordion are used in different parts of the English-speaking world.
- In Britain and Australia, the term melodeon is commonly used,[1] regardless of whether the instrument has one, two, or three rows of melody buttons.[citation needed]
- In Ireland, melodeon (Irish: mileoidean or an bosca[2]) is reserved for instruments with a single row of melody buttons (a "one-row" instrument), while instruments with two or three rows are called button accordions (often simply accordions).[3]
- In the United States and Canada, both one-row and multi-row instruments are usually simply called accordions.[citation needed]
(Historically, the term melodeon was applied to various 19th-century free-reed organs. [See Category:melodeons (organ)])— English Wikipedia article "Diatonic button accordion § Nomenclature"
References
[edit]- ↑ Mallinson, Dave (2002) The D/G Melodeon, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire: mally.com, p. 3. ISBN 1-899512-01-2
- ↑ (1996) Ulster Folklife, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum., p. 89. Retrieved on 5 May 2013.
- ↑ Vallely, Fintan , ed. (2012) Companion to Irish Traditional Music, Cork, Ireland: Cork University Press. ISBN 978-1-85918-450-9
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Media in category "Melodeons (accordion)"
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Hohner Pokerwork DG Melodeon.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 1.41 MB
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Instrument from Honduras in the Musical Instrument Museum.JPG 640 × 480; 69 KB
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Melodeon Makers (73) (2008-10-17 15.32.42 by Paul Johnson).jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 6.22 MB
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Melodeon Makers (74) Heres one I prepared earlier (2008-10-17 15.33.37 by Paul Johnson).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.46 MB
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Melodeon Makers (76) playing with cat (2008-10-17 15.54.13 by Paul Johnson).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 7.96 MB
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