Bandoneon vs. Accordion: What's the Difference?
Bandoneon and Accordion Definitions
Bandoneon
A musical instrument similar to a large concertina, especially popular in Latin America.
Accordion
A portable wind instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past them by pleated bellows operated by the player.
Bandoneon
(musical instruments) A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
Accordion
Having folds or bends like the bellows of an accordion
Accordion pleats.
Accordion blinds.
Accordion
A box-shaped musical instrument with means of keys and buttons, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
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Accordion
(GUI) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
Accordion
(figurative) A set of items (concepts, links, or otherwise) that can be packed and unpacked cognitively, or their representation as a set of virtual object. en
Accordion
To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
Accordion
A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
Accordion
A portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
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Accordion
Arranged in parallel folds;
Plicate leaves