Bandoneon vs. Accordion

Bandoneon vs. Accordion — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bandoneon and Accordion

Bandoneonnoun

(musical instruments) A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

Accordionnoun

A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.

Accordionnoun

(GUI) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

Accordionverb

To fold up, in the manner of an accordion

Accordionnoun

a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

Accordionadjective

arranged in parallel folds;

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