The Great Difference Between Button Accordion Types – Standard and Free Bass, Orchestral
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Depending on the purpose, design features, the largest number of simultaneously sounding reeds, and the types of bayan’s register switches, it can be divided into several groups:
accordion piccolo has 3 octaves, prima – 4 octaves, alto – 3 1/2 octaves, tenor – 3 octaves, bass – 3 octaves, double bass accordion – 2 1/2 octaves.
Depending on the purpose, and design features, the largest number of
simultaneously sounding reeds, the types of bayan’s register switches, can be divided into several groups
Depending on the configuration of the reeds that sound simultaneously when you press a certain button, button accordions are of two types: so-called “Dry and “Wet” sounds.
Button accordions with “dry” sounds are used in the “classical” training on the accordion and to accompany folk songs and dances. Button accordions with a “wet” sound are used for the performance of light and pop music.

Orchestral Accordions
Orchestral accordions – piccolo, prima, alto, tenor, bass, double bass. In its constructive device, they differ from ordinary accordions that have a keyboard on the right side of the body and vary in sound range

Free Bass Accordions
The free Bass system allows the player to make chords by pressing two or more buttons at the same time. It significantly expands the range of sound of an instrument, bringing it closer to the range of the piano.

Standard Bass Accordions
The standard system is the mechanism that allows getting a fixed sound of a chord of three or four sounds by pressing just one button.
Andrew started to learn an accordion at age of 8 at his home town in Ukraine. After spending 7 years in local music school he entered the Chernigiv Music College of L.Revutsky. Then in 1994 Andrew started to teach his first accordion students at local music school. Beside that he actively performed with school orchestra, participated in accordion contests, music festivals, etc. He also formed a music band at the time and participated in numerous national festivals such as Chervona Ruta Final (Kyiv), Alternative music festival in Zaporizhzhya, etc.
After arrived to Hong Kong in 2003, Andrew started to perform and teach the accordion here. He is an active musician on local scene. His goal is to promote accordion music to Hong Kong people.
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